How to Use wicket in a Sentence

wicket

noun
  • Stokes hit the ball and ran the length of the wicket, good for one run.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 15 July 2019
  • On each end of the pitch is a wicket, a set of three stumps and two bails.
    — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • The first team to score four wickets is the winner and gets bragging rights.
    — Chris MacIas -, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Using a fire hydrant as a makeshift wicket, Nair took his first swing.
    — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
  • That said, only Green emerged with any credit on tougher wickets.
    — Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At that speed, even the slightest misjudgment could cost them their wicket.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Bangladesh, which lost the first game by four wickets, came close in its chase with 189-6.
    — ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • Archer's wickets were smashed by an unplayable shooter under his bat.
    — ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • England took three early wickets, and went on to win by 267 runs.
    — Matt Roller, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Death rattle – The sound of the ball missing the bat and breaking the wicket.
    — Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
  • Following that, the team took on Bangladesh, winning that matchup by five wickets.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Nathan Smith, who took eight Ireland wickets, was the fourth seamer.
    — ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • Kolkata kept losing wickets and was 129-7 at the start of the final over.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Cummins has taken 91 wickets against them over the years, his highest against any team.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Stoppard was the wicket-keeper, stylish in enormous bright red Slazenger gloves.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Bangladesh leads the series 1-0 after winning the first match by six wickets.
    — ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • Henry also achieved his first 10-wicket match haul in his 35th test.
    — ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • Sri Lanka went without a wicket for the second session in a row.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • Afghanistan’s innings was wrapped up before lunch, with its last five wickets falling for 39.
    — ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • With 575 wickets and counting, he can be considered one of the all-time greats.
    — SI.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The wicket is smooth concrete, poured in secret at night years ago by construction workers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
  • This one bounced through the wickets for a change on a 35-yard field goal from Joseph Bulovas.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The bowler’s goal is to take a wicket, which is being defended by a batsman, by knocking the bail off the stumps.
    — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Among the bowlers, Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each.
    — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The definition of health insurance proved to be a sticky wicket.
    — Carl Cannon, Orange County Register, 2 Apr. 2017
  • Australia and England also hail as hot spots for the sport stocked with equipment called wickets, stumps and bails.
    — Mary Shanklin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 July 2017
  • The duo put on 60 off 30 balls for the fourth wicket to help Kolkata cross 200.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That volume, paired with his control and wicket-taking threat, is what Australia would miss most.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Gill and Rishabh Pant put on 169 runs for the fourth wicket to seize control for the hosts.
    — ABC News, 6 June 2026
  • Delhi was put in to bat, lost wickets in clusters, and slumped to 89-5 in the 11th over.
    — ABC News, 8 May 2026

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