wicket

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"It gave me time to settle down and in getting to know what the wicket was about," he said.

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  1. noun A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.
  2. noun A small window or opening, often fitted with glass or a grating.
  3. noun A sluice gate for regulating the amount of water in a millrace or canal or for emptying a lock.
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  • Prasanna Jayawardene (28) contrived to chip Mohammad Ashraful to short mid-wicket, and three balls later Malinda Warnapura (27) was unfortunate to fall lbw, after the ball from Shahadat Hossain had pitched outside leg stump. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • From a point of view being that this wicket will be a very good one Dan Vettori will more than likely choose to bat first, and the batsmen will apply the patience required to build a big score bringing in the chance of wearing the Indian bowlers down. —  Cricket Web - Latest News
  • Cobb and HD Ackerman (194) put on 266 for the sixth wicket, an all-wicket record partnership for Leicestershire against Middlesex, surpassing the 236 put on by David Gower —  ECB Latest News
  • The width at the bottom of the wicket was almost 670 kilometers (415 miles). —  Mars Today Top Stories
  • The Indians as we all know are very strong in hitting square of the wicket, which is a true reflection on the wickets that they play on in their country. —  Cricket Web - Latest News
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  1. Middle English, from Old North French wiket, nook, wicket; see weik-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English wicket, wiket, wyket, viket = Middle Dutch wicket, also wincket, from Old French *wiket, wisket, viquet, guichet, French guichet (Walloon wichet) = Provencal guisguet, a wicket; a diminutive form, prob. ult. from the verb seen in Anglo-Saxon wīcan, etc., give way: see wick, weak.
 

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