wicket

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That position when strengthened when Luis Reece was seventh out, leg before wicket to Mitch Stanley for 10 with 47 runs still needed for victory.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Twenty-one more runs had been scored via three boundaries and a ragbag of extras when that wicket fell but Came's dismissal slowed the scoring rate.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Making his World Cup debut, Ahmed, 21, took a wicket with his first ball and then scored a crucial 19 not out to secure victory in England's chase in partnership with Will Jacks.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

"I personally don't think that there is any problem there but because we lost a wicket in the first over in three games, obviously, any team would think," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Again a whitish object gleamed before me: it was a gate—a wicket; it moved on its hinges as I touched it.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë