middle stump

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noun Cricket.

the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.

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How to use middle stump in a sentence

If it had been a decent-sized rabbit, I should have plugged it middle stump; only it was a small one, so I missed.
The Gold Bat|P. G. Wodehouse
The next ball came straight for the middle stump, but was blocked back half-way between the creases, and another run was stolen.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys|Lewis Hough
Bray had just lifted a length ball off the middle stump over short-leg's head.
The Loom of Youth|Alec Waugh
In 1775 they wisely introduced a middle stump, as they found the best balls harmlessly flying between the wide wickets.
Old English Sports|Peter Hampson Ditchfield

And then that thick-set, muscular beast, for so Fluff regarded him, stared fixedly at Fluff's middle stump.
The Hill|Horace Annesley Vachell