''Willow and Stumpy'' is an animated feature on the Sky Sports TV channel in the United Kingdom. It is accessible using the

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on the remote control when Live

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

is being shown. The feature is designed to aid understanding of the rules of cricket, often using diagrams as a visual aid. Willow, the seasoned

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, answers questions put by the younger, more naïve Stumpy, who is one of the

stumps In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. '' Stumping'' or ''being stumped'' is a method of dismissing a batsman. The umpire ''calling stumps'' means the play is over for the day. Part of ...

Episodes

Individual episodes of ''Willow and Stumpy'' explain the following aspects of cricket:Willow and Stumpy
dc3d.co.uk * Silly Mid-off * Night Watchman * No Ball * The Googly * Legside Offside * The Ball * The Crease * Extras * Round the Wicket and Over the Wicket * The Yorker * Swing Bowling * The Doosra * Slips * Fine Leg * Reverse Swing

References

British children's animated sports television series {{animation-tv-prog-stub