Definition of "midwicket" [midwicket]

• A fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on (noun)

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• "This angle is the hardest to play as the natural scoring area is between mid on and midwicket, which is closed off to our batter."
• "He very rarely hit the ball behind square on the leg side from the full ball in Brisbane, it was always going to straight midwicket, which is always a sure sign that he was playing with good balance."
• "But it took the second new ball to finish the job, as Steve Smith, who remained unbeaten on 54, and Peter Siddle, who had denied England when they had hoped to finish things on the fourth evening, took their eighth-wicket stand to 86 before Siddle 43 hit Graeme Swann precisely to Jimmy Anderson at deep midwicket."