noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
wicket gate
wicket keeper
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
sticky
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When full-blown free trade eventually comes, the Windwards will be on a very sticky wicket .
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Her speech went as well as was possible, given that it was being made on the stickiest of sticky Parliamentary wickets .
■ NOUN
gate
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Turn left into Bleak Terrace and go back on to the Fell through the wicket gate to the village boundary wall.
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The huddled figure shambled alongside the yew hedge towards the wicket gate .
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Cranston pulled at the bell and they were allowed through a wicket gate built into the ponderous door.
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He went up through the wicket gate and into the cemetery, a quiet, surprisingly well-kept plot.
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Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre.
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The Co-operative also had double doors with a wicket gate leading into a cobbled yard.
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We brought her in, four of us carrying her on a wicket gate .
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But the rector was opening the wicket gate at the side of the public house, and vanished from sight.
stand
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Border shared in a fourth wicket stand of 147 in 35 overs with Damien Martyn, who continued his impressive run.
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The pair shared a second wicket stand of 215 in 51 overs.
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Holding, though, stood firm, his share of an unbeaten last wicket stand being 12.
test
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And he is a marginally better bowler than Hick even if he's still seeking his first Test wicket .
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Kapil hopes to go on to break Hadlee's overall record of 431 Test wickets .
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Warne's figures 17 Test wickets at 15 runs apiece suggest there was only one winner.
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Willis got him in the end, his last Test wicket .
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But 400 Test wickets in the next dozen years?
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First to go was Sidhu, another fine gully catch by Jones providing his fellow-Victorian Reiffel with his first Test wicket .
■ VERB
claim
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Allan Warners spell claimed two quick wickets .
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He had a lean time, claiming only two wickets altogether in Brisbane and the two Sydney Tests.
keep
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Cracked willow pattern contains the lobster, scraping its claws like some one crouched to keep wicket at Lord's.
lose
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Offerton lost eight wickets in reaching the target.
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It was the first time they had lost by 10 wickets in 325 limited-over internationals.
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Peverel lost their last six wickets for 26 and finished 39 short.
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Stuart Low dominated the Queensland innings with 142 as they lost their last six wickets for only 52.
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The scores were level, but Tattenhall lost fewer wickets .
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But Bangor recovered from 42-4 to triumph without losing another wicket .
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Mobberley lost only four wickets and needed only 31 overs to score the runs on a low-scoring weekend.
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The Worcestershire innings has just begun, and they've already lost one wicket with one run on the board.
take
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He took nine wickets in an innings on seven occasions.
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Read in studio Cricket ... Gloucestershire fast bowler Courtney Walsh has taken his fiftieth wicket of the season.
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The little magician did take seven wickets but he had to bowl 97 overs to get them.
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Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease.
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In the return match at the Basin Reserve he took five wickets in the first innings and scored a handy 42.
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Bootle made just 112, with Botham taking three wickets and Mike Mannion scoring 37.
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Crawford retired from first-class cricket two years later, having scored over 7000 runs and taken more than 600 wickets in his career.
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In one spell in the last session the Sri Lankans took three wickets for eight runs.
win
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Staffordshire won by four wickets with a ball to spare.
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Thornaby won by eight wickets at Stockton.
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They suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Hampshire, who won with two wickets to spare.
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Redcar won by ten wickets in just 20 overs.
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Crowe, with an unbeaten and classy 47, was Man of the Match as the Kiwis won by six wickets .
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Hetton are only a point off the pacemakers after they won by six wickets Langley.
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This was his second century in seven days but the game was won by five wickets at Bishop.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be on a sticky wicket
keep goal/wicket
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Cracked willow pattern contains the lobster, scraping its claws like some one crouched to keep wicket at Lord's.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the Sri Lankan wickets were taken by Yorkshiremen.
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And the one wicket he didn't take?
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Boughton Hall closed the gap with an eight wicket triumph at Huyton.
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His 62 wickets at 7.28 put him top of the Minor County averages.
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Richard Illingworth chipped in with the next wicket - Stephenson trapped leg before sweeping.
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Such grabbed two wickets in Lancashire's second innings to justify a bold declaration by Graham Gooch.
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The opposition quickly lost four wickets with only eight runs on the board but fading light saved them from defeat.
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The pair shared a second wicket stand of 215 in 51 overs.