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hit wicket

method of dismissal in cricket in which, after the bowler has entered their delivery stride and while the ball is in play, the wicket is put down by the batsman or their bat
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hit wicket

Summary

hit wicket ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hit wicket's subclass of is recorded as dismissal[2].
  • hit wicket's sport is recorded as cricket[3].
  • hit wicket's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/041ww1[4].
  • hit wicket's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as sports/hit-wicket[5].

Why It Matters

hit wicket ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[1]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hit wicket. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-wicket
MLA “hit wicket.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-wicket.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hit-wicket_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hit wicket}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-wicket}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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