A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a ticket barrier|ticket barrier]] at a rail station
One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman
In cricket, a wicket is a set of three upright sticks with two small sticks on top of them at which the ball is bowled. There are two wickets on a cricket pitch
The terms "wicket", and "wickets", are used in different and important ways "THE wicket" is the strip of field between the two sets of sticks marking the bases, as in "sticky wicket" (see definition) "A wicket", used as singular or plural, is a count of the number of "outs" in an inning, so "85 for 6 wickets" means 85 runs scored, for 6 "outs" "THE wickets", always used in plural, are the set of three sticks or "stumps" marking the base, as in "He stood in front of the wickets" It helps to know the context in which the word is being used !
small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top
A measuring device (or devices) which is generally shaped like a croquet wicket The set consists of four shapes in minimum and maximum heights separately for males and females
small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) a small arch used as croquet equipment cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture
In cricket, when a wicket falls or is taken, a batsman is out. one of two sets of three wooden sticks that are stuck in the ground in a game of cricket, which the bowler tries to hit with the ball stump, bail bail be on a sticky wicket sticky (wiket)
A rule which when invoked results in the dismissal of a batsman (out) in which the batsman hits his own wicket either with the bat or his body, usually while attempting to play the ball
Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's pads instead (without first hitting the bat); abbreviated as LBW