WICKET

Wicket

Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, with his bat, attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket.

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wicket

Noun

  1. A small door or gate, especially one associated with a larger one.
  2. A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
  3. A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a at a rail station.
  4. One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
  5. A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
  6. The period during which two batsmen bat together.
  7. The pitch.
  8. The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
  9. Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
  10. A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
  11. A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
  12. The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
  13. An angle bracket when used in HTML.


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