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Meanings of middle stump in English

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One of the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket.

Synonyms
Examples for "stump"
Examples for "stump"
1
Good question. She beamed; it was considered a coup to stump me.
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
2
The last remaining question is who will stump up 2 billion euros.
Reuters
3
President Clinton and Hillary came to the state to stump for me.
True compass: a memoir
4
But she passed him in the room and touched the stump first.
The Little House in the Fairy Wood
5
Now there stood in the plain the stump of a wild olive-tree.
The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) / Stories from the Classic...
1
It was low outside off stump, and he scorched it through point.
The Guardian
2
Most of his runs came from balls wide of the off stump.
The Guardian
3
Sanagakkara, fishing outside off stump, is beaten by a good one.
The Guardian
4
In particular, there is a vulnerability outside off stump that will be exploited.
The Guardian
5
He could leave the ball outside off stump for days, Gary says proudly.
The Guardian
1
Quite right too, because the ball pitched just outside leg stump.
The Guardian
2
The ball would've crashed into leg stump, leaving Paine to wallow in regret.
News.com.au
3
It looked tight but I think trapped him in front of leg stump.
The Guardian
4
The ball turned too much and would have missed leg stump.
The South African
5
Replays showed the whole of the ball hitting the leg stump.
Reuters
Usage of middle stump in English
1
It hit him on the back leg, in front of middle stump.
The Guardian
2
Rodney Marsh swung across the line and lost his middle stump.
The Guardian
3
The in-swinging yorker from the left hander took out middle stump.
News.com.au
4
Then Cronje played an immaculate looking forward defensive, only to lose his middle stump.
The Guardian
5
I think you might say it took the middle stump.
Winding Paths
6
Bray had just lifted a length ball off the middle stump over short-leg's head.
The Loom of Youth
7
Lancaster placed his field, bowled a lightning ball, and splintered an old Oxonian's middle stump.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
8
The lower order generally took guard somewhere on middle stump … of an imaginary second set.
The Guardian
9
Then her third ball swung with late movement and splayed the middle stump of Hayley Matthews.
News.com.au
10
One wicked one in particular spat like a leg break from middle stump past the outside edge.
The Guardian
11
His second took the middle stump clean.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys
12
Here, Richard Johnson in particular swung the ball in, at full length, spearing in towards the middle stump.
The Guardian
13
A perfect yorker on middle stump.
The Guardian
14
Nathan Lyon bowled on middle stump.
The Guardian
15
He pushed defensively at a curving, fizzing delivery from Ajmal that hit him around off and middle stump.
The Guardian
16
Both sought reviews and on both occasions the ball was shown to be hitting the middle of middle stump.
The Guardian
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