Stumped
Stumped is a method of
Being "out of their ground" means no part of the batter's body, equipment or bat is touching the ground behind the
Stumped is a special case of
As always in cricket, one of the fielding team must appeal for the wicket by asking the umpires. It is the square-leg umpire who adjudicates all stumpings, and all run-out appeals at the striker's end.
Practice
Stumping is the fifth-most common form of dismissal after caught, bowled, leg before wicket and run out,[3] though it is seen more commonly in shorter forms of the game such as Twenty20 cricket, because attacking batting leads both to batters more frequently losing their balance, and to deliberately leaving the crease to better strike the ball.
Most stumping dismissals are effected by the keeper
Stumping is often an intended consequence of the fielding team's set up, and involves co-operation between bowler and wicket-keeper: the bowler draws the batter out of their ground, such as by delivering a ball with a shorter length to tempt the batter to step forward to create a half-volley, and when they miss the ball, the keeper catches it and breaks the wicket before the batter 'makes their ground,' i.e. places the bat or part of their body on the ground back behind the popping crease.
If the bails are removed before the act of stumping (e.g by the keeper's foot), the batter can still be stumped if the wicket-keeper removes one of the stumps from the ground, while holding the ball in the hand or arm that is in contact with the stump.
A batter may be out stumped off a wide delivery[4] in which case the batting team are still credited with the one run extra, and both umpires are required to signal to the scorers: the bowler's end umpire signals the Wide, the striker's end that the batsman is out.
A batter cannot be stumped off a
Notes:
- The popping crease is defined as the back edge of the crease marking (i.e. the edge closer to the wicket. Therefore, a batter whose bat or foot is on the crease marking, but does not touch the ground behind the crease marking, can be stumped. This is quite common if the batter's back foot is raised so that only their toe is on the ground.
- The wicket must be properly put down in accordance with Law 29 of the Laws of cricket: using either the ball itself or a hand or arm that is in contact with the ball at the point of breaking the wicket. A stumping is also valid if the ball merely rebounds from the wicket-keeper and breaks the wicket just as if the wicket had been thrown down.
- The wicket-keeper must allow the ball to pass the stumps before taking it, unless it has touched either the batter or his bat first (Law 21.9).no-ball, and the batter cannot be stumped (nor run out, unless he attempts to run to the other wicket[6]).
- If the striker is injured and has a runner (no longer permitted in professional cricket), the runner leaves their crease and the wicket is put down for what would otherwise be a stumping, the striker is run out, not stumped.
Records
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References
- ^ a b "Law 39 (Stumped)". Marylebone Cricket Club. 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ Marylebone Cricket Club, Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring and Scoring, Marylebone Cricket Club, 2022
- ^ "Analysing Test dismissals across the ages". ESPNcricinfo. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Ask Steven: Cricketing MPs, and stumped off a wide". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "MCC - No ball". MCC. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Law 38 – Run out". MCC. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Test matches – Wicketkeeping records – Most stumpings in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "One Day International matches – Wicketkeeping records – Most stumpings in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Twenty20 International matches – Wicketkeeping records – Most stumpings in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Women Test matches | Wicketkeeping records | Most stumpings in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Women ODI matches | Wicketkeeping records | Most stumpings in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Women T20I matches | Wicketkeeping records | Most stumpings in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2023.