single wicket

noun

1. a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.

Word History and Origins

Origin of single wicket¹

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

He returned for a game of single wicket – a kind of one-man cricketing head-to-head – against Yorkshire’s James Dearman in Town Malling.

From The Guardian

In the subplots have been history: Mitchell Johnson becoming only the second Australian to take both 300 Test wickets and make 2,000 Test runs; Warner scoring the joint-fastest 50 the Ashes has seen; Stuart Broad a single wicket away from being the fifth Englishman to 300 Tests scalps; Michael Clarke a captain whose ship is not just listing but who has fallen off the bridge with his lifejacket left behind.

From BBC

Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images England's has said he and Monty Panesar channelled the Ashes spirit of 2009 to salvage a draw in the Test series against New Zealand with just a single wicket to spare.

From The Guardian

With New Zealand put in to bat by Alastair Cook they suffered through a day in the field that yielded a maiden Test century, 124 not out, for Peter Fulton at the age of 34, another approaching for the brilliant young tyro Kane Williamson who left the field unbeaten on 83, and the single wicket, to Steve Finn, of Hamish Rutherford.

From The Guardian

For England, Monty Panesar got through 54 overs for 91 runs and with the pitch starting to turn would have been expected to add to his single wicket if the weather had not interfered.

From The Guardian