Stump (cricket) Stump (cricket) In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. "Stumping" or "being stumped" is a method of dismissing a batsman. The umpire "calling stumps" means the play is over for the day. The stumps are three vertical posts which support two bails. The stumps and bails are usually made of wood, most commonly ash, and together form a wicket at each end of the pitch. The overall width of each wicket is 9 inches (22.9 cm). Each stump is 28 inches (71.1 cm) tall with maximum and minimum diameters of
Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game was a cricket publication which ran from 1882 to 1913. It is sometimes referred to as just Cricket. In all it ran to 949 issues in 32 volumes. Issues were generally of 16 pages, approximately 27 cm by 21 cm. In most years it was monthly from January until March, had 24 weekly parts from April to September, and was monthly again from October to December, giving a total of 30 issues. The exceptions being Volume I which only started on 10 May 1882 and had