Suburban cricketers in Melbourne were left stumped at the weekend as the wicket appeared to defy the law of gravity.

A mid-year match between Moonee Valley and Strathmore Heights came to a standstill when a delivery knocked out the middle stump but left the bails in place.

Moonee Valley captain Michael Ozman was watching from the boundary and saw the stump "go flying back to the wicket keeper".

"Everyone started gathering around the wicket," he told ABC Radio Melbourne's Red Symons.

"I walked out and I saw that leg and off stump were still sitting there and both bails were up still.

"It was the most bizarre thing.

"Physicists and mathematicians can have a crack at it but I think they'd struggle to replicate it."

Umpire rules 'out'

Moonee Valley batsman Jatinder Singh was reportedly hesitant to walk but the umpire ruled that he was out.

The incident has divided social media, with thousands of cricket fans debating whether or not the umpire was right.

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Mr Ozman said both teams agreed with the umpire's decision, "but we weren't exactly sure of the official cricket ruling on the whole situation".

As it turns out, they made the right call — the Laws of Cricket state that a batsman is dismissed if one stump is removed from the ground.

Commentator in disbelief

ABC Grandstand's Alister Nicholson said when he first saw the photo he thought it was a joke.

"I looked at it and I thought that is physically impossible ... I want a search done for Blu-Tack," he said.

He said he wished the Australian cricket team had that sort of luck.

"I just wish the bails stayed on when Steve Smith chopped on in Dharamsala," he said, referring to Australia's series loss to India earlier this year.

He said the gravity-defying bails were probably helped by the fact that the wicket wasn't exactly first-class.

"Look at the state of those stumps — Cricket Australia should send them a new set."