wicket
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
The job of a wicketkeeper while the team is bowling.
The period during which two batsmen bat together.
The pitch.
The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing