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123India.com :: Cricket :: The Laws of Cricket
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(a) The wicket is put down if a bail is completely removed from the top
of the stumps, or a stump is struck out of the ground by
(i) the ball.
(ii) the striker's bat, whether he is holding it or has let go of it.
(iii) the striker's person or by any part of his clothing or equipment
becoming detached from his person.
(iv) a fielder, with his hand or arm, providing that the ball is held in
the hand or hands so used, or in the hand of the arm so used.
The wicket is also put down if a fielder pulls a stump out of the ground
in the same manner.
(b) The disturbance of a bail, whether temporary or not, shall not
constitute its complete removal from the top of the stumps, but if a
bail in falling lodges between two of the stumps this shall be regarded
as complete removal.
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If one bail is off, it shall be sufficient for the purpose of putting
the wicket down to remove the remaining bail, or to strike or pull any
of the three stumps out of the ground, in any of the ways stated in 1
above.
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If the wicket is broken or put down while the ball is in play, the
umpire shall not remake the wicket until the ball is dead. See Law 23
(Dead ball). Any fielder, however, may
(i) replace a bail or bails on top of the stumps.
(ii) put back one or more stumps into the ground where the wicket
originally stood.
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If the umpires have agreed to dispense with bails, in accordance with
Law 8.5 (Dispensing with bails), the decision as to whether the wicket
has been put down is one for the umpire concerned to decide.
(a) After a decision to play without bails, the wicket has been put down
if the umpire concerned is satisfied that the wicket has been struck by
the ball, by the striker's bat, person, or items of his clothing or
equipment separated from his person as described in 1(a)(ii) or
1(a)(iii) above, or by a fielder with the hand holding the ball or with
the arm of the hand holding the ball.
(b) If the wicket has already been broken or put down, (a) above shall
apply to any stump or stumps still in the ground. Any fielder may
replace a stump or stumps, in accordance with 3 above, in order to have
an opportunity of putting the wicket down.
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