wicket
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Pacers' bowling averages have dropped from 19.2 runs per wicket to 18.3 too.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Campbell and Hope put on 110 in 79 balls for the second wicket, before a huge third-wicket partnership of 182 between Hope and Jangoo set the platform for a recrod total.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Horley hit 117 from 86 balls, including 13 boundaries, and put on 131 for the fourth wicket with Finty Trussler.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
He later returned to wrap up the innings, taking the final wicket when Dilshan Madushanka skied to Brook.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The great gates were closed and locked; but a wicket in one of them was only latched.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
He took 50 wickets in the County Championship in 2026, a tally bettered by only six other bowlers in Division Two.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Left-armer Marco Jansen took a superb 5-33 and Kagiso Rabada and Wiaan Mulder two wickets each as the Proteas roared back into the Test to give them a real shot at leveling the series.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
In a 23-year international career, Anderson took 991 wickets across formats for England.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
In 2024, Anderson became the third bowler in Test history, after Muralitharan and Warne, to reach 700 wickets.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
They were waiting for the wickets to open in the morning to buy tickets for the bull-fight.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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