What is a wicket in cricket?

Answer 1

Sports. In cricket:

1. Either of the two sets of three stumps, topped by bails, that forms the target of the bowler and is defended by the batsman.

2. A batsman's innings, which may be terminated by the ball knocking the bails off the stumps.

3. The termination of a batsman's innings.

4. The period during which two batsmen are in together.

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Answer 2

Wicket sticks are wooden stumps placed in a straight line and surmounted by two wooden crosspieces called bails. The total height of the wicket including bails is 28.5 inches (720 mm) and the combined width of the three stumps is 9 inches (230 mm).

Answer 3

Wicket also refers to the event of a batsman getting out. The batsman is said to have lost his wicket. If dismissed by a bowler, the bowler is said to have taken his wicket. The number of wickets taken is the primary measure of a bowler's ability.

Answer 4

Wicket has many different meanings in cricket. For more detailed information regarding such definitions, click on the Related Link below.

Answer 5

A cricket wicket is just grasses that has been mowed until it is very very short and it gets rolled so the ground becomes hard and bouncy, there are also artificial wickets.

Answer 6

it is when u hit your own wickets