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    Wicket (redirect from Put down the wicket)
    hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batter out. The wicket is guarded by a batter who, with their bat (and sometimes with their pads...
    13 KB (1,756 words) - 09:31, 14 March 2024
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    line of sight of a baseball batter, while facing the pitcher and awaiting a pitch. This dark surface allows the batter to see the pitched ball against...
    8 KB (949 words) - 08:20, 3 March 2024
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    to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically...
    44 KB (6,629 words) - 21:47, 26 May 2024
  • batters play through their team's innings, there always being two batters taking part at any one time. All eleven players in a team are required to bat...
    23 KB (3,118 words) - 13:18, 3 June 2024
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    pan before the batter is poured in, so that they form a baked-on topping after the cake is inverted. A simple cottage pudding cake batter may be used. The...
    5 KB (447 words) - 05:48, 18 May 2024
  • three batters and none safely reaches a base. "Three up, three down." A double play in which the pitcher (1) fields a batted ball and throws home to the...
    512 KB (69,740 words) - 01:45, 4 June 2024
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    which is played with the bat moving lateral to the direction of motion of the ball. Used when the batter is aiming square or behind square, but requires...
    219 KB (27,442 words) - 17:36, 3 June 2024
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    A battering ram is a siege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their...
    10 KB (1,409 words) - 02:44, 7 December 2023
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    pickup truck to batter down the wooden doors of the palace before entering and getting expelled by security forces. Because of work related to the construction...
    36 KB (4,064 words) - 03:05, 11 May 2024
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    machines used mechanical energy to fling large projectiles to batter down stone walls. Also used were the battering ram and the siege tower, a wooden...
    13 KB (1,638 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2024
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    dismissing a batter in cricket, in which the wicket-keeper puts down the striker's wicket while the striker is out of their ground (the batter leaves their...
    9 KB (965 words) - 17:47, 11 October 2023
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    even if the infielder fails to catch it or drops it on purpose. The umpire's declaration of an infield fly means that the batter is out (and all force plays...
    20 KB (2,882 words) - 18:47, 31 May 2024
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    after it is struck by the striking batter, to limit the number of runs that the striker scores and/or to get a batter out by either catching a hit ball...
    28 KB (4,173 words) - 12:55, 10 May 2024
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    the batter before frying. Monjayaki batter has ingredients similar to okonomiyaki. However, additional dashi or water is added to the monjayaki batter mixture...
    2 KB (193 words) - 23:19, 26 April 2024
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    to be called a strike even if the batter does not swing. The strike zone is defined as the volume of space above home plate and between the batter's knees...
    16 KB (2,106 words) - 14:41, 30 May 2024
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    other batter gets closer to it. Whether a batter is in or out of his ground is defined by Law 30 of the Laws of Cricket. So long as the batter has his...
    3 KB (306 words) - 03:16, 7 March 2024
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    whether the ball has touched the bat, glove, or any part of the batter before going on to put down the wicket, though it may not touch another player or an umpire...
    5 KB (559 words) - 13:19, 8 July 2023
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    cricket, a dismissal occurs when a batter's innings is brought to an end by the opposing team. Other terms used are the batter being out, the batting side losing...
    26 KB (3,095 words) - 21:42, 3 February 2024
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    strikes against a batter, then the batter is out and the next batter in the order comes up to bat. A strike is recorded any time a batter swings at and misses...
    108 KB (15,210 words) - 02:33, 31 May 2024
  • when the batters are attempting to run between the wickets, and the fielding team succeed in getting the ball to one of the wickets before a batter has crossed...
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