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Old 11-09-2006, 05:56 PM   #11
Aliantha
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'Sticky Wicket' is a cricketing term meaning that the wicket isn't very favourable. It's obviously also used to describe a difficult situation. Stuck between a rock and a hard place so to speak.

This is a term we use over here too.
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