Stump (cricket) at the end of the day's play, the umpires will also remove the stumps. 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).
History of cricket to 1725 significant that cricket is the only one of the "plaies" to be specifically named. In 1598, there was a reference to cricket in an Italian-English dictionary by Giovanni Florio. His definition of the word was: "to make a noise as a cricket, to play "cricket-a-wicket", and be merry". Florio is the first writer known to have defined "cricket" in terms of both an insect and a game. In a later edition of his dictionary in 1611, Florio infers that "to play cricket-a-wicket" has sexual associations with references to ', defined "as we say cricket a wicket, or '", and ',