Top Document: The RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ Previous Document: What are the basic field positions? Next Document: What's the guard? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Each position shown above has associated with it adjectives to describe exactly where in this sliced up field a particular fielder is standing. Short = close bat-pad position. e.g. short mid-wicket. Silly = very close in. e.g. silly point, silly mid-off, etc Deep = further out. Near the boundary. e.g. deep fine leg Fine = nearer line joining stumps (see figure) Square = nearer 90 degrees to the pitch (see figure) Wide = further from line joining stumps'(see figure) Backward = behind batsman's popping crease (see figure) Forward = 'in front of batsman's popping crease (see figure) Long = Toward the boundary, e.g. long-on, long-off. Here's a slightly modified version of David Shepherd's diagram to show the most common field settings GLOSSARY .---------------------------------------------. / "off side" \ 1 1st slip | | 2 2nd slip | l- cv cp 3m | 3 3rd slip | ec p g | 4 4th slip | 4 | 5 leg slip | m- 3 | cv cover | 2 | p point | s 1 | g gully | B->> ||-------|| Wk | f forward - | U||-------|| | short leg | f 5 | s silly point | fine | dl deep fine/ | m+ | | square leg | | | 3m 3rd man | l+ mw dl | l+ long on | sl / | l- long off | U / | mw mid-wicket | square | sl square leg | "leg side" | m+ mid on | | m- mid off `\ field positions for RHB X /' cp cover-point `---------------------------------------------' ec extra-cover User Contributions:Top Document: The RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ Previous Document: What are the basic field positions? Next Document: What's the guard? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: ganesh1947@bigmailbox.net
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