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Sticky wicket (or sticky dog, or glue pot) [1] is a metaphor [2] used to describe a difficult circumstance. It originated as a term for difficult circumstances in the sport of cricket , caused by a damp and soft wicket .
Each wicket consists of three stumps, upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails. The size and shape of the wicket has changed several times during the last 300 years; its dimensions and placing is now determined by Law 8 in the Laws of Cricket, thus: Law 8: The wickets. The ...
Other terms used are the batter being out, the batting side losing a wicket, and the fielding side (and often the bowler) taking a wicket. The ball becomes dead (meaning that no further runs can be scored off that delivery ), and the dismissed batter must leave the field of play for the rest of their team's innings, to be replaced by a team-mate.
the deviation of the point along the pitch where a delivery bounces from the line from wicket-to-wicket (to the leg side or the off side). [1] Line and length bowling bowling so that a delivery pitches on a good length and just outside off stump. This forces the batter to play a shot as the ball may hit the stumps. [1] List A cricket
The overall width of each wicket is 9 inches (22.9 cm). Each stump is 28 inches (71.1 cm) tall with maximum and minimum diameters of 1 1 ⁄ 2 inches (3.81 cm) and 1 3 ⁄ 8 inches (3.49 cm). They have a spike at one end for inserting into the ground, and the other end has a U-shaped 'through groove' to provide a resting place for the bails. [ 3 ]
In response, cricket fans sought new ways to keep the sport relevant; with wicket pursued as a shorter and higher-scoring version of cricket. Rejected by many traditional cricket fans, the turn of the 20th century saw wicket disappear even from its stronghold of Connecticut .
In the sport of cricket, a bail is one of the two smaller sticks placed on top of the three stumps to form a wicket.The bails are used to determine when the wicket is broken or put down, which in turn is one of the critical factors in determining whether a batsman is out bowled, stumped, run out or hit wicket.
Swann was the second-most productive bowler in the series, taking 12 wickets in the series at an average of 23.58, [35] and was ranked as the second best Test bowler in the world. [36] England won the following five-match ODI series 3–2. Swann took eight wickets and in the process rose to the No. 1 spot in the ICC's ODI bowler rankings.