Wicket is down

"Needing two runs off the last ball of the game to win, the striker hit the ball and ran. The ball was hurled in to the 'keeper, who fumbled it, nudging it towards backward point. Simultaneously he had knocked middle stump out of the ground with his other glove. He appealed for a Run out, which was turned down. The batsmen then turned and ran a second run. The fielder then removed one of the two remaining stumps with one hand, with the ball in the other. His appeal for Run out was turned down too. Why?"


Neither appeal was upheld because the ball has either to break the wicket, or be held by the same arm, hand - or hands - that initially break the wicket or subsequently remove a remaining stump or stumps.