# bail

> one of the two smaller sticks placed on top of the three stumps to form a wicket, used to determine when the wicket is broken, which determines whether a batsman is out bowled, stumped, run out or hit wicket

**Wikidata**: [Q19809630](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19809630)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail_(cricket))  
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