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wicket
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wicket
1. a small sluicegate, esp one in a canal lock gate or by a water wheel
2. US a croquet hoop
3. 
a. Cricket either of two constructions, placed 22 yards apart, consisting of three pointed stumps stuck parallel in the ground with two wooden bails resting on top, at which the batsman stands
b. the strip of ground between these
c. a batsman's turn at batting or the period during which two batsmen bat
d. the act or instance of a batsman being got out
4. keep wicket to act as a wicketkeeper
wicket
A small door or gate, esp. one forming part of a larger one.
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This Sunday the 26-year-old, who keeps wicket for Championship Trophy winners Durham County Cricket Club, will officially start the Grand Durham Duck Race.
Duck race fever by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Warwickshire's problem became Knowle and Dorridge's as well as Johnson keeps wicket for them.
K&D keep getting handed unlucky breaks behind stumps by Birmingham Mail (England)
John Ford, who keeps wicket on a Saturday does not play in cup games.
Cricket: HOWZAT! - David is just miles ahead on Wallasey versatility ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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