"Wicket" is a word used in cricket to refer to the set of three vertical sticks (or stumps) that a batsman must protect in order to score runs. It is also used to describe when a batsman is out in cricket. Full definition
When he accepted the job at the Business Alliance last year — a move that surprised no one, and had been in the works for some time, providing a bit of sticky wicket for the Cuomo administration — Duffy said he would not be registering as a lobbyist and would delegate tasks relating to Albany as necessary. (nystateofpolitics.com)
He won cricket Blues in all three years for Oxford — he captained them in his last two summers — and after a good summer for Warwickshire was picked, to the surprise of many, to tour Australia and New Zealand in 1962 - 63 where he kept wicket in six of the eight matches. (sport.ox.ac.uk)
Jim Gaylord: Sticky Wicket at Pavel Zoubok Gallery — 531 West 26th Street, New York, NY (212) 675-7490 — January 11 to February 24 (twocoatsofpaint.com)