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What is the noun for wicket?

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wicket
  1. A small door or gate, especially one associated with a larger one.
  2. A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
  3. (Britain) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a ticket barrier at a rail station.
  4. (cricket) 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.
  5. (cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
  6. (cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.
  7. (cricket) The pitch.
  8. (cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
  9. (croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
  10. (skiing, snowboarding) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
  11. (US, dialect) A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
  12. (mining) The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
  13. (Internet) An angle bracket when used in HTML.
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  15. Examples:
    1. “Go through the wicket, proceed to the left, and use the escalator to get out.”
      “So we sat around while a new wicket was prepared and cut, which was the only way of playing.”
      “When you were fielding in the wall-less labyrinth of cricketers and pitches, you often forgot which wicket your match was being played on.”
wicketkeeper
  1. (cricket) A player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The wicketkeeper leaped forward to catch the ball, narrowly missing a potential stumping opportunity.”
      “But the vote goes to Andy Flower, the best batsman of the lot and a fine wicketkeeper.”
      “The teenage wicketkeeper then pouched two catches to remove both openers cheaply and wickets continued to tumble.”
wicketkeeping
  1. (cricket) The role of the wicketkeeper.
wicketkeepers
  1. plural of wicketkeeper
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Has there ever been a Test match where both wicketkeepers have stumped each other?”
      “The team consists of five all-rounders, six specialist batsmen, two wicketkeepers and five strike bowlers.”
      “Healy is currently in New Zealand doing a mix of fundraising, public speaking and coaching promising young wicketkeepers.”
wickets
  1. plural of wicket
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Although the paceman captured 11 wickets in the first two Tests, Pakistan was whitewashed 3-0 in the series.”
      “It's a great place to play cricket and the wickets are probably the best batting wickets in the world.”
      “Kendal went for the jugular and had their hosts at three wickets down for four runs.”
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