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Fielding Positions in Cricket
I made a diagram of the Fielding Positions on the cricket field. Here is the diagram:
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Date-stamped : 03 Nov93 - 05:20
Cricket 101 :) Pitch Markins and Fielding Positions
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Pitch markings (one end only)
safe <-|-> not safe
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stumps> o X | X <--- Ball arriving
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| | X X = striking batsman's normal stance.
< 4ft >|< 4ft >|
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bowlers box |
^ 'safe' line
The 'safe' line (popping crease) extends to the boundaries,
but is only marked for 6 feet either side of the centre stump.
The bowler's feet must be partly behind the popping crease and
not touching the side lines or a penalty run is awarded (called
a 'no ball' - under some rules this counts as 2 penalty runs)
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| | < 22 yards stump to stump > | |
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the field below is a bit square - round off
the corners and it'll look better.
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/ "off side" \
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| 13 18 19 11 |
| 20 7 8 |
| 6 |
| 17 5 |
| 4 |
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| 1->> U]X pitch X[ 2 |
| 9 |
| fine |
| 16 | |
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| 12 14 10 |
| 15 / |
| U / |
| square |
| "leg side" |
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\ field positions for X /
\ right-handed batsman /
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FIELDING POSITIONS GLOSSARY
U umpires Short = 'closer in'
1 bowler Deep = 'further out'
2 wicket keeper Silly= 'very close in'
3 1st slip Fine = 'nearer line joining stumps'
4 2nd slip Square = 'nearer 90degrees to the pitch'
5 3rd slip Wide = 'further from line joining stumps'
6 4th slip Backward = 'behind batman's safe line'
7 point Forward = 'in front of batsman's safe line'
8 gully
9 short leg
10 long/fine leg
11 3rd man Fielders (as in BB) can stand anywhere, and will
12 long on adjust to style of batsman and game situation.
13 long off Attacking field (to get wickets at cost of runs)
14 mid-wicket might be: 1,2,3,4,5,6/8,9,10,14,15,16.
15 square leg Defensive field (to keep runs to minimum) might be
16 mid on 1,2,4,10,11,12,13(wide),14(deep),15,19(deep),20
17 mid off
18 cover
19 cover-point
20 extra cover
The positions are defined with respect to the 'facing' batsman.
'Deep mid wicket' would be in direction 14, but near the boundary.
Short leg at 15 would be 'backward short leg' if he took a pace
to his right, or 'forward short leg' if he took a pace to his left
Taken from a r.s.c. post by D.W.Shepherd@bradford.ac.uk
Contributed by The Management (cricinfo@*ogi.edu)
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