Fielding Positions

[Shady Slim]

a followup from the your game thread - where do you like fielding and where don't you like fielding?

i'm normally at mid wicket and like fielding at either midwicket or in the covers, mid on at a stretch isn't terrible.

in terms of where i don't like to field

i would rather keep to dale steyn without gloves than field at point: no catches are easy and everything flies hard and always feels as if it's outrunning you

 

[Red]

Keeping the last few years. Always been a good catch, so used to end up in the slips a lot before then. Slipping was a bit boring though, always liked being around point or cover.

 

[Red]

i would rather keep to dale steyn without gloves than field at point:

no you wouldn't...

 

[mr_mister]

I used to mainly field at point, dropped a few but took a few too. tbh I preferred fast and low catches to high 'sitters', i always managed to just psyche myself out too much under the high ball.

I hated slips, my reactions/concentration wasnt up to scratch

 

[Daemon]

keeping.

i like running, diving etc to stop stuff while in the outfield but i hate catches, always lose them in the buildings. indifferent to anywhere in the infield, though i suppose I enjoy point more than the rest because it makes me feel important.

 

[cnerd123]

I love slips/short leg.

I used to be put in the boundary a lot - fast runner, good throw, safe hands. Recently tho I have been given the chance to field at point. 4 catches and 0 drops in 3 games and I'm liking it so far. I don't think my agility is quite up to scratch though. Need to work on that.

 

[Jord]

I used to field gully or slip; good reflex catcher that I wish extended to my batting. I quite often enjoyed fielding in a short mid wicket as I got a few run outs there.

 

[indiaholic]

Anywhere I can take reflex catches is fine. Every time I can set myself up for a sitter or a ball that went too high, I would drop it.

 

[Spark]

Anywhere I can take reflex catches is fine. Every time I can set myself up for a sitter or a ball that went too high, I would drop it.

ditto here

 

[honestbharani]

Keeper.. Was awarded best keeper once in an inter-school competition and am happy to report I had lost literally none of those reactions when I started playing cricket again circa 2012. Batting was a different story though.

 

[Shady Slim]

no you wouldn't...

never said where i'd be keeping, definitely right on the boundary :P

what's with all the point love here though point sucks nothing's simple, and this is coming from a guy whose first ever catch was a one handed blinder

 

[Hurricane]

Strangely the older I got the faster my reactions got. So in high school I was the world's worst slip. I finished my career being a decent gully and held some good ones. As posted in a similar thread, the key to gully is knowing where to actually stand. It takes 4-5 games to master the exact perfect position/angle. Then you don't even have to dive for them. They just come right at you.

 

[cnerd123]

never said where i'd be keeping, definitely right on the boundary :P

what's with all the point love here though point sucks nothing's simple, and this is coming from a guy whose first ever catch was a one handed blinder

I play at literally the lowest level of cricket in HK, and yet there are batsmen who can really give the ball a good whack. The fields I've played on are tiny too. And I've gotten stitches on my face from being hit by the ball.

Fielding at point ****ing terrifies me

And thats why I love it.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Since my vision deteriorated a bit, and now wear glasses on the field, mid off/on and third man/fine leg my go. Anywhere in a straight look at the batsman is my preference.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

I usually end up in the covers, and then nobody hits a catchable ball there all day. But I've fielded pretty much everywhere except the slips.

 

[Furball]

Point, slips or in the covers.

Basically anywhere you're going to be involved a lot. I loved fielding when I was a kid.

 

[doesitmatter]

Anywhere in Outfield..can cover good ground..Love the whole running part and fielding the ball in the outfield..love it..Cannot field anywhere the ball comes hard,fast,flat and head high..poor at catching those..so the complete arc from slips to point / gully no go for me..s..t they are hard to catch..

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Keeping

 

[Dan]

I'm an absolutely shocking fielder, but by virtue of being <40 and capable of running, I end up in all the busy positions (aside from general 'bowler goes to fine leg' stuff). Generally midwicket, and sweeping out on the boundary. Occasionally I get put in the slips, but I think I've had about two catches come to me in my career, both of which I dropped (one was a full length dive, tbf).

I much prefer wicketkeeping ('keeping up to the stumps to pretty much everyone); picked it up quite nicely the other week, though I was lacking a bit of crispness on the legside takes.

 

[vcs]

Kept a bit for my school team. Also spent a fair amount of time patrolling the boundary because I had poor reflexes (wearing glasses didn't help), but was fairly safe taking skiers etc. What I lacked in ability I made up for in enthusiasm.