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[E-Unit]

In club i was keeping and knocked the stumps over by mistake but then had the ball so i took the stump out with the ball in my hand, which should have been out, but their coach complained saying it was un sportsman like as while i had the stump in my hand our coach shouted out and said to do it even though i had already done it..

[Brownie]

You can break the bails with the glove as long as the ball is in that hand.
I once had a keeper have the ball in one hand batsman halfway down... he then proceeds to wack over the stumps with his other hand!!!

I've seen this happen in a domestic game. NSW was playing and the keeper (not haddin) had the ball in his right hand in the air appealing to square leg i think. Batsman made a little move out of the crease keeps smacks the bails of with his left hand. Once he realised what he had done he just dropped his head into his glove. Just like the fielder who came running in to congratulate him.

[Coach]

if the wicket is broken either accidentally or diliberately by the ball its out if its in a hand it can be anywere from the shoulder doewn on that arm that can break the stumps and its out!

[art]

I missed this post when it was first posted. Am unable to understand the original post especially the piece about "their coach and unsportsman like".

Given that for some unknown reason many 'coaches' have no comprehension of the basic Laws let alone the competition rules, what was he on about?

[E-Unit]

If your talking to me, it was just a simple club game where the coaches or parents umpire..

[art]

Yes I am, I am unable to understand by your first post the actual sequence of events.

[E-Unit]

I was wicketkeeping, and i accidently knocked the bails off the stumps while i was getting into position to take the ball at this time i didnt have the ball, they went for a suicide 2 and the batsman was halfway down the track by the time i caught the ball, i then picked up a stump like your ment to do with the ball in my had, but as i was lifting the stump up my coach yelled out for me to do it even though i had done it, their coach then said it was un sportsman like because my coach yelled out even though i new what i was doing.

[art]

Ah now I understand. Coaches in the heat of the moment can forget the no coaching from the sideline rules lol.

Forget the incident, you appear to have done the right thing.