wicket
noun
a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in a door, or forming a place of communication in a ticket office, a teller's cage in a bank, etc.
wickets
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pluralof wicket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Josh Tongue: Eight wickets in the match, the same as Robinson, is remarkable given Tongue started quite poorly on day one.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
His three wickets cost 133 runs at more than six runs per over.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
From leading by 105 runs with nine second-innings wickets in hand on the second afternoon, the tourists were beaten before the day ended.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
England's defeat in Perth came as a result of a collapse of nine wickets for 99 runs.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
If we couldn’t afford a proper cricket ball, we made one out of an old sock stuffed with rubbish; and we drew wickets on the wall in chalk.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
