Leg bye it. Prior to his retirement from Test cricket Australian captain Steve Waugh called for leg byes to be removed from the sport, commenting: "I don't think you should get runs when you miss the ball." Umpires signal a leg bye with a hand touching their raised knee. Leg bye In the sport of cricket, a leg bye is a run scored by the batting team if the batsman has not hit the ball with his or her bat, but the ball has hit the batsman's body or protective gear. It is covered by Law 23 of the Laws of Cricket.
Off side positions fine leg, square leg, mid-wicket, mid-on, and long on. Some common batting strokes that are played through the off side include straight drive to long off, the cover drive, the square cut, the late cut, and the glance to third man. Batsmen skilled in strokeplay through these regions, particularly square of the wicket and through the covers, often become favorites for fans to watch because of the relative difficulty of mastering such shots. Various batsmen have distinguished their style and success through the off side, including such greats as Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Garfield Sobers, Kumar Sangakkara, Jacques Kallis,