A) Last-Ball Winner — the game’s last ball decides the result B) Leg Before Wicket — the batsman is out for blocking with his leg ü C) “Little-Boy” White — a diminutive English fast bowler of the 1800s D) Loss By Weather — untimely rain results in loss for the batting side
The simple purpose of the leg before wicket rule is to prevent a batsman from using his leg pads to block a ball that would otherwise knock down his wicket and get him out. No other rule in the game has been so difficult to frame satisfactorily, however, and the definition of LBW has been subjected to frequent tinkering ever since it was introduced in 1774. In its present version, the batsman is judged out if a ball that would otherwise have struck the wicket is blocked by his person without first hitting the bat, with two exceptions. If the ball lands on the leg side (to the left of a right-handed batsman) outside the line of the stumps, he cannot be given out LBW even if the ball would have gone on to hit the wicket. If the ball lands on the off side (to the right of a right-handed batsman) he can be out LBW only if — in the umpire’s judgement — he makes no attempt to play the ball with the bat.
