double wicket

noun

1. cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.

Example Sentences

After Rohit Sharma and Lokesh Rahul shared the highest opening stand for this tournament of 180, Bangladesh struck back to reduce India to 237-4 when seamer Mustafizur Rahman’s double wicket maiden claimed Virat Kohil on 26 and Hardik Pandya for a two-ball duck.

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The score had not advanced when Kamran Akmal became Jadeja's third scalp when Virender Sehwag caught him at slip and the bowler went on to complete a double wicket maiden.

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Jacques Kallis produced a double wicket maiden in his first over removing Matsikenyeri and trapping Elton Chigumbura lbw in successive deliveries to put the Zimbabwe innings in disarray.

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Dernbach, expensive at first, was able to rescue his figures with a double‑wicket maiden.

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Asif's first over back after the break was a double‑wicket maiden.

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