what is the fielding lay out of cricket?

Question

what are different positions called and where are they located in comparison to the batsman?

Answer 1

There are so many dfferent positions it would be impossible to list them all here since there is no fixed position the fielders have to be in.
Some common points which are the most important:
There are considere to be two "sides" of the field. The off-side which is the half of the field in front of the batsmen (who of course is standing side on), and the on-side which is the half behind the batsmen. These are seperated by the line of the pitch. The on and off sides can change depending on whether it is a left or right handed batsmen.
Some main positions are: the wicketkeeper (behind the stumps up the batsman's end. He wears gloves so he can catch theball when bowled. There is always a wicketkeeper. The other common position are the slips. There can sometimes be up to four slips fielders. They stand beside the wicketkeeper on the off-side of the pitch. Their purpose is to catch the ball if it just edges the bat and is deflected. Because of this, the number of slips fielders depends on how much swing the ball is likely to get (more swing gives a bigger chance the batsman will only deflect the ball and not hit it in the middle) and how good the batsman is.
Apart from that the fielders can virtually stand anywhere in the field, with even slight changes in their position being given a different name.
Some vaous rules of the game (depending on if it a one-day or five-day game) specify that sometimes fielders have to be in certain areas - for example, "catching positions" (closer to the batsman giving him more chance of catching the ball, but also more gaps in the rest of the field for the batsman to hit the ball to).
If you really want to know the names of certain positions, I'd recommend you go here - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Cricket_positions.png

Answer 2

The main orthodox positions are:
Wicket-Keeper(directly behind), Third man (diagonally behind off side, close to boundary), Slips (diagonally behind off side), Gully (just behind square, off side), Point (square, off side), Cover(diagonally in front of square, off side), Mid-off (just to the off side of the bowler), Mid-on (just to the on-side of bowler), Long-off (deep behind mid-off), Long-on (deep behind mid-on), Mid-wicket (diagonally forward of square, on-side), Square leg (square, on-side), and Fine leg (diagonally behind square, on-side).
Most positions can be classified in accordance with their angle and distance from the batsman. These are described as backward, forward, short, deep, long, fine or square.
There are also a few special positions, such as: Silly mid-off, Silly mid-on, Silly point, Bat pad, Cover Point, Leg Slip, Fly slip, Deep Extra Cover (also called a Sweeper)Straight hit, & Long Stop.

Answer 3

the cricket ground is like a women's body.
1) gally - right shoulder
2) point - right arm
3) cover - right buttock
4) mid off - right thigh
5) long off - right foot
6) slips - lips
7) third man - right chik
8) fine leg - left chik
9) square leg - left shoulder
10) Mid wicket - left buttock
11) mid on - left thigh
12) long on - left foot
13) wicket keeper - breasts
14 ) bowler position - ?(confidential)

Answer 4

Please see the website given below to see full details about
fielding, fielding lay out etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fielding_%28cricket%29

Answer 5

like this