Wicket or wicket ball was an American
form
Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens.
Form also refers to:
*Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
...
of
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
played up until the 1800s.
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
played it once with his soldiers.
Rules
Wicket used a
wicket
In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings:
* It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...
which was much wider and shorter than a cricket wicket, and a bat that resembled a spoon. There were up to 30 fielders and 3 innings, making the game finish in a day.
The
creases that batters had to run across to score runs were called "Tick Marks", scoring a
run
Run(s) or RUN may refer to:
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(which happened when the batters crossed each other running to the other wicket) could be called a "cross", and the
cricket pitch
In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets. It is long (1 chain) and wide. The surface is flat and is normally covered with extremely short grass, but can be completely d ...
where the ball was bowled was called an alley.
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in cricket, governed by Law 38 of the Laws of Cricket.
A run out usually occurs when the batsmen are attempting to run between the wickets, and the fielding team succeed in getting the ball to one wicket befo ...
s were known as "ticking
ut the batter. In some forms of wicket, a batter could be out
LBW if the ball hit them on the body (known as a "sham" or "shinning") thrice under certain circumstances.
References
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External links
Chronology:Wicket - Protoball
Forms of cricket