wicket
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- noun
- /ˈwɪkɪt/
- Jargon
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wicket (críquet)
- There is a new resoluteness in their batting, and they have wicket-taking bowlers.
- take wickets
- ball missed the wicket
- lose wickets
I tried it twice in my career and and two wickets fell in those.
- I tried it twice in my career and and two wickets fell in those.
Examples
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I've gotten a lot of wickets, a few Man-of-the-Match and Man-of-the-Series awards.
Blog text (4) -
In cricket, the bowler targeted the wicket to get the batsman out.
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Three to win, with only one wicket remaining.
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Or will our local hero Dougie get the wicket?
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You need to do anything you can to obtain a couple of wickets once the pressure is on.
Blog text (24) -
Peter winds up, poised to take yet another wicket!
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The bowler bowled, the batter stood still, the ball missed the wicket.
Fiction book (2001) -
However, LSW JKN won with their final wicket still intact and with eight overs to spare.
Blog text (25) -
The crowd cheered as the ball hit the wicket, signaling a dismissal.
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Each team tries to defend their wicket while scoring runs.
Idioms
Compounds
A cricket dismissal when a batsman's leg blocks the ball from hitting the stumps and the umpire signals out
- Jargon
A player who stands behind the batter to catch missed balls and try to get them out
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wicket originally meant a 'small gate', and early cricket targets looked like a little gate made of sticks, so the set of stumps and bails is still called the wicket today.