<Li> If the batsman facing the bowler (the striker) steps out of his ground to play the ball but misses and the wicket - keeper takes the ball and puts down the wicket, then the striker is out stumped . </Li> <Li> If a fielder puts down either wicket whilst the batsmen are running between the wickets (or otherwise forward of the popping crease during the course of play), then the batsman nearest the downed wicket is out run out . There is no limit of how far a bowler may bowl behind the crease . </Li> <Ul> <Li> <P> The popping crease is visible here, with England's Marcus Trescothick playing a shot that has involved him moving forward over his own crease to intercept the ball . In taking a successful run, he must ground his bat behind the corresponding crease at the other end of the pitch, and his batting partner must in turn ground himself behind Trescothick's crease . Should Trescothick have ventured beyond his crease in playing his shot, he risked being stumped . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Jim Allenby bowling, he must ground some part of his foot behind his popping crease and within the return creases for the ball to be a legal delivery . As a member of the fielding side, he can also attempt to run out a batsman by breaking the stumps with the ball before the batsman manages to return to the popping crease . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Here the batsman has played a shot and missed, with the wicketkeeper receiving the ball . The' keeper, believing that in playing his shot the batsman has ventured beyond his popping crease, has broken the stumps with the ball in an attempt to dismiss him' stumped' . He is appealing to the umpire to review and either accept or refuse the dismissal . It now falls to the umpire to adjudge whether the batsman had indeed ventured beyond his crease, a decision that in modern cricket is assisted by technology and replays . </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> The popping crease is visible here, with England's Marcus Trescothick playing a shot that has involved him moving forward over his own crease to intercept the ball . In taking a successful run, he must ground his bat behind the corresponding crease at the other end of the pitch, and his batting partner must in turn ground himself behind Trescothick's crease . Should Trescothick have ventured beyond his crease in playing his shot, he risked being stumped . </P> </Li>

Why is it called a crease in cricket