Stumped is a method ofdismissing abatter incricket, in which thewicket-keeperputs down the wicket of thestriker while the striker is out of theirground.[1] It is governed by Law 39 of theLaws of Cricket.[1]
Being "out of their ground" means no part of the batter's body, equipment or bat is touching the ground behind thecrease.
Stumped is a special case ofrun out, but a stumping can only be affected by thewicket-keeper without the intervention of another fielder, when the striker is not attempting arun, and the ball must not be ano-ball. If the criteria for both stumped and run out are met, then the dismissal will be recorded as a stumping and credited to the bowler and wicket-keeper.[2]
As always in cricket, one of the fielding team mustappeal for the wicket by asking theumpires. It is the striker's end umpire who adjudicates all stumpings, and all run-out appeals at the striker's end.
Stumping is the fifth-most-common form of dismissal aftercaught,bowled,leg before wicket, andrun out,[3] though it is seen more commonly in shorter forms of the game such asTwenty20 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 affected by the keeper"standing up" (i.e. able toput down the wicket by reaching out with the gloved hand holding the ball) and so are usually taken by a medium or slowbowler, especially a slowerspin bowler. If the keeper is "standing back" to a faster bowler, the wicket-keeper may throw the ball at the stumps to remove thebails ("throw down the wicket") and is also credited with the stumping, although any other fielder throwing down the wicket would be arun out.
Stumping is often an intended consequence of the fielding team's setup and involves cooperation 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 ahalf-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 thepopping 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 awide 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 ano-ball (as stumped is credited to the bowler, the fielding team cannot benefit from the illegal delivery).
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