What's the complete rule regarding double bouncing balls inside the popping crease?

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I've been trying to figure out the possible outcomes in case a ball double bounces off the cricket pitch. I read Law 20 and Law 21. Law 20 does not reference double bounced balls. Law 21 says:

The umpire shall call and signal No ball if a ball which he/she considers to have been delivered, without having previously touched bat or person of the striker,

bounces more than once or rolls along the ground before it reaches the popping crease

But what if double bounces inside the popping crease? And then possibly stumps the batsman? Is there another rule or law regarding that?

Philip Kendall · Accepted Answer

That's it - if the ball bounces twice before it reaches the popping crease, it's a no ball. If it bounces twice on or after the popping crease, it's a fair delivery.

And then possibly stumps the batsman?

A ball cannot stump a batsman; that can only be accomplished by the wicket-keeper. If you mean the ball hits the wicket and permanently dislodges the bails, then the batsman is out bowled.

Ateeq Rehman · Answer

If the ball bounces once before it reaches the striker , then it will be No Ball Call And signal , remember it not a dead ball , so If the striker hits the ball and attempts a run or its a boundary  , it will be scored and recorded in the credit of striker , there is no Rule MCC 2019 edition ,  which say that , it will be called dead .... Read Law MCC 21 .7
See it is Amended and the change is  more than once , not more than twice , for now onwards MCC

What's the complete rule regarding double bouncing balls inside the popping crease?

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