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hit wicket

n
(Cricket) cricket an instance of a batsman breaking the wicket with the bat or a part of the body while playing a stroke and so being out
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Catterick Village 9pts Richmondshire V v Cliffe II CLIFFE II: T Park-Bradley c Irvine b Nimmo 1, J Sturgeon b J Bewell 15, S King b York 47, C Noble b G Bewell 0, A Curry hit wicket b G Bewell 3, L Waters b York 54, P Gaffney st Baines b While 0, C Gaffney c York b While 9, T Jinks not out 2.
With Muir and Jo Williams doing a great job of keeping the batters under pressure and some tight fielding from the rest of the team, the next three wickets fell with two catches held by Hamblin and Muir and an unfortunate hit wicket dismissal.
241 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-59, 3-111, 4-136, 5-208, 6-218 Did Not Bat: Rabada, Imran Tahir, Ngidi Bowling: Henry 10-2-34-0; Boult 10-0-63-1; Ferguson 10-0-59-3; De Grandhomme 10-0-33-1; Santner 9-0-45-1 NEW ZEALAND inningsGuptill hit wicket b Phehlukwayo35 Munro c & b Rabada ..
Anwar Hafeez spearheaded the reply with a brilliant century from 130 balls but when he was out, hit wicket off the bowling of Sachin Chaudhary, Uddingston still needed to score more than eight runs an over.
Parag got out hit wicket in the 19th over off Andre Russell's bowling when nine was needed off seven balls.
Stretching out to hit a full delivery from Muzarabani, he over-balanced and kicked his own stumps to be out hit wicket. "I thought he was going to go with a wide slower ball, so I got back,"said Finch.
He was helped by Denly, who was out hit wicket after a 46-ball 51.Mohammad Sami led the bowling attack with 2 wickets in return for 20 runs off his 4 overs.
Commenting on an incident involving a Premier Division team's wicketkeeper appealing for a hit wicket dismissal, which was recorded on cameras and went viral on social media, a senior OC official said: "We have yet to receive official report on the match and the incident.
He added: "That was the first hit wicket I've ever got ...
Kohli, India's best batsman, looked in fine touch and struck crisp boundaries in his 40 before the right-hander was out hit wicket, his back leg brushing the stumps as he tried to pull a Rashid delivery.
It hit him on the side of the head and his bat struck the stumps for a hit wicket dismissal.
He was out hit wicket against Tom Cowley who collected 2-41 Tfrom his 12.5 overs while Matthew Payne took 2-12 in three.