round the wicket

A form of around the wicket — Bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand farther from the wicket

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. alternativeball gamesAlternative form of around the wicket.

    Benaud, bowling round the wicket and pitching into the rough of Trueman's footholds, brought such a collapse that in 20 minutes to tea England virtually lost the game.

    2011, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes: The Authoritative Story of Cricket's Greatest Rivalry
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APA

round the wicket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round%20the%20wicket

MLA

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Chicago

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