off stump

A few feet from where we sit is the sawed-off stump of a third willow.

Two feet from the sawed-off stump of a third willow is the small foot-pump carousel Ray was sitting on when he shot himself.

In cricketing parlance, he is in that case stronger on his leg than on his off-stump.

The first ball was well outside the off-stump; it landed in the National School grounds that ran alongside of the school field.

At any rate, he attempted no leg-glides on the off-stump, and in consequence found little difficulty in staying in.

The next ball was of the same length, but this time off the off-stump.

Flower bowled him a short-pitched, fast ball, rather wide of the off-stump.