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wicketkeepers

wicketkeepers is the plural of wicketkeeper.

Meaning of wicketkeeper

Noun

wicketkeeper (plural wicketkeepers)

  1. A player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.
    • England's wicket-keeper in the 50s, he was fearless about standing on the stumps to fastish bowlers[.]1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 207
    Synonyms:
    keeper, wickie

Questions about wicketkeepers

What is wicketkeepers the plural of?
Wicketkeepers is the plural of wicketkeeper.

Words near wicketkeepers in the dictionary

  1. wicket taker
  2. wicket takers
  3. wicket-keeping gloves
  4. wicketkeep
  5. wicketkeeper
  6. wicketkeepers
  7. wicketkeeping
  8. wicketless
  9. wickets
  10. Wickett
  11. Wicketts

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