In the dark old inn yard a stable wicket creaked
That wasn't cricket! The cricket tells the temperature. There was quite a sticky wicket in that last game of cricket.
The noun 'wicket' is a word for a physical thing, there is no abstract form for the word. However, the noun 'wicket' has an abstract use as in the informal term 'sticky wicket', a word for a difficult or awkward situation.
maiden wicket or wicket maiden
about 1000 per wicket
a stable wicket is a small door or gate.
four feet from the wicket
The noun wicket has a regular plural: wickets.
A - to stop ball hitting wicket B - to score runs
A - to stop ball hitting wicket B - to score runs
Yes, it is out hitting the wicket after scoring a six in cricket because the batsman hit the wicket.
Sticky Wicket was created on 1973-03-04.
Wicket Wacky was created on 1951-05-28.