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2 definitions • 5 examples
1
the two
small
pieces
of
wood
on
top
of the stumps in a
game
of
cricket
, that can be
knocked
off with the
ball
to make the
player
who is
batting
(=
hitting
the
ball
) out:
Examples:
The
bowler
dislodged the bails with his second
ball
.
The
ball
appeared
to
touch
one of the stumps but the bails
stayed
on.
He heard the bails
fall
to the
ground
behind him and saw the
bowler
celebrating
.
The
umpire
removed
the bails and
walked
towards the
pavilion
.
A
video
replay
showed
that the
ball
just went over the bails.
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