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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: play-yourself-in on December 03, 2015, 12:22:22 PM
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Sadly as I'm getting older I am unable to perform Johnty Rhodes/Trevor Penny style fielding at backward or cover point. I also have an arm like a 3 year old girl, after a shoulder operation. I need to find a new fielding position so was thinking about becoming a specialist mid on fielder. I'm never that keen on the slips as you often have to make small talk with the wicket keeper, who as we all know is often the oddest member of the team.
So where does everyone else like to field?
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Point. I always fielded there as a youngster and you get used to the sort of shots that lead to catches coming your way, you get used to the way the ball spins in the air/along the ground as it comes to you. I also find youngsters stand too deep in this position as they are scared of the cut shot. Winds me right up.
Alternatively third man, though my shoulder means I can't throw it as far/hard as I used to be able to. You can have a good chat to the spectators and have little to do. Lovely.
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When I'm not keeping, 2nd slip. Not because I'm lazy, more cause I genuinely feel I'm best there.
Can't stand 1st slip, think too much like a keeper.
Absolutely hate being at square leg, flicks or sweeps and pulls are a nightmare, its either full blooded or squirming away with the dreaded second bounce spin.
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Point or Gully. As @Gurujames, always fielded there however, on occasions I fielded at leg gully / backward short leg for specific bowlers batsmen during matches
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Mid off, me and our mid on are both 6"5 and catch a surprising amount of poorly timed drives down the ground! Also do a bit in the slips, but I'm not overly fussy.
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3rd man/fine leg alone if i'm having a bit of a blinder and need to be somewhere where I can't do much damage.
3rd man/fine leg to mid on/off is my usual fielding pattern as I often have to cover for shoddy keeping and slips that never chase the ball if it goes behind, and i'm a fairly useful distraction at mid on/off as batsmen tend to assume that i'm rubbish and try to hoof it over my head, only to end up out.
Gully/leg gully if i'm feeling aggresive and the captain allows me to field there, often when the spinners are on and fielding at fine leg is pointless.
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In the pavilion
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Sadly as I'm getting older I am unable to perform Johnty Rhodes/Trevor Penny style fielding at backward or cover point. I also have an arm like a 3 year old girl, after a shoulder operation. I need to find a new fielding position so was thinking about becoming a specialist mid on fielder. I'm never that keen on the slips as you often have to make small talk with the wicket keeper, who as we all know is often the oddest member of the team.
So where does everyone else like to field?
I would have said fine leg if you could throw but mid on is a good choice as you can watch the bat and move to the left or right to get your body behind the ball and the non strikers stumps and your bowler will be close to throw the ball at.
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Given the choice 1st slip - but so long as I am not at point or square leg I don't mind.
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Long on or Long off ...... anyplace where I can get a shade to hide under if you ask my liking :)
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In my mind I'm like AB De Villiers, but in reality I'm more of a Monty Panesar! Because of this I'm hidden.
I'm usually stationed at mid on or mid off to start, but also lurk at square leg or mid wicket.
My favourite position is in the bar, but that isn't always appropriate :-[
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Cover or mid wicket if there is on offy bowling. At least you can stay involved, try and get in the batters head a bit or help the bowler out as you tend to get a good idea of what the batter is trying to do.
As a bowler though and someone with a half decent arm I spend way too much time at 3rd/fine for my liking, usually grumbling to myself about the worst umpiring decision I've ever seen, the miracle of both batters having horseshoes up their (No Swearing Please) or how our groundsman can only prepare roads.
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Always fielded in the covers when young. Fine leg when bowling.
Now I am old, mid on specialist !
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Bowl and over, stand at 1st slip the next, Captains prerogative.
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Prefer not to be square of the wicket, I'm no use at point or square leg. Usually field slip or mid-off, prefer midwicket to cover. Also quite like boundary riding towards the end of the innings.
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Gully
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Like many others, I also prefer the pavilion.
If I have to field, I like to do about 10-15 overs at slips or out on the sweep. Also I'm one of these weird blokes who don't mind getting the lid and shinpads out and sticking myself under the batsman's nose, but I'll only do it for our better bowlers. I'm not that mental.
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Backward point, Jonty Rhodes style (in my mind).
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I'll be interested to get your thoughts on this @uknsaunders and @Maverick79
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At the ripe old age of 36, I still love throwing myself around at point/cover point/cover. Much rather do that than stand at fine leg
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I like to field silly mid on/off
Unfortunately I'm behind the stumps keeping or first slip
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Spent last season mostly at square, deep cover or mid on. Didn't mind wherever I went really. As the youngest player in the side I often wound up running all the way down somewhere I probably shouldn't, but it worked out alright...
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Point or Gully - strangely, I hate the slips.
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Point/cover point/cover - one of these. Keeps me on my toes always and i am ready for those sharp catches :)
Age and body weight is not on my side but i hate getting moved to any other fielding position
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I love to be in the slips, although my talk rate is 2 in 3 so not always get to be in there.
Other than that I always want to be on the offside, not sure why but I pick the ball up better if the bat on the offside,
When on the leg side I seem to misjudge were it's going and at what speed
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First slip or mid off like to have a good view of the batting and bowling
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Gully or point for me.
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I like Mid On or Mid Off.. hate anything from point to square leg and not keen on midwicket area either.
I like the ball being driven at me so Mid on/off suits, and I'm very accurate with shying at the stumps, literally hit most of the time so I get a fair few run outs with clueless batsmen taking me on.
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I like Mid On or Mid Off.. hate anything from point to square leg and not keen on midwicket area either.
I like the ball being driven at me so Mid on/off suits, and I'm very accurate with shying at the stumps, literally hit most of the time so I get a fair few run outs with clueless batsmen taking me on.
Always disliked Square leg as the umpire either gets in the way when fielding or is a distraction in my eye line.
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Sweeping...usually the longest boundary. Make use of that arm!
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I like Point
Diving around is fun
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When I'm bowling I usually go fine leg for the alternate over.
When not bowling and early in the game I'm generally cover or point.
Later in the game I sweep the boundary as I have a good arm.
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Covers or Gully
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I'm happy anywhere barring square leg, where for some reason I struggle to pick the ball up. I usually field cover/Mid off for seamers, slog corner when spinners come on.
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Anyone else like to play the move the fielder game when umpiring at square leg? If you notice the fielder is basing his position off you, you try and move in or out whenever you can and pull the fielder out of position. Doesn't work often, but great if it does. One to liven up a boring Sunday game.
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I keep, pretty much because I have too and I am a keeper.
But when I use to field and occasionally do its at cover or mid off
Also very good off my own spin bowling when I used to do that
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Point, square leg or anything in front of square with the exception of cover.
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point, gully or 1st slip
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Normally a keeper but when not keeping, happy at mid on or mid off don't mind anywhere if I'm honest but given a choice I would field there.
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i hate not keeping! normally i like to be at short cover
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Point - 1st slip - on the boundary
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Mid on, preferably but last couple of games of the season I was at deep wicket keeper as ours was letting everything through!
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Point or covers, I love the action, I want the ball to come to me every delivery, team mates think I'm nuts.
Also get asked to do the silly positions, no lid, no shin pads, no box.
Also stand in keeper, which I'm not so keen on, too old to be crouched down for that long.
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Midwicket or covers, though the skipper thinks I've got a decent arm (I haven't) so I'm usually first for the "go three quarters mate"...
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Covers or midwicket on the one or catching is my favourite, I've got a rubbish arm and I'm not the fastest chaser but I'm pretty handy at reaction catches and stops, I like the slips for the same reasons.
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Slip or Gully ideally.
Failing that Mid on or Mid off.
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My preferred spot is midwicket. However most of the time i end up fielding in deep fine leg or third man, since the captain wants me far away from his ears ... :D
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First slip for me..
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I quite like Cover point, but I have been know to get distracted and end up next to extra-cover, having a nice little chat.
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As close as is humanely possible, normally end up in a short cover/short mid-off area (suicidal yes)
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As close as is humanely possible, normally end up in a short cover/short mid-off area (suicidal yes)
Crazy..
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i'm really not a fan of any position that gives you too much time to set your self before the ball arrives. Not a fan of being in the deep at all. I really enjoy cover though as i seem to get involved in a lot of the game, buy the time the bowler is delivering the ball i'm generally moving at a jog so find it easy to drop onto the quick singles or dive around trying to get at least something on this flashing cover drives. There is plenty of me so i have perfected the art of.. getting at least something behind the ball!
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Got decent hands, so often get put in the slip which ends up kicking out one of the 'more experienced' members of the team. I hate slip because i'd prefer to be chasing leather around the dirt rather than sitting around in the cordon giving batsmen flak. Fortunately, managed to get captaincy this year so the covers are calling :D
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Wicket keeper for me! Cover or gully I enjoy if not wearing the gloves
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I'm rapidly approaching the stage of where I can be hidden- generally gully or slip.
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Slips or short cover. But anywhere asking as its offside, don't seem to pick ball up well on leg side.
Reaction catches tend to stay in. Having time to think I drop the f er.
I get out out though, I've never bottled a catch, always put 100% in to get there, and if I'm running full pelt and having to dive or slide to catch it I am not thinking to much. So took some absolutely blinders running round from long off.
I've dropped some very embarrassing sitters too mind
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I loved fielding at slip and took the majority of catches, certainly more than everyone else. Then I split my webbing twice stopping balls that just dropped short. I then got put at mid off and took every catch. That unfortunately cemented my place there for the last few seasons, mostly doing long off to long off due to our ageing spin twins!!
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I loved fielding at slip and took the majority of catches, certainly more than everyone else. Then I split my webbing twice stopping balls that just dropped short. I then got put at mid off and took every catch. That unfortunately cemented my place there for the last few seasons, mostly doing long off to long off due to our ageing spin twins!!
Wait what? You cemented mid off???
In all the cricket I've played and all the teams ive played for, that's usually where the captain stands(see ball swing talk to bowlers etc) it's not really been a catching position.
You may get the odd wicket there but I don't understand what plans your bowler bowl to, to get catches at mid off???
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Our two older guys bowled very accurate spun so would often get frustrated with big hits down the ground, plus I was mug enough to do long off to long off!
Certainly get lots of miscued drives heading your way too.
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I loved fielding at slip and took the majority of catches, certainly more than everyone else. Then I split my webbing twice stopping balls that just dropped short. I then got put at mid off and took every catch. That unfortunately cemented my place there for the last few seasons, mostly doing long off to long off due to our ageing spin twins!!
I split the webbing going for a reaction catch off a slog sweep at short mid wicket (was in there for top edges but it went very straight), very annoying injury, couldn't spread my hand for about 2 weeks without it bleeding again.
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@northernboy1987 I have done my thumb webbing 4 times in 3 seasons, you can literally see scar on scar! Such a difficult place to strap up and protect without compromising movement
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I feel for you mate, it's not that painful but it's bloody annoying, I did it in a T20 in about the 16th over so managed to finish the game. It was at least two weeks until I could get my gloves back on to bat.
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First time I did it I didn't bat or play for 2 weeks. I always played (foolishly) the week after I did it the other times, including batting twice in the same game. It's not pleasant to do and pretty bloody especially when wearing white!
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Usually long on or long off to try and catch anything that comes my way, not the easiest when skipper for the last 3 years and still trying to organise th ifs but have offloaded that responsibility now so I can just turn up and play 👍