Thursday, November 30, 2017

Learning Basic Field Positions Names

Craze for cricket is increasing day by day in every part of the world.Though we all understand the very game,but still there are some more technical things in the game which everyone will not be familiar with.

This blog will have a series of posts which will help us to understand some of the peculiar terms commentators used and baffle us all. Let's dig into the secret of field positions.

The following image shows vague idea of all of the field positions for a right handed batsman.



Fields Positions are :
 1)Slip(s)
 2)Gully
 3)Point
 4)Cover Point
 5)Cover
 6)Mid off
 7)Mid on
 8)Mid Wicket
 9)Square Leg
10)Fine Leg
11)Third Man
12)Long on
13)Long off

Apart from above shown field positions there can be some other field positions as well like:
1)Silly Point
2)Short Leg
3)Short Square Leg
4)Short Mid On
5)Short Mid Off
6)Deep Mid Wicket
7)Deep Fine Leg
8)Deep Square Leg
9)Deep Point
10)Sweeper Cover
11)Backward Short Leg