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|Term=Single-Wicket Cricket
|Term=Single-Wicket Cricket
|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Regions=Britain
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|Game Eras=1700s,1800s,Post-1900,Predecessor
|Game Regions=Britain, US
|Description=<p>Single-wicket cricket uses teams smaller than the usual 11-player teams. All bowling is to a single wicket.</p>
|Game Eras=1700s, 1800s, Post-1900, Predecessor
<p>There is, in effect, a foul ground behind the wicket, so unlike full-team cricket, only balls hit forward are deemed to  be in play.</p>
|Invented Game=No
<p>As late at 1969 there were annual single-wicket championships at Lord’s in London.  In the very early years, most cricket is believed to use a single wicket, and each references to cricket in the US usually reported very small numbers of players.  Early cricket rules called for single-wicket play when team sizes were five or fewer.</p>
|Description=<p>Single-wicket cricket uses teams&nbsp;smaller than the usual 11-player teams. All bowling is to a single wicket.</p>
<p>There is, in effect, a foul ground behind the wicket, so unlike full-team cricket, only balls hit forward are deemed to&nbsp; be in play.</p>
<p>As late at 1969 there were annual single-wicket championships at Lord&rsquo;s in London.&nbsp; In the very early years, most cricket is believed to use a single wicket, and each references to cricket in the US usually reported very small numbers of players.&nbsp; Early cricket rules called for single-wicket play when team sizes were five or fewer.</p>
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|Comment=<p>The single-wicket game was often played in the U.S. See Chronologies 1845.23 and 1864.46.</p>
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Game Single-Wicket Cricket
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Regions Britain, US
Eras 1700s, 1800s, Post-1900, Predecessor
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Description

Single-wicket cricket uses teams smaller than the usual 11-player teams. All bowling is to a single wicket.

There is, in effect, a foul ground behind the wicket, so unlike full-team cricket, only balls hit forward are deemed to  be in play.

As late at 1969 there were annual single-wicket championships at Lord’s in London.  In the very early years, most cricket is believed to use a single wicket, and each references to cricket in the US usually reported very small numbers of players.  Early cricket rules called for single-wicket play when team sizes were five or fewer.

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The single-wicket game was often played in the U.S. See Chronologies 1845.23 and 1864.46.

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