ˈwicket-ˌkeeper Cricket.
A player stationed behind the wicket to stop the ball if it passes it, and if possible to put the batsman ‘out’ by ‘stumping’ or ‘catching’ (see stump v.1 8, catch v. 24 c).
| 17.. Laws of Cricket in Grace Cricket (1891) 15 The Wicket Keeper shall stand at a reasonable distance behind ye Wicket, and shall not move till ye Ball is out of ye Bowler's Hands. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports iii. i. i. §4. 671 The office of Wicket-keeper is second only to that of the bowler. 1910 Times 5 Feb. 6/3 David Hunter..is retiring after having been 21 years wicketkeeper for Yorkshire. |