Mid Slip, Silly Mid slip and third man sound like cricket positions you may be confused as there is a mid on or mid wicket and a silly mid on or silly mid wicket but not a silly or mid slip.
over mid wicket
wicket - to - wicket is 22 yards so as both stand a little between them i guess they're 20-21 yards apart (approx 18m)
22 positions. 1.Silly point 2.Short leg 3.Square leg 4.Deep square leg 5.Deep mid wicket 6.Long on 7.Long off 8.Deep cover 9.Third man 10.Fine leg 11.Mid wicket 12.Mid on 13.Mid off 14.Cover 15.Point 16.Backward point 17.3rd slip 18.Gully 19.2nd slip 20.1st slip 21.Wicket keeper 22.Short fine leg
maiden wicket or wicket maiden
There are 11 players in a cricket team. On the batting side there are a maximum of two batsmen at the wicket. On the fielding side the positions are amatter of tactics and up to the bowler and the captain. As an example there maybe 1 bowler 1 wicket keeper 5 slips 1 gully 1 mid on 1 mid off 1 covers
about 1000 per wicket
a stable wicket is a small door or gate.
The noun wicket has a regular plural: wickets.
four feet from the wicket
Yes, it is out hitting the wicket after scoring a six in cricket because the batsman hit the wicket.
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.