middle stump

noun

, Cricket.

1. the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.

Example Sentences

Even with last-man Leach for company there was still time for another straight six before he was bowled advancing at Bumrah, who produced a beauty that jagged to hit middle stump.

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Stokes opted not to review but the technology suggested the ball would have hit middle stump.

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This time, when on just four and with Goswami bowling, Sciver jammed down, only for the ball to roll back on to middle stump.

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The seamer - who finished with 2-46 off eight overs - found some slight seam movement to bowl Lanning for a four-ball duck and broke up a 36-run partnership when she hit McGrath's middle stump with one which kept straight.

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Walking across his stumps, Labuschagne was bowled middle stump around his legs, losing his footing to finish flat on the turf.

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