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Is a batsman out when the ball naturally turned back to his stumps , but ball first landed out of his crease?

This happened to us when we played cricket last week , the bowler was a spinner , batsman hit the ball and it landed almost at the middle of pitch, then spinned(rotated) back and hit the stumps.

I was on the fielding side and we appealed for out! but it was denied , and explanation was :

A batsman can not be given out as the ball first landed out of his crease.

Is there any rules like this ?

We were playing among friends(No official umpire).

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This would be out as explained in law 30 - bowled.

Simply put it has to touch something else on the field of play before hitting the stumps again for it to be not out bowled.

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  • So this is an ICC approved rule ? (I don't know if www.lords.org is an official site of any cricket body. )
    – Arun Xavier
    Commented Feb 4, 2016 at 10:57
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    Lords.org is the website of the MCC who are responsible for the laws of cricket. The ICC is just the body that organises international cricket. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club
    – Ben Whyall
    Commented Feb 4, 2016 at 11:00

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