Injured batsman 'stumping'

“I was keeping wicket in a game where a batsman turned his ankle and asked for a runner. Our off-break bowler was on, so I was right up to the stumps. The injured batsman was not on strike at the time and was standing at square leg, when I noticed that he was miles out of his ground. So I whipped off the bails and appealed for a stumping, which was not given. Why?”


Very sharp work, but the reason he was not given out is because a batsman with a runner only has to remain in his ground when he is on-strike. If not on-strike, as here, he is considered ‘out of the game’, as if he were sitting in the pavilion. The only ways he can be out if he is not on-strike are either for Handling the ball, or for Obstructing the field.


Read more about Law 2.8 (Substitutes and runners....) at the MCC website