stump

Example Sentences

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While defending the danger area around his stumps, he timed back-foot punches rather than slashing cuts and clipped from his pads to keep the score moving.

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Still, it was Labuschagne who broke the stumps when Smith was sent back by Bethell, bringing Stokes to the crease at number eight.

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Somehow, England continue to feed his strength outside off stump.

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In the second Test in Brisbane, his first match with a pink ball, he missed two crucial chances behind the stumps.

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After an inside edge second ball narrowly missed his stumps, he dropped his next delivery into the off side and rotated the strike.

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