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leg stump
noun
- either of the outside stumps at which the batsman takes his position.
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Origin of leg stump1
Example Sentences
Bavuma was undone by a flighted delivery that dipped late and turned enough to find a leading edge that looped to backward point, while Van der Dussen was bowled by a flatter ball darted in at leg stump that straightened to hit middle and leg.
The closest England came to dismissing Inglis was a delivery from Livingstone that squeezed between bat and pad and narrowly missed leg stump when he had 29.
He was fortunate to survive an lbw shout on 36 - England reviewed but the ball was only clipping the top of leg stump - but put on 136 for the first wicket with Shubman Gill and raced to his first hundred in 28 innings in 76 balls after Gill was bowled by an Overton yorker for 60.
Sciver-Brunt missed an innocuous straight delivery, Beaumont chopped on for 47 but the highlight came with the ball to Dunkley pitching on leg stump before turning sharply to hit the top of off.
Smith was eventually dismissed in bizarre fashion when he charged Akash Deep and the ball hit the pads off an inside edge before rolling into his leg stump.
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