THE 2-MINUTE RULE FOR CRICKET

The point that the bail can be dislodged if the wicket was struck made this preferable on the stump, which name was afterwards applied to the hurdle uprights. Early manuscripts differ with regard to the dimensions with the wicket, which obtained a 3rd stump during the 1770s, but by 1706 the pitch—the world involving the wickets—was 22 yards ext