In the sport of cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: It is either of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at each end of the pitch. The...
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In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take...
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Glossary of cricket terms (redirect from Over the wicket)
strangled, or missing the ball entirely and being out bowled or leg before wicket.[citation needed] Action See bowling action Agricultural shot A powerful...
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Cricket (redirect from Matting wicket)
field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre; 66-foot) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails (small sticks) balanced on three...
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Wicket or wicket ball was a historical American form of cricket played until the late 19th century. Wicket came to America from England most likely during...
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In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded...
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Ewok (redirect from Wicket W. Warrick)
more prominent characters (Wicket, Paploo, Teebo, Logray and Chirpa) are shown, while the others are just listed as Ewoks. Wicket W. Warrick and another Ewok...
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tournament for his wicket taking in all phases while maintaining an economy of 4.17. Among Indian fast bowlers, he took 200 wickets in the fewest matches...
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only 34 wicket-keepers have kept wicket in a match for Australia. Jack Blackham was the first and longest-serving wicket-keeper who kept wicket for Australia...
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ten-wicket haul occurs when a bowler takes ten wickets in either a single innings or across both innings of a two-innings match. The phrase ten wickets in...
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A wicket gate, or simply a wicket, is a pedestrian door or gate, particularly one built into a larger door or into a wall or fence. Wickets are typically...
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List of Australia Test cricket records (redirect from List of Australian Test bowlers who have taken 200 or more Test wickets)
the highest fifth-wicket partnership with Sid Barnes with 405 runs, set during the 1946–47 Ashes series, the oldest of the wicket partnerships records...
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Apache Wicket, commonly referred to as Wicket, is a component-based web application framework for the Java programming language conceptually similar to...
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This is a chronological list of India Test wicket-keepers. This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. On occasions...
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Sticky wicket (or sticky dog, or glue pot) is a metaphor used to describe a difficult circumstance. It originated as a term for difficult circumstances...
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Hit wicket is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is governed by Law 35 of the Laws of Cricket. The striker is out...
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Taking 300 or more wickets across a playing career is considered a significant achievement in Test cricket. First accomplished in 1964 by Englishman Fred...
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taken a wicket with the first ball they bowled in one of the three formats of international cricket. In Test cricket, 25 bowlers have taken a wicket with...
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Look up wicket in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wicket has several meanings in the game of cricket. Wicket may also refer to: Wicket W. Warrick, in...
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fifth-fastest player to score 2,000 runs and take 200 wickets in Test cricket in 2021. Jadeja was the leading wicket-taker in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and received...
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rankings aged 22. In July 2018, he became the youngest bowler to take 150 wickets in Tests (23 years and 50 days). In July 2016, Rabada became the first...
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Bowled (redirect from Bowled (wicket))
propelling the ball towards the wicket defended by a batter. Second, it is a method of dismissing a batter, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the...
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Over (cricket) (redirect from Double wicket maiden)
bowler). A wicket maiden is a maiden over in which a wicket is also taken. Similarly, double and triple wicket maidens are when two and three wickets are taken...
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A wicket dam, Chanoine wicket movable dam, or barrage à hausse mobile is a movable barrier across the width of a river that is used to hold up water and...
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cricketer. Between 1984 and 1996 he played 71 Tests for Australia, taking 291 wickets. Following the end of his playing career, he was the bowling coach for...
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In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded...
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This is a chronological list of Sri Lankan wicket-keepers, that is, Test cricketers who p kept wicket in a match for Sri Lanka. Figures do not include...
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This is a chronological list of wicket-keepers who have played for India in Twenty20 International (T20I) matches since the team's first match on 1 December...
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innings. Australian Nathan Lyon is the most successful bowler, taking 119 wickets over 26 matches at an average of 33.10. The first ever cricket encounter...
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Mohammed Shami (category Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut)
finished as India's leading wicket taker in the ICC World Cup 2023, besides being the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in the 48 years history of Cricket...
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