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single-wicket [f. single a. 5.] A form of cricket in which there is only one wicket and consequently only one batsman at a time.
1736in Waghorn Cricket Scores (1899) 13 Whom they beat before at single-wicket. 1770J. Love Cricket 16 Scarce any youth wou'd dare At single Wicket, try the doubtful War. 1833J. Nyren Yng. Cricketer's Tutor 49 The parties in a match at single wicket vary in number from one to six on a side. 1887J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 55 She'll vanquish any boy her size At games of single-wicket! attrib.1736in Waghorn Cricket Scores (1899) 16 A great single-wicket match was played between the three countymen and the three Londoners. 1803Laws of Cricket 9 In single-wicket matches, if the striker moves out of his ground to strike the ball, he shall be allowed no notch. |