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Midwicket in a sentence

Midwicket meaning

A fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.

Using Midwicket

  • The main meaning on this page is: A fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.
  • In the example corpus, midwicket often appears in combinations such as: over midwicket, midwicket for, deep midwicket.

Context around Midwicket

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

deep 3× towards 1× short 1×

Often after:

goes 1× first 1× fence 1× briefly 1× off 1×

Sentence patterns with Midwicket

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

six over midwicket 2× at deep midwicket first by 1× at short midwicket 1× balbirnie at midwicket 1× ball between midwicket and mid 1× been deep midwicket s catch 1× boundary at midwicket and another 1× high over midwicket for his 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a slog sweep 1× arshdeep drags amir 1× broad rocked back 1× cries of catch 1× crunchy four runs 1× fazalhaq farooqi was 1×

Common sentence endings:

midwicket for six 2× six over midwicket 2× at short midwicket 1× balbirnie at midwicket 1× for 34 runs 1× from a length 1×

Words around Midwicket

Just before it in the word index:

midwestone 8 midwesterners 18 midwesterner 9 midwestern 189 midwest 750 midweeks 4

Just after it in the word index:

midwife 189 midwifery 78 midwinter 43 midwives 193 midwood 16 midyear 16

Similar in corpus frequency:

aau 65 abandons 65 affections 65 ainu 65 aipac 65 aix 65

Corpus analysis for Midwicket

  • In this selection, "midwicket" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, deep, towards, short, goes, first and fence stand out and add context to how "midwicket" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include six over midwicket and at deep midwicket first by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "midwicket" sits close to words such as aau, abandons and affections, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with midwicket

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A slog sweep over midwicket for six. (7 words)

Crunchy four runs to the midwicket fence. (7 words)

Lewis absolutely belts him over midwicket for six. (8 words)

Longer example sentences

Requiring four runs from the last ball of the innings with the last pair at the crease, a confident Khan struck Sheldon Ramsay over midwicket for a huge six to spark wild celebration by his team mates. (37 words)

Rickelton, who struck seven fours and three sixes, dragged a wide delivery from McBrine onto his stumps, nine runs short of a maiden international century, while Stubbs smashed a pull straight to Andy Balbirnie at midwicket. (36 words)

Jacob Bethell, patrolling the boundary ropes at midwicket, briefly appeared to lose the ball in the sun but once again put New Zealand's catching to shame as he gathered safely. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

A slog sweep over midwicket for six.

Broad rocked back on his heels and whipped it for six over midwicket.

Cries of 'catch' from Jonny Bairstow, but Head's rather wild slash towards midwicket goes narrowly wide of 12th man Mark Wood.

McDermott took control of the 48-run stand with James Vince with a pair of maximums to the longest boundary at midwicket and another over square leg.

Rehan saw two balls in three sent over the fence at deep midwicket, first by Russell, then Rutherford.

Shimron Hetmyer is the new batter and he nearly perishes first ball by spooning a catch just out of reach of Ben Duckett (no jokes, please) at short midwicket.

Arshdeep drags Amir high over midwicket for his first boundary; then he’s hit on the shoulder by a cross-seam bouncer that kicks from a length.

Crunchy four runs to the midwicket fence.

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Fazalhaq Farooqi was clobbered down the ground, flicked over square leg, heaved over deep midwicket and paddled behind square.

He charged in from deep square leg, but the commentators are suggesting it might have been deep midwicket’s catch.

He tries a short ball, but Babar sees it early and dumps it over midwicket for four.

Jacob Bethell, patrolling the boundary ropes at midwicket, briefly appeared to lose the ball in the sun but once again put New Zealand's catching to shame as he gathered safely.

Karunaratne shuffles deep into his crease and flicks a two into the legside and two more through midwicket off Bashir.

Lewis absolutely belts him over midwicket for six.

Pope resumes with a single, whipping it off middle through midwicket.

Requiring four runs from the last ball of the innings with the last pair at the crease, a confident Khan struck Sheldon Ramsay over midwicket for a huge six to spark wild celebration by his team mates.

Rickelton, who struck seven fours and three sixes, dragged a wide delivery from McBrine onto his stumps, nine runs short of a maiden international century, while Stubbs smashed a pull straight to Andy Balbirnie at midwicket.

Roy was splendidly caught low at midwicket when he couldn’t clear Irshad’s low full toss as Quetta lost four wickets for 34 runs.

Salt clips his second ball between midwicket and mid-on for the first boundary.

Starts Umesh Yadav's over with a six over midwicket.

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Common combinations with midwicket

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "midwicket" in a sentence?
An example: "A slog sweep over midwicket for six." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "midwicket" from authentic English texts.
What does "midwicket" mean?
Midwicket means: A fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.
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