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Indian wicketkeeper M. S. Dhoni appeals for a stumping against Australian batsman Matthew Hayden

Stumped is a method of dismissing a batter in cricket, in which the wicket-keeper puts down the striker's wicket while the striker is out of their ground [1] (the batter leaves their ground when they have moved down the pitch beyond the popping crease, often in an attempt to hit the ball). It is governed by Law 39 of the Laws of Cricket. [1]

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Being "out of their ground" means no part of the batter's body, equipment or bat is touching the ground behind the crease.

Stumped is a special case of run out, but a stumping can only be effected by the wicket keeper without the intervention of another fielder, when the striker is not attempting a run, and the ball must not be a no-ball. Where both modes of dismissal could be adjudged (i.e. it is the striker who is liable to be out, by action of the keeper alone, when the striker is not attempting a run, on a legitimate delivery) a stumping will be recorded and credited to the bowler and keeper. [2]

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.

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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 'standing up' i.e. able to put down the wicket by reaching out with the gloved hand holding the ball, and so are usually taken by a medium or slow bowler, especially a slower spin bowler. If the keeper is 'standing back,' to a faster bowler, the wicket-keeper may throw the ball at the stumps to remove the bails ('throw down the wicket') and is also credited with the stumping, although any other fielder throwing down the wicket would be a run out.

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 no-ball (as stumped is credited to the bowler, the fielding team cannot benefit from the illegal delivery).

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