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{{Short description|Either of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at each end of a cricket pitch}}
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[[File:Wicket.jpg|thumb|200px|A wicket]]
In [[cricket]], the term '''wicket''' has several meanings:
* It is
** The wicket is guarded by a [[Batsman (cricket)|
* Through [[metonymic]] usage, the [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissal]] of a
* The [[cricket pitch]] itself is sometimes referred to
In croquet, wooden or plastic balls are hit with a mallet through hoops embedded in a grass playing court. A hoop is commonly referred to as a wicket in [[North America|North American]] English.
==History==
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===Putting down a wicket===
The wicket can be thought of as the target of the fielding team, as the [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] and [[fielder (cricket)|fielder]]s alike can [[dismissal (cricket)|dismiss]] the batter by hitting the wicket with the ball, and in particular, can prevent run-scoring (off a ball that has not reached the boundary) by managing or threatening to [[run out]] batters.
For a
* A [[Bail (cricket)|bail]] is completely removed from the top of the stumps
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* A 2010 amendment to the Laws clarified the rare circumstance where a bat breaks during the course of a shot and the detached debris breaks the wicket; the wicket has been put down in this circumstance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/mcc-announces-eight-law-changes,1735,NS.html)|title=MCC announce eight Law changes|date=30 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221092414/http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/mcc-announces-eight-law-changes,1735,NS.html)|archive-date=21 February 2011}}</ref>
The wicket is also put down if a fielder pulls a stump out of the ground in the same manner.
[[File:Sutcliffe - bail stays put.jpg|thumb|200px|
A ball from [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]] hits the stumps but does not dislodge the [[Bail (cricket)|bail]], [[English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33|Sydney, 1932]]. The wicket was not put down, and so the Special situations:
*If one bail is off, removing the remaining bail or striking or pulling any
*If
▲*If however both bails are off, a fielder must remove one of the three stumps out of the ground with the ball, or pull it out of the ground with a hand or arm, provided that the ball is held in the hand or hands so used, or in the hand of the arm so used.
If the [[Umpire (cricket)|umpires]] have agreed to dispense with bails, because, for example, it is too windy for the bails to remain on the stumps, the decision as to whether the wicket has been put down is one for the umpire concerned to decide. After a decision to play without bails, the wicket has been put down if the umpire concerned is satisfied that the wicket has been struck by the ball, by the striker's [[Bat (cricket)|bat]], person, or items of his clothing or equipment separated from his person as described above, or by a fielder with the hand holding the ball or with the arm of the hand holding the ball.
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===Modern innovations===
{{Main|Stump (cricket)#Modern innovations}}
As per the ICC Playing Conditions, when using the [[LED wicket]]s, "the moment at which the wicket has been put down [...] shall be deemed to be the first frame in which the LED lights are illuminated and subsequent frames show the bail permanently removed from the top of the stumps."<ref>{{cite web |title=CC
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▲==Dismissal of a batsman==<!-- This section is linked from [[James Graham (cricketer)]] -->
[[File:Loughton Cricket Club ground scoreboard at Loughton, Essex, England.jpg|thumb|300px|A scoreboard showing the total runs scored and wickets lost]]
{{Main article|Dismissal (cricket)}}
The [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissal]] of a
The word ''wicket'' has this meaning in the following contexts:
===Scoring===
A team's [[Scoring (cricket)|score]] is described in terms of the total number of [[run (cricket)|runs]] scored and the total number of wickets lost.
===Bowling analyses===
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===Batting partnerships===
The sequence of time over which two particular
*The '''first wicket partnership''' is from the start of the innings until the team loses its first wicket, i.e. one of the first two
* The '''second wicket partnership''' is from when the third
* etc...
* The '''tenth wicket''' or '''last wicket partnership''' is from when the eleventh (last)
===Winning by number of wickets===
A team can win a match by a certain number of wickets. This means that they were batting last, and reached the winning target with a certain number of batsmen still not dismissed. For example, if the side scored the required number of runs to win with only three
==The pitch==
The word ''wicket'' is also sometimes used to refer to the [[cricket pitch]] itself.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/wicket|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925134541/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/wicket|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 September 2016|title=wicket – Definition of wicket in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries – English}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/wicket|title=Wicket definition and meaning – Collins English Dictionary|website=collinsdictionary.com}}</ref> According to the ''Laws of Cricket'', this usage is incorrect{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}, but it is in common usage and commonly understood by cricket followers.
The term ''[[sticky wicket]]'' refers to a situation in which the pitch has become damp, typically due to rain or high humidity. This makes the path of the ball more unpredictable thus making the job of defending the stumps that much more difficult. The full phrase is thought to have originally been "to bat on a sticky wicket." Such pitches were commonplace at all levels of the game (i.e. up to Test match level) until the late 1950s.
==In other sports==
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==References==
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