A leg glance is a delicate straight-batted shot
played at a ball aimed slightly on the leg side, using the bat to flick the
ball as it passes the batsman, and requiring some wrist work as well,
deflecting towards the square leg or fine leg area. The stroke involves
deflecting the bat-face towards the leg side at the last moment, head and body
moving inside the line of the ball. This shot is played "off the toes,
shins or hip".
It is played off the front foot if the ball is pitched up
at the toes or shin of the batsman, or off the back foot if the ball bounces at
waist/hip height to the batsman. Although the equivalent term off glance
is not employed within cricket, the concept of angling the bat face towards the
offside to deflect the ball away from the wicket for the purpose of scoring
runs through the off side is a commonly used technique. This would commonly be
described instead as "running the ball down to third man".