Wicket

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several meanings:

Meanings of the concept of Wicket

Comprised of the Stumps Wicket

First of all, is referred to as Wicket existing wooden structure consisting of three rods ( Stumps ) and two cross bars ( Bails ). There is such a wicket at each end of the pitch. The batsman ( batsman ) defends it with his bat before the bowler ( bowler ) thrown ball

The crafted from a single piece Stump has an 8 cm long tip that is inserted without further fortifications in the ground ( grass). Higher Stumps are made from English ash.

According to Rule 8 of the Laws of Cricket Wicket has the following dimensions have: Each pillar has a height above the ground of 71 cm ( 28 inches). The three Stumps are at evenly spaced on the so-called Bowling Crease ( line ) so that the wicket total of about 23 cm (9 inches ) wide. The two Bails ( crossbars ), which are relaxed in small depressions on the Stumps may extend beyond this no more than 1.3 cm (1 /2 inch ) and are each about 11 cm long. In addition, there are other rules on the dimensions of Stumps and Bails of. In junior cricket other provisions apply again.

Leaving the batsman

The departure of the batsman ( batsman ) is also referred to as Wicket. In this case one says that the batsman who lost his wicket. Conversely, this is the pitcher ( bowler ) will be credited, he then scored a wicket ( taken a wicket in English ).

Partnership

The period during which two people are whipped together in the game, and in particular gained since the last departure Runs the (impact ) team is, or will be called Partnership. To distinguish these partnerships from each other, they are in sequence as a first wicket partnership, second wicket partnership, etc. referred to. A new partnership so always begins as soon as a batsman resigned and a new batsman will be used. The end of the tenth wicket or load- wicket partnership is also the end of the innings.

The pitch

The word wicket is also often used for the cricket pitch itself. This is according to the cricket rules ( Laws of Cricket ) not correct, it only use the term pitch, but each Cricketfan understands him.

Common Misconceptions

When the wickets are not all about goals. These often found in (sports) encyclopaedias and dictionaries translation is only the result of a misunderstanding, namely that you would receive points for that to hit the "gateway ". Furthermore, the Wicket, the shape of a gate had in the history of cricket originally (gate, not goal ) - the third stump was added later (1775 ).

Another reason for the confusion lies in the fact that two of them are on the field, but not because there are two teams, but because always two batsmen are from a team that beat the team at the same time in the game. Not only that, there's another word for goal as well in English and the wicket only very distantly resembles a gate (no power, three vertical bars ), it is crucial that it does not have the function of a gate. In addition, therefore, it is also correct to speak at the stumps and bails not post and crossbar, but of rods and cross rods.

Because Wicket is not with the "gateway " to translate is as " gatekeepers " or " keeper " no translation for wicket-keeper. This word also remains untranslated under German cricketers. It would also give the wrong impression, as the wicket-keeper the wicket does not protect, but on the contrary tried to destroy it with the ball. It is, however, the task of the batsmans to protect the wicket against destruction by wegschlägt the approaching ball.

Trivia

For a household word sentence from a work ( The Birthday Party ) by Harold Pinter was: "Who watered the wicket at Melbourne ". Again with Wicket actually meant the cricket pitch and with the aforementioned action an unfair behavior of a supposedly remains unknown parties, in which during a test match the playing characteristics of the place have been changed overnight by irrigation.