wicket Definition
wicket (wik′it)
noun
- a small door or gate, esp. one set in or near a larger door or gate
- a small window or opening, as for a bank teller or in a box office
- a small gate for regulating the flow of water to a water wheel or for emptying a canal lock
Etymology: from orig. resemblance to a gate
Cricket- either of two sets of three vertical sticks (stumps) each, with two small pieces (bails) resting on top of them
- the playing space between the two wickets
- an unplayed or unfinished inning
- a player's turn at bat
- ☆ Croquet any of the small wire arches through which the balls must be hit
Etymology: ME wiket < NormFr (for OFr guichet), dim. < MDu wijk, a curve < IE *weig- > weak
wicket Usage Examples
Converse of object
- lose: In their second innings, Durham lost all ten wickets within the space of just 58 minutes.
- grab: Nick Read 7/10 Overcame a nervous start ( 24 off his first four overs ) to bowl with control, grabbing two wickets.
- take: He has taken four wickets for 215 runs in Test cricket.
- capture: Scoresheet Pete Chester's 3rd XI were unable to capture the final wicket in their game at Chester Boughton Hall.
Preposition: in
innings: Matt obviously forgot what happened to his wicket in the first innings.
Adjective modifier
- 500th: McGrath notches his 500th Test wicket with the very first ball of the session.
- sticky: A lead of 38 runs on a sticky wicket with more rain on the cards looked like a winning lead for England.
- ninth: Clifford's fifty kept alive hopes of victory but eventually the run chase was halted at the fall of the ninth wicket.
- first-class: Yasir Arafat needs 12 more wickets for 400 First-Class Wickets.
- eighth: Their eighth wicket put on 50 with some big hitting which gave them a good score.
- mid: Then a four for Fleming with a crisp clack through mid wicket.
Modifies a noun
- taker: Lloyd Murphy also shared the position of top wicket taker with Rob Wildman, they took 7 each.
- keeper: Even the 7th choice wicket keeper Dave Lewis got into the act, picking up the prized scalp of John Gray.
- maiden: A wicket maiden to Gough, who has gone for just one run in his first three overs.
- haul: Superb work from Academy keeper Hugh Belgrave gave the visitors a 5 wicket haul with a fine reaction stumping from Robinson's bowling.
- victory: India, at the receiving end thus far, scored a historic four- wicket victory in the decider to take the series.
- gate: Access to the castle is through a field with a wicket gate.
Noun used with modifier
- second-innings: England have a lead of 367 with seven second-innings wickets in hand.
- batting: The game was played on the superb batting wicket at Cheltenham, of which we did not take full advantage.
- cricket: Outdoor facilities include football pitches, cricket wickets, bowling greens and tennis courts.
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