Leg before wicket

In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket (lbw) is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out lbw under a complex series of circumstances that primarily include the ball hitting the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued to hit the wicket. The lbw rule is designed to prevent a batsman protecting his wicket against being bowled with his body, rather than his bat.

Related Topics:
Sport - Cricket - Batsman - Dismissed - Umpire - Ball - Wicket - Bat

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Despite the word leg in leg before wicket, the rule applies if the ball hits the batsman on any part of his body, except for the glove of a hand in contact with the bat (which is considered part of the bat).

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