Wicket

A croquet hoop is commonly referred to as a wicket in North American English.

As per the ICC Playing Conditions, when using the LED wickets, "the moment at which the wicket has been put down [...] shall be deemed to be the first frame in which the LED lights are illuminated and subsequent frames show the bail permanently removed from the top of the stumps.

The word wicket has this meaning in the following contexts: A team's score is described in terms of the total number of runs scored and the total number of wickets lost.

The number of wickets taken is a primary measure of an individual bowler's ability, and a key part of a bowling analysis.

This means that they were batting last, and reached the winning target with a certain number of batsmen still not dismissed.

The term sticky wicket refers to a situation in which the pitch has become damp, typically due to rain or high humidity.

Even though it is a cricket term, the arches used in croquet and roque are sometimes referred to as wickets, especially in American English.

The port remained a prominent feature of indoor table billiards until well into the 18th century.

A wicket
Each wicket consists of three stumps , upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails .
A ball from Bill O'Reilly hits the stumps but does not dislodge the bail , Sydney, 1932 . The wicket was not put down, and so the batter ( Herbert Sutcliffe ) was not out .
A scoreboard showing the total runs scored and wickets lost