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Wicket-keeper

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The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and be ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. [1]

64 relations: AB de Villiers, Adam Gilchrist, Alan Knott, Alec Bedser, Alec Stewart, Arthur Jones (cricketer), Australia national cricket team, Australian cricket team in England in 1905, Bail (cricket), Batting (cricket), Ben Cox, Bill Athey, Bob Taylor (cricketer), Bobby Parks (cricketer), Bowling (cricket), Brendon McCullum, Bruce French (cricketer), Catcher, Caught, Crease (cricket), Cricket, Denesh Ramdin, Dismissal (cricket), England cricket team, Fast bowling, Fielding (cricket), Glossary of cricket terms, Godfrey Evans, Ian Healy, Jeff Dujon, Kamran Akmal, Kumar Sangakkara, Laws of Cricket, Lord's, Luke Ronchi, Mark Boucher, Matt Prior, Moeen Ali, Mohammad Shahzad, Moin Khan, MS Dhoni, Mushfiqur Rahim, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Quinton de Kock, Rashid Latif, Rod Marsh, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Run (cricket), Run out, Sammy Carter, ..., Slip (cricket), Spin bowling, Squatting position, Stump (cricket), Stumped, Surya Prakash Chaturvedi, Test cricket, The Oval, Wasim Bari, Wicket, Wicket-keeper's gloves, Worcestershire County Cricket Club, 2005 Ashes series, 2015 NatWest t20 Blast. Expand index (14 more) »

AB de Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984), commonly known as AB de Villiers and Mister 360 Degree, also simply known as ABD, is a former South African cricketer who played for the South African national team He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

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Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist, AM (born 14 November 1971), nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is a former Australian international cricketer and former captain of Australian national team.

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Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott (born 9 April 1946) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI).

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Alec Bedser

Sir Alec Victor Bedser CBE (4 July 1918 – 4 April 2010) was a professional English cricketer, primarily a medium-fast bowler.

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Alec Stewart

Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963) is a former English cricketer, and former captain of the England cricket team, who played Tests and ODIs as a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman.

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Arthur Jones (cricketer)

Arthur Owen Jones (16 August 1872 – 21 December 1914), was an English cricketer, noted as an all-rounder, and a rugby union player, he played full back or three quarter.

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Australia national cricket team

The Australia national cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877.

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Australian cricket team in England in 1905

The Australian cricket team in England in 1905 played 35 first-class matches including 5 Tests.

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Bail (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a bail is one of the two smaller sticks placed on top of the three stumps to form a wicket.

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Batting (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket.

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Ben Cox

Oliver Benjamin Cox (born 2 February 1992) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire.

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Bill Athey

Charles William Jeffrey Athey (born 27 September 1957) is a retired English first-class cricketer, who played for England, and first-class cricket for Gloucestershire, Yorkshire and Sussex; he also played a solitary one-day game for Worcestershire.

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Bob Taylor (cricketer)

Robert William Taylor (born 17 July 1941), known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984.

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Bobby Parks (cricketer)

Robert James Parks (born 15 June 1959, in Cuckfield) is a former English cricketer who played for Hampshire and Kent.

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Bowling (cricket)

Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman.

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Brendon McCullum

Brendon Barrie "Baz" McCullum, (born 27 September 1981) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played all formats, and also a former captain in all forms.

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Bruce French (cricketer)

Bruce Nicholas French (born 13 August 1959 in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a former English cricketer, who played in sixteen Tests and thirteen ODIs for England from 1985 to 1988.

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Catcher

Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player.

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Caught

Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket.

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Crease (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, the crease is a certain area demarcated by white lines painted or chalked on the field of play, and pursuant to the rules of cricket they help determine legal play in different ways for the fielding and batting side.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Denesh Ramdin

Denesh Ramdin (born 13 March 1985) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies.

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Dismissal (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out (also known as the fielding side taking a wicket and/or the batting side losing a wicket).

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England cricket team

The England cricket team represents England and Wales (and, until 1992, also Scotland) in international cricket.

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Fast bowling

Fast bowling is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling.

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Fielding (cricket)

Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, to limit the number of runs that the batsman scores and/or to get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or by running the batsman out.

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Glossary of cricket terms

This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket.

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Godfrey Evans

Thomas Godfrey Evans (18 August 1920 – 3 May 1999) was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England.

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Ian Healy

Ian Andrew Healy (nicknamed "Heals") (born 30 April 1964) is a former Australian international cricketer who played for Queensland domestically.

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Jeff Dujon

Peter Jeffrey ("Jeff") Leroy Dujon (born 28 May 1956) is a retired West Indian cricketer and current commentator.

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Kamran Akmal

Kamran Akmal (کامران اکمل; born 13 January 1982) is a Pakistani cricketer, who plays Tests, ODIs and T20Is for Pakistan as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman.

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Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (කුමාර් සංගක්කාර;குமார் சங்கக்கார;born 27 October 1977) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lankan national team.

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Laws of Cricket

The Laws of Cricket is a code which specifies the rules of the game of cricket worldwide.

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Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known simply as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.

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Luke Ronchi

Luke Ronchi (born 23 April 1981) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, having earlier also represented Australia.

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Mark Boucher

Mark Verdon Boucher (born 3 December 1976) is a former South African cricketer, who played all three formats of the game.

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Matt Prior

Matthew James "Matt" Prior (born 26 February 1982) is a former English cricketer, who played for England in Test cricket and for Sussex in domestic cricket.

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Moeen Ali

Moeen Munir Ali (born 18 June 1987) is an English international cricketer.

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Mohammad Shahzad

Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi (born 31 January 1988) is an Afghan cricketer who is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper.

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Moin Khan

Muhammad Moin Khan (محمد معین خان; born 23 September 1971), popularly known as Moin Khan (معین خان), is a former Pakistani cricketer, primarily a wicketkeeper-batsman, who remained a member of the Pakistani national cricket team from 1990 to 2004.

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MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (commonly known as MS Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.

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Mushfiqur Rahim

Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim (মুশফিকুর রহিম; born 9 June 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team.

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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the Titans at the domestic level and the South African national team.He also plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League.

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Rashid Latif

Rashid Latif (born 14 October 1965), is a former Pakistani cricketer and former captain, who played Pakistani cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches, between 1992 and 2003 as a wicket keeper right-handed batsman.

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Rod Marsh

Rodney William Marsh MBE (born 4 November 1947) is a former Australian wicketkeeper.

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Romesh Kaluwitharana

Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana (රොමේෂ් ශාන්ත කලුවිතාරණ; born November 24, 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 49 Test and 189 ODIs from 1990 to 2004.

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Run (cricket)

In cricket, a run is running the length of the pitch, and is a basic means of scoring, as the team with the most runs wins.

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Run out

Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.

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Sammy Carter

Hanson "Sammy" Carter (15 March 1878 – 8 June 1948) was a cricketer who played for Australia and New South Wales.

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Slip (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a slip fielder (collectively, a slip cordon or the slips) is placed behind the batsman on the off side of the field.

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Spin bowling

Spin bowling is a bowling technique in cricket and the bowler is referred to as a spinner.

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Squatting position

Squatting is a posture where the weight of the body is on the feet (as with standing) but the knees and hips are bent.

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Stump (cricket)

In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket.

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Stumped

Stumped is a method of dismissal in cricket.

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Surya Prakash Chaturvedi

Surya Prakash Chaturvedi (born 7 November 1937 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is a Cricket critic, writer and historian.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket and is considered its highest standard.

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The Oval

The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London.

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Wasim Bari

Wasim Bari (Urdu: وسیم باری) (born 23 March 1948, in Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 81 Tests and 51 ODIs from 1967 to 1984.

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Wicket

In the sport of cricket, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch.

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Wicket-keeper's gloves

A wicket-keeper's gloves or mitt are large leather gloves worn by cricket players of the defending team which assist players in catching and fielding balls hit by a batsman or thrown by a teammate.

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Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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2005 Ashes series

The 2005 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing cricket rivalry between England and Australia.

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2015 NatWest t20 Blast

The 2015 NatWest t20 Blast was the second season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English and Welsh Twenty20 cricket competition.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket-keeper

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