Wicket

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:

Definitions

Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, with his bat, attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket.

The origin of the word is from the standard definition of wicket as a small gate. Historically, cricket wickets had only two stumps and one bail and looked like a gate. The third (middle) stump was introduced in 1775.

The size and shape of the wicket has changed several times during the last 300 years and its dimensions and placing is now determined by Law 8 in the Laws of Cricket, thus:

  • Law 8: The wickets. The wicket consists of three wooden stumps that are 28 inches (71 cm) tall. The stumps are placed along the batting crease with equal distances between each stump. They are positioned so they are 9 inches (23 cm) wide. Two wooden bails are placed on top of the stumps. The bails must not project more than 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) above the stumps, and must, for men's cricket, be 4 516 inches (10.95 cm) long.
  • Wicket (disambiguation)

    A wicket is a term used in the sport of cricket with several related meanings.

    It also has some non-cricket meanings:

  • "Sticky Wicket", a M*A*S*H episode
  • Mrs. Wicket, from Mr. Bean
  • Wicket (retail); in banking, the place where a customer performs a transaction with a bank teller
  • In croquet, one of the hoops through which the balls must pass
  • Apache Wicket, a web application framework
  • Wicket W. Warrick, an Ewok in the Star Wars universe
  • Wicket gate, a type of door
  • Wicket (ski), a wire loop which attaches a ski pass to a skier
  • In HTML, an obsolete reference to one of the angle brackets < > surrounding a tag
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