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DEFINITIONS.
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Wicket.—Three stumps twenty-seven inches high, so erected that they shall be eight inches from outside to outside, with bails laid in grooves upon the top. The stumps composing the wicket must be of such thickness that the ball cannot pass between them.

Wicket.— A batter given "out" by the umpire for any cause.

Wicket.—The "crease" as a whole with special reference to the surfacing.