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wicket

one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of a cricket pitch, guarded by a batsman who, with his bat, attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket; named after "wicket gate", a small gate, which it historically resembled
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wicket

Summary

wicket ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,911 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wicket is a type of sports equipment[2].
  • wicket's Commons category is recorded as Wickets[3].
  • wicket comprises stump[4].
  • wicket comprises bail[5].
  • wicket's sport is recorded as cricket[6].

Body

Definition and Type

wicket is a type of sports equipment[2].

Use and Application

Components include stump[4], a sports term[7] and bail[5].

Why It Matters

wicket ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,911 views/month).[1] wicket has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). wicket. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wicket
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wicket_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{wicket}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wicket}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5w ago · Robinscarlet · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → stump, bail
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → Q77340852
    Subclass of → sports equipment
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q77340852]]"
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