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off stump in American EnglishnounCricket the stump furthest away from the batsman's body at the normal guard position Compare leg stump, middle stump Examples of 'off stump' in a sentenceoff stump Gregory uprooted his off stump to claim his 50th first-class wicket.What we tried, with relative success, was to go wide outside off stump.The latter would surely have exposed his early uncertainty on off stump.Occasional long-hops outside off stump did little to improve his figures.Today, many top batsmen finish their preliminary movements around off stump.It was, instead, an overspinner that hit the top of the off stump. |