Index
- Wickets Home
- 8.1 Width & pitching
- 8.2 Size of stumps
- 8.3 The bails
- 8.4 Junior cricket
- 8.5 Dispensing with bails
8.3 THE BAILS
The bails shall not project more than 0.5 in (1.27 cm) above the top of the stumps
The bails have the following dimensions:
Overall length 4.31 ins (10.95 cm)
Length of barrel 2.13 ins (5.40 cm)
Longer spigot 1.38 ins (3.50 cm)
Shorter spigot 0.81 ins (2.06 cm)
Devices aimed at protecting player safety by limiting the distance that a bail can travel off the stumps will be allowed, subject to the approval of the Governing Body for the match and the ground authority
The bails shall not project more than 0.5 in (1.27 cm) above the top of the stumps
The bails have the following dimensions:
Overall length 4.31 ins (10.95 cm)
Length of barrel 2.13 ins (5.40 cm)
Longer spigot 1.38 ins (3.50 cm)
Shorter spigot 0.81 ins (2.06 cm)
Devices aimed at protecting player safety by limiting the distance that a bail can travel off the stumps will be allowed, subject to the approval of the Governing Body for the match and the ground authority