FIELDING
The basic skills required to be a good fielder are that you must get your legs, feet and body right behind the ball, accurately judge the flight of the ball when going for a catch, keep down and watch the batsman. These skills all make you a good fielder but sustained good fielding depends on unremmited concentration, even when your team's been out in the blazing sun for seven hours or more.
Nothing spurs a bowler more than a well-held catch, an excellent run-out or a throw-in which hits the wicket spot-on. In fact, good fielding gives the entire team a drive and dominance over the batting team and puts them under the kind of pressure that wins many matches.
Over the years the standard of fielding has become so paramount to the winning or losing of matches, that cricket teams can no longer afford to keep a slow mover or lazy bender in the team simply as a result of his batting or bowling.
Fielding positions:
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The basic skills required to be a good fielder are that you must get your legs, feet and body right behind the ball, accurately judge the flight of the ball when going for a catch, keep down and watch the batsman. These skills all make you a good fielder but sustained good fielding depends on unremmited concentration, even when your team's been out in the blazing sun for seven hours or more.
Nothing spurs a bowler more than a well-held catch, an excellent run-out or a throw-in which hits the wicket spot-on. In fact, good fielding gives the entire team a drive and dominance over the batting team and puts them under the kind of pressure that wins many matches.
Over the years the standard of fielding has become so paramount to the winning or losing of matches, that cricket teams can no longer afford to keep a slow mover or lazy bender in the team simply as a result of his batting or bowling.
Fielding positions:
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