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Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings, part of the wicket, a manner of dismissing a batsman and the end of the day's play ("stumps").

End of the day's play[]

Stumps is also used as a term to mean the end of a day's play, e.g. "The umpires called stumps" means that the umpires have declared play over for the day. At the end of a session, i.e. before lunch or tea, the umpires will remove the bails; at the end of the day's play, the umpires will also remove the stumps.

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