Living in an area with a lot of Indians, I see a lot of cricket. However, I love reading stuff like "this time holding a magnificent catch at long-off to dismis

Living in an area with a lot of Indians, I see a lot of cricket. However, I love reading stuff like "this time holding a magnificent catch at long-off to dismiss Iftikhar Ahmed" where I have no clue what it means. "Long-off" I mean. I gather someone caught a ball Ahmed hit?