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Cricket · Laws of Cricket

Law 39: Stumped

2 parts · 10 tests · 100 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

Law 39 sets out when the striker is out Stumped (a ball not called No ball, out of his ground, no run attempted, his wicket fairly broken by the wicket-keeper without another fielder), that Stumped takes precedence over Run out, a ball rebounding from the keeper's person or equipment, when he is not out Stumped, and the runs scored including a stumping off a Wide.

39.391Stumped: Out Stumped

How the striker is out Stumped (a ball not called No ball, out of his ground, no run attempted, wicket fairly broken by the wicket-keeper without another fielder), that Stumped takes precedence over Run out, and a rebound from the keeper's person or equipment.

Test 1The conditions for StumpedTake a test

  1. Law 39.1.1 requires a ball not called No ball.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  2. He must be out of his ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  3. The keeper's break ends it.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  4. Law 39.1.1 needs he has not attempted a run.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  5. Only the first row meets all of the conditions.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  6. The wicket must be fairly broken by the wicket-keeper.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  7. Law 39.1.1 says without the intervention of another fielder.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  8. Laws 39.1 to 39.4.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · applied

  9. The first sub-clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  10. Law 39 follows Run out.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · recall

Test 2What the keeper and the ball must doTake a test

  1. All conditions are met.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  2. A run attempted removes it from Stumped.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  3. Without help from another fielder.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  4. Law 39.2 treats a ball thrown on to the stumps by the keeper as broken by him.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

  5. Intervention by another fielder prevents it.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  6. The intervention of another fielder prevents Stumped.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  7. Dismissal and conduct of a batter and his runner.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  8. The Law lists them in that order.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  9. Position of wicket-keeper.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · recall

  10. Law 27.3 requires the keeper to stay wholly behind the striker's wicket from the moment the ball comes into play until it touches the striker's bat or person, passes the wicket, or the striker attempts a run.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 27.3 · recall

Test 3Stumped takes precedence over Run outTake a test

  1. Stumped takes precedence.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · recall

  2. The conditions of Stumped are met.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · applied

  3. Stumped takes precedence.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · applied

  4. The second sub-clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · recall

  5. Law 39.1.2 gives Stumped precedence.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · applied

  6. Law 38.2.2.1 says a striker who is out Stumped is not out Run out, matching Law 39.1.2, which gives Stumped priority even where a Run out decision would be justified.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 38.2.2.1 · recall

  7. Under Law 39.1.2 the two dismissals do not compete: once every condition for Stumped is satisfied, that is the verdict, and the fact that Run out could also have been given makes no difference.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · applied

  8. Run out is Law 38, Stumped is Law 39 and Timed out is Law 40.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · applied

  9. Where both dismissals fit the facts, Law 39.1.2 makes Stumped the one that is given; Law 38.2.2.1 says the same from the Run out side.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · recall

  10. Stumped credits the bowler unlike Run out.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · recall

Test 4The ball rebounding from the keeperTake a test

  1. Law 39.2 treats the rebound as the keeper's breaking.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · recall

  2. Law 39.2 includes equipment.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

  3. The rebound counts.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

  4. Any part of his person or equipment.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

  5. Only a rebound off the keeper counts.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

  6. Kicked or thrown by the keeper.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · recall

  7. Law 39.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

  8. The first then the second means.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

  9. The second clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · recall

  10. Only the keeper's person or equipment counts.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · applied

Test 5Stumped in casesTake a test

  1. Law 31.5 gives Stumped at the keeper's end to the striker's end umpire.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 31.5 · applied

  2. Law 39.4 deals with Stumped off a Wide.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  3. The decision follows the appeal.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1 · applied

  4. Stumped does not need him to miss.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  5. All conditions are met.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.1 · applied

  6. Clauses 39.1 to 39.4.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · recall

  7. The first clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1 · recall

  8. Laws 38, 39, 40 and 41.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Laws 38 to 41 · applied

  9. Law 31.1 requires an appeal by a fielder.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 31.1 · recall

  10. No Law removes the credit from Stumped.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · recall

39.392Stumped: Not Out and Runs

When the striker is not out Stumped (he left his ground to avoid injury, after which he may still be Run out), and the runs on a stumping from a Wide (the one-run penalty stands; if the penalty concludes the match a stumping is not possible).

Test 1Leaving the ground to avoid injuryTake a test

  1. Law 39.3.1.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.1 · recall

  2. Law 39.3.1 protects him.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.1 · applied

  3. The exception applies.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.1 · applied

  4. The third clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3 · recall

  5. Only avoiding injury is the exception.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.1 · applied

  6. After having received the delivery.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.1 · recall

  7. The exception needs leaving to avoid injury.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.1 · applied

  8. Laws 39.3.1 and 39.3.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3 · applied

  9. The first sub-clause of 39.3.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.1 · recall

  10. The third clause's heading.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3 · recall

Test 2Not out Stumped but possibly Run outTake a test

  1. He may be out Run out if Law 38.1 applies.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · recall

  2. Out Run out.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · recall

  3. Law 39.3.2 turns to Run out.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · applied

  4. Except in the circumstances of Law 38.2.2.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · recall

  5. Law 39.3.2 allows Run out if Law 38.1 applies.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · applied

  6. Law 39.3.2 lets a striker who is not out Stumped be Run out if Law 38.1 applies, but Law 38.2.1.1 makes him not out Run out when he had been within his ground and left it to avoid injury.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · applied

  7. The second sub-clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · recall

  8. The Law's order.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3 · applied

  9. Law 38.2.1.1 protects a batter who had been within his ground and left it to avoid injury; one who was already out of his ground gets no such protection, and Law 39.3.2 then allows a Run out.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · applied

  10. The exception named in the Law.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.2 · applied

Test 3Stumped off a WideTake a test

  1. The one-run penalty shall stand.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  2. Stumped off a Wide leaves the one-run penalty.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  3. The penalty stands with the dismissal.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  4. The fourth clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  5. Law 39.4 keeps the Wide penalty.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  6. The heading of the fourth clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  7. Law 39.4 assumes the dismissal.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  8. The effects follow in that order.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  9. The Law says the one-run penalty shall stand.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  10. A Wide is not counted as one of the over.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 22 · applied

Test 4A Wide that ends the matchTake a test

  1. The note to Law 39.4 says a stumping is not possible.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  2. The one-run penalty for the Wide remains.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  3. The penalty wins first.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  4. Conclusion of match, winning hit or extras, call and signal of Wide.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  5. The note to Law 39.4 says so.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  6. The penalty concludes the match first.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  7. Call and signal of Wide ball.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  8. The note lists them so.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  9. Winning hit or extras.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

  10. Conclusion of match.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · recall

Test 5Law 39 as a wholeTake a test

  1. Law 38.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 38 · recall

  2. Law 40.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 40 · recall

  3. Laws 39.1 to 39.4.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · applied

  4. The first clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1 · recall

  5. Law 39.4 is headed Runs Scored.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.4 · applied

  6. The second clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.2 · recall

  7. The second sub-clause of 39.1.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.2 · recall

  8. The appeal follows.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · applied

  9. 39.1.1 and 39.1.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1 · recall

  10. 39.3.1 and 39.3.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3 · recall

Sources

MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd edition, 2022), Law 39 with Laws 12.9, 16.6, 22.2, 25.6, 27.3, 31.5 and 38 as cross-references (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Laws, not reproduced)

  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.421
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.118
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.212
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.1.29
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.29
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 397
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.3.17
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.35
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39.14
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 27.31
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 38.2.2.11
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 31.51
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Laws 38 to 411
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 31.11
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 221
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 381
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 401