leg before wicket English

Meaning leg before wicket meaning

What does leg before wicket mean?

leg before wicket adverb

— (cricket) Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

leg before wicket noun

— (cricket) An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.