off stump

noun

Cricket.

1. the outside stump opposite the one at which the batsman stands.

Example Sentences

Alice Capsey played an enterprising cameo to get England to 244, which always felt below par, but when Lauren Bell removed Phoebe Litchfield's off stump with a beauty and Georgia Voll and Ellyse Perry were dismissed shortly after, England were in unfamiliar territory.

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The game was turned on its head by the remarkable Sutherland, now the tournament's leading wicket-taker, who took out Jones' off stump for 18 and they turned the screw.

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Diana Baig's dismissal of Tammy Beaumont jagged back off the seam, the opener playing an extravagent leave only to see the ball clatter into her off stump.

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After captain Athapaththu was taken off the field on a stretcher, it was Dean who made the initial breakthrough with her first ball, a stunning delivery that turned from off stump to take leg and bowl Vishmi Gunaratne for 10.

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Jemimah Rodrigues was bowled first ball by a slow delivery that gripped and clipped off stump before captain Harmanpreet Kaur was caught behind three balls later after trying to guide the ball past the keeper.

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