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* It is oneeither of the two sets of three [[Stump (cricket)|stumps]] and two [[Bail (cricket)|bails]] at eithereach end of the [[Cricket pitch|pitch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-8-the-wickets/ |title=Law 8 – The wickets |publisher=MCC |access-date=29 September 2017}}</ref> The [[Fielding (cricket)|fielding]] team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsmanbatter [[out (cricket)|out]].

** The wicket is guarded by a [[Batsman (cricket)|batsmanbatter]] who, with histheir [[cricket bat|bat]] (and sometimes with histheir [[pads]], but see the laws on [[Leg before wicket|LBW]], leg before wicket), attempts to prevent the [[Cricket ball|ball]] from hitting the wicket (if it does, he is [[bowled out]]) and to [[Run (cricket)|score runs]] where possible. You think you are good in cricket

* Through [[metonymic]] usage, the [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissal]] of a batsmanbatter is known as the ''taking of a wicket'',<ref name=cric>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/239756.html|title=A glossary of cricket terms|date=6 March 2006|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

* The [[cricket pitch]] itself is sometimes referred to (incorrectly, according to the ''Laws of Cricket'') as ''the wicket''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

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 batsmanbatter to be dismissed by being [[bowled]], [[run out]], [[stumped]] or [[hit wicket]], histheir wicket needs to be put down, potentially when neither batsmanbatter is in the [[batsman's ground|ground]] of the wicket. This generally occurs when a fielder throws the ball at the wicket, or hits it with ball in hand. What this means is defined by Law 29. A wicket is put down if:

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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 batsmanbatter ([[Herbert Sutcliffe]]) was [[not out]].]]

*If one bail is off, removing the remaining bail or striking or pulling any of the three stumpsstump out of the ground is sufficient to put the wicket down. A fielder may remake the wicket, if necessary, to put it down to have an opportunity of running out a batsmanbatter.

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 Men’sMen's One Day International Playing Conditions (incorporating the 2017 Code of the MCC Laws of Cricket) Effective 1 August 2019 |url=https://icc-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2020/02/18/50c52297-70b0-4c12-9a8e-e9068cfe0c71/ICC-Men-s-ODI-Playing-Conditions-2019.pdf |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> The manufacturer is reviewing the LED wicket's performance after a number of international cricketers criticized the Zing bails during the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sport|first=Telegraph|date=2019-06-11|title=Manufacturers of 'Zing' bails left surprised by World Cup problems and will 'review' for future use|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2019/06/11/manufacturers-zing-bails-left-surprised-world-cup-problems-will/|access-date=2020-09-19|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

The [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissal]] of a batsmanbatter is known as the ''taking of a wicket''. The batsmanbatter is said to have ''lost histheir wicket'', the batting side is said to have ''lost a wicket'', the fielding side to have ''taken a wicket'', and the [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] is also said to have ''taken histheir'' (i.e. the batsmanbatter's) ''wicket'', if the dismissal is one of the types for which the bowler receives credit. This language is used even if the dismissal did not actually involve the stumps and bails in any way, (for example, a catch). Though note that theThe other four of the five most common methods of dismissal (bowled, LBW, run out, and stumped) involve the stumps and bails being put down (in the case of LBW, theoretically).

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.

The sequence of time over which two particular batsmenbatters bat together, a [[partnership (cricket)|partnership]], is referred to as a specifically numbered wicket when discriminating it from other partnerships in the [[innings]]. This can be thought of as saying "this was the number of runs scored while this team had lost [''n''-1] wickets and had yet to lose their ''n''th wicket."

*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 batsmenbatters is dismissed.

* The '''second wicket partnership''' is from when the third batsmanbatter starts batting until the team loses its second wicket, i.e. the time from when they have lost one wicket until the time they have lost a second wicket, which happens when a second batsmanbatter is dismissed.

* The '''tenth wicket''' or '''last wicket partnership''' is from when the eleventh (last) batsmanbatter starts batting until the team loses its tenth (last) wicket, i.e. a tenth (last) batsmanbatter is dismissed.

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 batsmenbatters dismissed, they are said to have won by seven wickets (as a team's innings ends when ten batsmenbatters are dismissed).

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.

TheEven though it is a cricket term, the arches used in [[croquet]] and [[roque]] are sometimes referred to as ''wickets'', especially in [[American English]]. These arches descend from the ancestral game of [[ground billiards]] (which may also be related to cricket), and were formerly called the ''hoop'', ''arch'' or ''port''. The port remained a prominent feature of indoor table [[Cue sport|billiards]] until well into the 18th century.<ref name="Clare">{{Cite book

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