How many fielding positions are there in cricket and what are they?

Question

Name them all. First person to give all gets 10.

Answer 1

22 positions.

1.Silly point
2.Short leg
3.Square leg
4.Deep square leg
5.Deep mid wicket
6.Long on
7.Long off
8.Deep cover
9.Third man
10.Fine leg
11.Mid wicket
12.Mid on
13.Mid off
14.Cover
15.Point
16.Backward point
17.3rd slip
18.Gully
19.2nd slip
20.1st slip
21.Wicket keeper
22.Short fine leg

Answer 2

Fielding Positions In Cricket

Answer 3

There is no exact number as positions can be varied. Here are the ones that are fairly standard:

Fine leg
Square leg
Mid wicket
Mid on
(Cover-) point
Cover
Extra cover
Mid off
Long leg
Deep square leg
Deep mid wicket
Long on
Third man
Deep point
Deep cover
Deep extra cover
Long off
Silly mid on
Silly mid off
Short leg
Forward short leg
Backward short leg
Silly point
Leg slip
First slip
Second slip
Third slip
Fourth slip
Fifth slip
Gully
Second gully
Wicket keeper

That's 32 in all, although there is no limit on the number of slips you could have. I remember seeing the W.Indies use 5, but I've never seen more than that. Some of the above can also be varied such as by using "short-", for example, "short extra cover" and "short mid wicket", although I've only included the ones I think are most standard. Other positions can also be invented by captains during matches, so in theory there are many more potential positions.

Answer 4

22, yeah but what about

Fly slip
4th slip
5th slip
Bat Pad
Silly mid off/on
Sweeper - a boundary patroller
Cover point
Deep fine leg
Short cover

and on it goes... there are more deep/short variations as well. and my personal favorite is Straight Hit, thats not there either.

and then there is the "wide" variations... wide mid on, wide mid off, etc.

Answer 5

There are the 22 "standard" positions, but there are others which are not at all uncommon. such as 4th. slip.

Plus there are various unconventional positions which are sometimes used if the captain thinks they might be useful.

Answer 6

There are several types of field positions and the captain of the fielding team decides different combinations of them for tactical reasons. Since there are 11 players on a team, one of whom is the bowler and another the wicket-keeper, at most nine other fielding positions can be used at any given time. The captain may move players between fielding positions at any time except when a bowler is in the act of bowling to a batsman.

There are 24 fielding positions, including Wicket Keeper, which are explained below:

1)Wicket Keeper:

The wicketkeeper who stands behind the batsman on strike at the wicket, sets the tone for the fielding side. His role is to stop balls that pass the batsman and attempt to dismiss the batsman in various ways.

2) First Slip :

Most important fielding position in the game. The fielder at First slip, normally stands closest to the wicketkeeper.

3) Second Slip:

The fielder at Second slip stands just to the offside of first slip. The second slip is likely to be used in the first couple of over's of a match or if a team is employing an attacking field in an attempt to finish an innings off.

4) Gully :

The Gully fielder covers the area just square of the wicket on the off side but the fielder will tend to vary where they stand according to the pitch and the batsman. Gully is employed in catching the ball after it hits the edge of the bat and deflects a long way, or for misplaced cut shots.

5) Third Man :

This is a boundary position right behind square on the offside. The fielder at Third man has to covers a large area, preventing anything that pierces the slip and gully area.

6) Point :

A position on the off side and located at 90 degrees to the batsman. The Point fielder's job is to catch the ball from a misplaced cut shot, or to prevent runs from cut shots, square drives, and defensive strokes square on the off side.

7) Cover Point:

This is the fielding position on the off side in front of the wicket.

8) Deep Point:

Deep point is a defensive position on the off side and the fielder at this position is usually stationed on the boundary.

9) Cover :

This is fielding position in front of the wicket and the position designed to prevent runs from cover drives, defensive strokes on the off side.

10) Extra Cover:

This is the fielding position in front of the wicket. A strong off side field would probably have both a cover and an extra cover.

11) Sweeper :

This is the fielding position in the deep outfield near the boundary used when the fielding side wants to keep the runs to the bare minimum.

12) Silly Mid Off :

This is the fielding position on the off side, and the position is almost mid way to the wicket and very close to the batsman.

13) Mid Off :

This is the fielding position on the off side, and the position is almost straight in line with the bat to prevent runs from off drives, and defensive strokes on the off side.

14) Long Off :

A fielding position on the off side and has to cover a large area from the sight screen to the sweeper cover position and near the boundary to prevent runs from off drives or catch long, lofted off drives.

15) Long On:

A fielding position on the leg side of the wicket to prevent runs from on drives or catch long, lofted on drives.

16) Mid On:

A fielding position on the leg side almost straight of the batsman to prevent runs from on drives, and defensive strokes on the on side

17) Mid Wicket :

This is positioned on the leg side and the position is designed generally to either catch the ball from a misplaced pull shot, or to prevent runs from on drives, and defensive strokes on the on side.

18) Deep Mid Wicket :

This is positioned on the leg side near the boundary to prevent boundaries.

19) Silly Mid On :

This is positioned on the leg side forward of the strikers wicket and very close to the batsmen generally use to put pressure on them.

20) Short Leg :

A fielding position to the right of forward square leg and very close to the batsman. This position usually given to the youngest member of the fielding side and employed against players who are especially strong off their hips.

21) Backward Short Leg:

This position is similar to first slip on the leg side and is very often referred to as leg slip.

22) Square Leg :

This position is on the leg side. This is also the position for the leg umpire. Between the wicket and the square boundary, it prevents the batsman from going for pull shots.

23) Deep / Backward Square Leg

This position can also be monitored by the fielders from the deep mid wicket and deep fine leg regions.

24) Fine Leg :

This is the fielding position on the leg side to the right of the square leg region designed to catch the ball from a misplaced bock or other defensive shot.

For more information regarding fielding, please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fielding_(cricket)