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wicket

[wik-it] / ˈwɪk ɪt /
NOUN
hoop
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That drops to 15.00 against off-spin and 12.16 when such bowlers are coming over the wicket.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

In their first-Test victory, Australia added 266 runs after the sixth wicket fell in their first innings.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Rabada was irresistible, also adding the key wicket of Travis Head caught at slip in a superb first spell to become the fastest bowler to 350 Test wickets.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

"It feels like there's a bit of moisture in the wicket so we will have first use of it," he said after putting South Africa into bat.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 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

Chasing 288 to win an enthralling contest themselves, Australia lost two wickets in the first over bowled by Kagiso Rabada and never recovered.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Rabada was irresistible, also adding the key wicket of Travis Head caught at slip in a superb first spell to become the fastest bowler to 350 Test wickets.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Rabada's first spell of five overs returned three wickets for 14 runs as he targeted the stumps with pace and found seam movement.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Having taken the last six Australian wickets for 99 runs in the morning despite Josh Inglis' second Test century, the Proteas began their second innings facing a deficit of exactly 100.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

They were waiting for the wickets to open in the morning to buy tickets for the bull-fight.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway


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