Noun: leg bye
- (cricket) run scored by a batting side arising from the ball striking any part of the batsman's body without touching the bat; leg byes are recorded as extras and do not affect the batsman's individual score, and can only be scored if the batsman was genuinely attempting to play a shot
"The team added two leg byes to their total in the final over"
Derived forms: leg byes
Encyclopedia: Leg bye