Stumped
The striker is stumped if they are out of their ground, not trying a run, and the wicket-keeper breaks the wicket without help from another fielder.
What you need to know
- It can't happen off a no-ball — but it can off a wide.
- The striker must not be attempting a run. If they are, it is a run out instead.
- The wicket-keeper must break the wicket themselves (a rebound off the keeper's body counts).
- If both stumped and run out would apply, it is stumped.
Examples
Specific situations
Stumped on a free hit
Not out. The keeper can't stump you on a free hit — not even if the free-hit ball is also a wide.
- On a free hit the striker can only be out in the ways allowed off a no-ball: run out, hit the ball twice, or obstructing the field (ICC 21.19.2 and 21.18).
- The ICC condition says so directly: this applies "even if the delivery for the free hit is called Wide" (ICC 21.19.2).
- If you're out of your ground attempting a run, you can still be run out.
Not a Law: Free hits are an ICC playing condition, not an MCC Law. In a local match there is a free hit only if the organizer says so; without one, the ball after a no-ball is an ordinary delivery.
Source: ICC T20I clause 21.19 · MCC Law 39
Stumped off a no-ball
Not out. You can't be stumped off a no-ball — and the keeper can't run you out instead unless you were attempting a run or another fielder was involved.
- Off a no-ball, neither batter can be out except hit the ball twice, obstructing the field or run out (Law 21.17). Stumping needs a ball that is not called no-ball (Law 39.1.1).
- Law 38.2.2.2: on a no-ball, a striker who is out of their ground but not attempting a run is not out run out when the keeper breaks the wicket without another fielder being involved.
Source: MCC Law 21 · MCC Law 39 · MCC Law 38
Stumped off a wide
Yes — you can be stumped off a wide. The 1-run wide penalty still counts.
- Off a wide, a batter can only be out hit wicket, obstructing the field, run out or stumped (Law 22.9).
- When a striker is stumped off a wide, the one-run penalty stands (Law 39.4).
- One exception: if that wide's penalty run wins the match, the match is over at once and a stumping is no longer possible (Law 39.4).
Source: MCC Law 22 · MCC Law 39
Keeper breaks the wicket while the striker sets off
It's a run out, not stumped. Stumping is only for a striker who is out of their ground WITHOUT attempting a run; once they set off, it's a run out if the keeper breaks the wicket while they're out of their ground.
- Stumped requires that the striker has not attempted a run (Law 39.1.1).
- A striker not out stumped may still be out run out if its conditions apply (Law 39.3.2, Law 38.1).
Source: MCC Law 39 · MCC Law 38
Official source
The Laws of Cricket, 2017 Code 4th Edition (2026). Summary in Inswing's own words — follow the link for the official text.
Related: Run out · Wide ball · Dismissals (ways to get out)