Leg before wicket (lbw) is one of the ways in which a batter can be dismissed in the sport of cricket. Following an appeal by the fielding side, the umpire...

with their pads, but see the laws on LBW, leg before wicket), attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket (if it does, he is bowled out) and to score...

descending order of frequency): caught, bowled, leg before wicket, run out, and stumped. Of these, the leg before wicket and stumped methods of dismissal can be...

number of wickets in the history of Test cricket, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble, respectively, were leg spinners. One famous example of leg spin is Warne's...

under the bat and going on either to hit the stumps or result in leg before wicket. Much of the effectiveness of the flipper is attributable to the "pop"...

for a run, he is out hit wicket. This method is the sixth most common method of dismissal after caught, bowled, leg before wicket, run out and stumped. It...

when the batter is dismissed by being bowled, leg before wicket (LBW), caught, stumped, or hit wicket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 32...

being strangled, or missing the ball entirely and being out bowled or leg before wicket.[citation needed] Action See bowling action Agricultural shot A powerful...

from hitting their wicket), caught (when a ball struck by the bat is caught by a fielder before it hits the ground), leg before wicket (lbw - when the striker's...

for a ball-tampering incident in 2018. Warner was the first gone, leg before wicket in the fourth over, while Bancroft was caught behind just four overs...