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</li> <li id="toc-The_pitch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_pitch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>The pitch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_pitch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_other_sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_other_sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>In other sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_other_sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiced" title="Wiced – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wiced" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wicket" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket_(cr%C3%ADquet)" title="Wicket (críquet) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wicket (críquet)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA" title="ویکت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guichet_(cricket)" title="Guichet (cricket) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Guichet (cricket)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachaileith" title="Cachaileith – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Cachaileith" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%EC%BC%93" title="위켓 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위켓" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F" title="विकेट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकेट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wicket" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapu_(krikett)" title="Kapu (krikett) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kapu (krikett)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F" title="विकेट – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="विकेट" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="വിക്കറ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%80_(%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F)" title="बळी (क्रिकेट) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बळी (क्रिकेट)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wicket" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F" title="विकेट – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकेट" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88" title="ウィケット – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウィケット" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%9F" title="ਵਿਕਟ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕਟ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%B9" title="وکٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="وکٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wicket" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wicket" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_(%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D)" title="இலக்கு (துடுப்பாட்டம்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" 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searchaux" style="display:none">Either of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at each end of a cricket pitch</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Wicket_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Wicket (disambiguation)">Wicket (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wicket.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wicket.jpg/200px-Wicket.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wicket.jpg/300px-Wicket.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Wicket.jpg 2x" data-file-width="357" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>A wicket</figcaption></figure> <p>In the sport of <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, the term <b>wicket</b> has several meanings: </p> <ul><li>It is either of the two sets of three <a href="/wiki/Stump_(cricket)" title="Stump (cricket)">stumps</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Bail_(cricket)" title="Bail (cricket)">bails</a> at each end of the <a href="/wiki/Cricket_pitch" title="Cricket pitch">pitch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fielding_(cricket)" title="Fielding (cricket)">fielding</a> team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batter <a href="/wiki/Out_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Out (cricket)">out</a>. <ul><li>The wicket is guarded by a <a href="/wiki/Batsman_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batsman (cricket)">batter</a> who, with their <a href="/wiki/Cricket_bat" title="Cricket bat">bat</a> (and sometimes with their <a href="/wiki/Pads" title="Pads">pads</a>, but see the laws on <a href="/wiki/Leg_before_wicket" title="Leg before wicket">LBW</a>, leg before wicket), attempts to prevent the <a href="/wiki/Cricket_ball" title="Cricket ball">ball</a> from hitting the wicket (if it does, he is <a href="/wiki/Bowled_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowled out">bowled out</a>) and to <a href="/wiki/Run_(cricket)" title="Run (cricket)">score runs</a> where possible.</li></ul></li> <li>Through <a href="/wiki/Metonymic" class="mw-redirect" title="Metonymic">metonymic</a> usage, the <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_(cricket)" title="Dismissal (cricket)">dismissal</a> of a batter is known as the <i>taking of a wicket</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-cric_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cric-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Cricket_pitch" title="Cricket pitch">cricket pitch</a> itself is sometimes referred to as <i>the wicket</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><br />In the sport of <a href="/wiki/Croquet" title="Croquet">croquet</a>, wooden or plastic balls are hit with a mallet through hoops embedded in a grass playing court. A croquet hoop is commonly referred to as a wicket in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North American</a> English. (Note: the remainder of this page is about the wicket in cricket, not in croquet.) </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Cotes_-_The_young_cricketer_(1768).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Francis_Cotes_-_The_young_cricketer_%281768%29.jpg/220px-Francis_Cotes_-_The_young_cricketer_%281768%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Francis_Cotes_-_The_young_cricketer_%281768%29.jpg/330px-Francis_Cotes_-_The_young_cricketer_%281768%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Francis_Cotes_-_The_young_cricketer_%281768%29.jpg/440px-Francis_Cotes_-_The_young_cricketer_%281768%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3060" data-file-height="4690" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Cricketer" title="The Young Cricketer">The Young Cricketer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Cotes" title="Francis Cotes">Francis Cotes</a> in 1768 features the original two-stump wicket</figcaption></figure> <p>The origin of the word is from <a href="/wiki/Wicket_gate" title="Wicket gate">wicket gate</a>, a small gate. Originally, cricket wickets had only two stumps and one bail and looked like a gate, much like the wicket used in the North American game of <a href="/wiki/Wicket_(sport)" title="Wicket (sport)">wicket</a>. The third (middle) stump was introduced in 1775, after <a href="/wiki/Lumpy_Stevens" title="Lumpy Stevens">Lumpy Stevens</a> bowled three successive deliveries to <a href="/wiki/John_Small_(cricketer)" title="John Small (cricketer)">John Small</a> that went straight through the two stumps rather than hitting them.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stumps_and_bails">Stumps and bails</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Stumps and bails"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Stump_(cricket)" title="Stump (cricket)">Stump (cricket)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bail_(cricket)" title="Bail (cricket)">Bail (cricket)</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cricket_Stumps_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Cricket_Stumps_en.svg/260px-Cricket_Stumps_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="378" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Cricket_Stumps_en.svg/390px-Cricket_Stumps_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Cricket_Stumps_en.svg/520px-Cricket_Stumps_en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1852" data-file-height="2695" /></a><figcaption>Each wicket consists of three <a href="/wiki/Stump_(cricket)" title="Stump (cricket)">stumps</a>, upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the <a href="/wiki/Bail_(cricket)" title="Bail (cricket)">bails</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The size and shape of the wicket has changed several times during the last 300 years; its dimensions and placing is now determined by Law 8 in the <i><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_Cricket" title="Laws of Cricket">Laws of Cricket</a></i>, thus: </p> <ul><li><b>Law 8: The wickets</b>. The wicket consists of three wooden stumps that are 28 inches (71.12 cm) tall. The stumps are placed along the batting crease with equal distances between each stump. They are positioned so they are 9 inches (22.86 cm) wide. Two wooden bails are placed in shallow grooves on top of the stumps. The bails must not project more than 0.5 inches (1.27 cm) above the stumps, and must, for cricket, be 4.31 inches (10.95 cm) long.</li></ul> <p>There are also specified lengths for the barrel and spigots of the bail. There are different specifications for the wickets and bails for junior cricket. The umpires may dispense with the bails if conditions are unfit (e.g., if it is windy they might fall off by themselves).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further details on the specifications of the wickets are contained in Appendix D to the laws. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Putting_down_a_wicket">Putting down a wicket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Putting down a wicket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wicket can be thought of as a target for the fielding team, as the <a href="/wiki/Bowler_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowler (cricket)">bowler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fielder_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fielder (cricket)">fielders</a> can <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_(cricket)" title="Dismissal (cricket)">dismiss</a> a batter by hitting the wicket with the ball, in certain circumstances, and can prevent <a href="/wiki/Run_(cricket)" title="Run (cricket)">run</a>-scoring by threatening to do so. </p><p>For a batter to be dismissed by being <a href="/wiki/Bowled" title="Bowled">bowled</a>, <a href="/wiki/Run_out" title="Run out">run out</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumped</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hit_wicket" title="Hit wicket">hit wicket</a>, their wicket needs to be put down. For run out and stumped, this has to be when neither batter is in the <a href="/wiki/Batsman%27s_ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Batsman's ground">ground</a> of the wicket. This generally occurs when a fielder throws the ball at the wicket, or hits it with ball in hand. </p><p>What 'putting down a wicket' means is defined by Law 29. A wicket is put down if: </p> <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/Bail_(cricket)" title="Bail (cricket)">bail</a> is completely removed from the top of the stumps</li> <li>A stump is struck out of the grounds by the ball, the striker's bat, the striker's person (or by any part of his clothing or equipment becoming detached from his person), a <a href="/wiki/Fielding_(cricket)" title="Fielding (cricket)">fielder</a> (with his hand or arm, and provided that the ball is held in the hand or hands so used, or in the hand of the arm so used).</li> <li>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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The wicket is also put down if a fielder pulls a stump out of the ground in the same manner. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sutcliffe_-_bail_stays_put.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sutcliffe_-_bail_stays_put.jpg/200px-Sutcliffe_-_bail_stays_put.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sutcliffe_-_bail_stays_put.jpg/300px-Sutcliffe_-_bail_stays_put.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sutcliffe_-_bail_stays_put.jpg/400px-Sutcliffe_-_bail_stays_put.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1142" data-file-height="692" /></a><figcaption> A ball from <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(cricketer)" title="Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)">Bill O'Reilly</a> hits the stumps but does not dislodge the <a href="/wiki/Bail_(cricket)" title="Bail (cricket)">bail</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1932%E2%80%9333" title="English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33">Sydney, 1932</a>. The wicket was not put down, and so the batter (<a href="/wiki/Herbert_Sutcliffe" title="Herbert Sutcliffe">Herbert Sutcliffe</a>) was <a href="/wiki/Not_out" title="Not out">not out</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Special situations: </p> <ul><li>If one bail is off, removing the remaining bail or striking or pulling any stump 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 batter.</li> <li>If both bails are off, a fielder must strike or pull any stump 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(s) so used, or in the hand of the arm so used.</li></ul> <p>If the <a href="/wiki/Umpire_(cricket)" title="Umpire (cricket)">umpires</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Bat_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bat (cricket)">bat</a>, 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_innovations">Modern innovations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern innovations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Stump_(cricket)#Modern_innovations" title="Stump (cricket)">Stump (cricket) § Modern innovations</a></div> <p>As per the ICC Playing Conditions, when using the <a href="/wiki/LED_wicket" class="mw-redirect" title="LED wicket">LED wickets</a>, "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."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The manufacturer is reviewing the LED wicket's performance after a number of international cricketers criticized the Zing bails during the <a href="/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2019 Cricket World Cup">2019 Cricket World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Dismissing_a_batsman"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dismissal_of_a_batter">Dismissal of a batter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dismissal of a batter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loughton_Cricket_Club_ground_scoreboard_at_Loughton,_Essex,_England.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Loughton_Cricket_Club_ground_scoreboard_at_Loughton%2C_Essex%2C_England.jpg/300px-Loughton_Cricket_Club_ground_scoreboard_at_Loughton%2C_Essex%2C_England.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Loughton_Cricket_Club_ground_scoreboard_at_Loughton%2C_Essex%2C_England.jpg/450px-Loughton_Cricket_Club_ground_scoreboard_at_Loughton%2C_Essex%2C_England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Loughton_Cricket_Club_ground_scoreboard_at_Loughton%2C_Essex%2C_England.jpg/600px-Loughton_Cricket_Club_ground_scoreboard_at_Loughton%2C_Essex%2C_England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4613" data-file-height="3691" /></a><figcaption>A scoreboard showing the total runs scored and wickets lost</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_(cricket)" title="Dismissal (cricket)">Dismissal (cricket)</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_(cricket)" title="Dismissal (cricket)">dismissal</a> of a batter is known as the <i>taking of a wicket</i>. The batter is said to have <i>lost their wicket</i>, the batting side is said to have <i>lost a wicket</i>, the fielding side to have <i>taken a wicket</i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Bowler_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowler (cricket)">bowler</a> is also said to have <i>taken their</i> (i.e. the batter's) <i>wicket</i>, 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). The 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). </p><p>The word <i>wicket</i> has this meaning in the following contexts: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scoring">Scoring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Scoring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A team's <a href="/wiki/Scoring_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scoring (cricket)">score</a> is described in terms of the total number of <a href="/wiki/Run_(cricket)" title="Run (cricket)">runs</a> scored and the total number of wickets lost. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bowling_analyses">Bowling analyses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bowling analyses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The number of wickets taken is a primary measure of an individual bowler's ability, and a key part of a <a href="/wiki/Bowling_analysis" title="Bowling analysis">bowling analysis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batting_partnerships">Batting partnerships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Batting partnerships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sequence of time over which two particular batters bat together, a <a href="/wiki/Partnership_(cricket)" title="Partnership (cricket)">partnership</a>, is referred to as a specifically numbered wicket when discriminating it from other partnerships in the <a href="/wiki/Innings" title="Innings">innings</a>. This can be thought of as saying "this was the number of runs scored while this team had lost [<i>n</i>-1] wickets and had yet to lose their <i>n</i>th wicket." </p> <ul><li>The <b>first wicket partnership</b> is from the start of the innings until the team loses its first wicket, i.e. one of the first two batters is dismissed.</li> <li>The <b>second wicket partnership</b> is from when the third batter 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 batter is dismissed.</li> <li>etc...</li> <li>The <b>tenth wicket</b> or <b>last wicket partnership</b> is from when the eleventh (last) batter starts batting until the team loses its tenth (last) wicket, i.e. a tenth (last) batter is dismissed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Winning_by_number_of_wickets">Winning by number of wickets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Winning by number of wickets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 batters dismissed, they are said to have won by seven wickets (as a team's innings ends when ten batters are dismissed). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_pitch">The pitch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The pitch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <i>wicket</i> is also sometimes used to refer to the <a href="/wiki/Cricket_pitch" title="Cricket pitch">cricket pitch</a> itself.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i>Laws of Cricket</i>, this usage is incorrect<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, but it is in common usage and commonly understood by cricket followers. The term <i><a href="/wiki/Sticky_wicket" title="Sticky wicket">sticky wicket</a></i> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_sports">In other sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wicket&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Even though it is a cricket term, the arches used in <a href="/wiki/Croquet" title="Croquet">croquet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roque" title="Roque">roque</a> are sometimes referred to as <i>wickets</i>, especially in <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a>. These arches descend from the ancestral game of <a href="/wiki/Ground_billiards" title="Ground billiards">ground billiards</a> (which may also be related to cricket), and were formerly called the <i>hoop</i>, <i>arch</i> or <i>port</i>. 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