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| Downunderman |
 Jan 27 2006, 12:46 PM
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I was watching an old episode the other day and two of the actors used the term "sticky wicket", which struck me as quite odd, or is this in common usage in US/Can. So tell us what you think it means and where it came from.
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| richardL |
Jan 27 2006, 02:20 PM
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In Cricket the ball is (usually) bounced off of the ground in front of the batsman and he has to hit it as it is rising up. If the ground is wet, rough or the grass is uneven or missing where the ball hits it doesn't bounce up predictably - it can veer off to the side, stay low or even bounce up. Makes it very difficult to reliably hit (or avoid) the ball, as needed. Hence the term 'sticky wicket' means a tricky, unpredictable situation R |
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Howard R O T West Wing Jan 27 2006, 12:46 PM
rhodyguy i always presumed it was a cricket term. or croque... Jan 27 2006, 12:49 PM Aaron Cox i thought it was croquet Jan 27 2006, 12:54 PM r_towle my interpretation
Sticky wicket= tight jam, or in... Jan 27 2006, 12:58 PM Howard R Cricket term. Caught on a wet or damp pitch, so t... Jan 27 2006, 01:05 PM Elliot Cannon Does anybody truly actually know the rules to cric... Jan 27 2006, 05:24 PM J P Stein I'm sure that *someone* knows WTF is going on ... Jan 27 2006, 05:30 PM Kerrys914 Spent a year downunder in Perth and learned the ga... Jan 27 2006, 05:53 PM Borderline My understanding is that the pitcher is trowing th... Jan 27 2006, 11:11 PM
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