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stump

noun as in end piece

Weak match

verb as in confuse, bewilder

verb as in walk with deliberation

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They reached 19-0 at stumps and followed up with a performance etched in Ashes folklore.

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England's batters were out trying to hit balls outside off stump, on the up, through the covers.

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Boland was poor in the first innings, conceding 62 runs from 10 wicketless overs, but when he dragged back his length and pushed the ball outside off stump, Pope and Brook fell into the trap.

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After a first innings duck Joe Root was desperate for runs, but he was no match for the relentless Starc, dragging a thick edge onto his stumps to cap a miserable start to the series.

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Wood's bouncer to Cameron Green struck the big all-rounder on the grille and nearly knocked him on to his own stumps.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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