wicket
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Batters are dismissed every 295.5 balls when leaving; a good leave is certainly the best shot in the book when it comes to keeping your wicket intact.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"What we expect of ourselves this week is what we got, particularly with the ball and the wicket that aided us with the ball."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Perhaps there was a time when the atmosphere felt flat, particularly when Imam and Shafique were adding 91 for the third wicket.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
After pinning Azan Awais with his first ball, the seamer probed Masood's outside edge from round the wicket before switching the angle of his attack in his third over.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Both he and I had our backs towards the path leading up the field to the wicket.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
His accuracy and ability to extract movement have seen him take 23 wickets this summer at a remarkable average of 8.3.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Three wickets down inside 7.1 overs and with Imam-ul-Haq absent injured, Pakistan could have been humiliated had it not been for Shakeel.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
After another eight wickets, England's seamer now has 23 wickets in three Tests at an average of 8.34 since his recall.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
As wickets fell around him, Cox remained composed.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
If we couldn’t afford a proper cricket ball, we made one out of an old sock stuffed with rubbish; and we drew wickets on the wall in chalk.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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