wicket
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That was a great wicket because he was giving us a bit of verbals back.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Archer's second wicket was curious – Wanindu Hasaranga out hit-wicket attempting a slog, his bat almost placed on top of the bails.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
He later returned to wrap up the innings, taking the final wicket when Dilshan Madushanka skied to Brook.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Their second wicket in this series has fallen with the score of 6 and 13 at Leeds, 16 and 7 at Lord's and 14 when the second wicket fell on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The great gates were closed and locked; but a wicket in one of them was only latched.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
This season Crane took 34 wickets in the County Championship and demonstrated his improvement with the bat by making his first two first-class hundreds.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sri Lanka lost two wickets without a run on the board and crumbled to 45 all out in less than 10 overs of chaos that included three run-outs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
India's men hammered Sri Lanka by 124 runs after Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the semi-finals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Wood took 119 wickets in 38 Tests after making his debut in 2015, and that summer he helped win back the Ashes on home soil.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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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