wicket
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That is a total of 56 runs for the first two wickets - an average partnership of 5.6 and 11.2 runs for the fall of the second wicket this series.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Jack Leaning put on 36 for the ninth wicket with Karvelas before falling to another catch behind off Akhter for a 110-ball 60.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
And it wasn't long before Jamie Porter became the sixth player to lose his stumps in the innings, wicket number five for a rampant Crocombe.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
As the wickets tumbled, the pressure was on Hunter to steer Ireland to a competitive total, but she was caught on the boundary for Wong's fifth wicket to end a gritty 96-ball stay.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A kid sits behind the ticket wicket, his face framed by bags of pink and blue cotton candy.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
His intensity and running between the wickets was equally impressive.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Josh Tongue bowled quickly for his 4-42, Ollie Robinson passed 100 Test wickets with his 3-15 and Jofra Archer claimed the remaining three scalps.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It gave Robinson his 100th Test wicket at an average of 19.34 - the first England bowler since Ian Botham to reach 100 wickets at an average below 20.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Villiers took 3-33 with her off-spin as she claimed the big wickets of Hunter and Orla Prendergast, and with Corteen-Coleman waiting in Ecclestone's wings, England's bowling stocks are in a healthy position.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
If we couldn’t afford a proper cricket ball, we made one out of an old sock stuffed with rubbish; and we drew wickets on the wall in chalk.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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