wicket
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A throwback innings continued as he left well throughout day two, largely scoring square or behind the wicket.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Dawson finished with 3-32 and Jamie Overton 2-23, while Sonny Baker impressed again with his pace and control in a miserly spell of 1-15, including a wicket maiden in the 19th over.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
That is a total of 56 runs for the first two wickets - an average partnership of 5.6 and 11.2 runs for the fall of the second wicket this series.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
And it wasn't long before Jamie Porter became the sixth player to lose his stumps in the innings, wicket number five for a rampant Crocombe.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I was sheepishly retreating also; but Mr. Rochester followed me, and when we reached the wicket, he said—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Sri Lanka lost two wickets without a run on the board and crumbled to 45 all out in less than 10 overs of chaos that included three run-outs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
India's men hammered Sri Lanka by 124 runs after Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the semi-finals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Jacks took the big wickets of Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka and then wrapped up the tail for career-best figures of 5-22.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Incredibly Cox caught the first five wickets to fall.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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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