Word: wicket
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...next peculiarity of cricket is the wicket, which is composed of three vertical stumps (sticks of wood) and two little bails which are balanced on top of the stumps. The batsman stands in front of the wicket, and protects it--tries to prevent the bowler from bowling the ball past him and knocking down the stumps and bails. If his wicket is knocked down, the batsman is "bowled out," which is roughly equivalent to being struck...
...ball is known as the pitch . . . First-base [is] an anthill at cover-point. The second-base ... is roughly at long-on. The third base is at square leg. The object of the game ... is to hit the ball and run around all the bases and back to the wicket ... If you hit a six, you are presumed to have gone full circle...
Most of the players come from either India or other nations in the British Commonwealth. A large number are graduate students, although one of Stuart's outstanding starters is sophomore Eddie Seaga, a wicket keeper from Jamaica in the West Indies...
...batsman's other object is to hit the ball in such a way that he will be able to run to a second set of stumps. Every time he reaches the other wicket he scores a run. He can continue to bat until the defending team succeeds in knocking the strips, or bails, off the wickets. He is also out if a fielder catches a fly ball...
...Then ye contented your souls With the flanneled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals...