single wicket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of single wicket
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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He returned for a game of single wicket – a kind of one-man cricketing head-to-head – against Yorkshire’s James Dearman in Town Malling.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2019
Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images England's has said he and Monty Panesar channelled the Ashes spirit of 2009 to salvage a draw in the Test series against New Zealand with just a single wicket to spare.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013
Hasan didn't take a single wicket and didn't get a bowl in the second innings.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2012
England's other bowlers sent down 118 overs combined while taking only a single wicket.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2011
He used to play, and then only occasionally, with two or three small boys at single wicket; now he entered boldly into the game, and played whenever he could.
From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by Thomas, William I.
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