What's your fielding position?

[Simon]

I personally prefer fielding at gully or cover.
But as a fast bowler i field at square leg or fine leg inbetween overs.
I kinda used to be a keeper but i got to sore and tired to be doing that reguarly.

 

[Eclipse]

I preffer to feild in the outfeild because I am the fastest runner I know (100m and 200m state sprint finalist)

I seem to get alot off run outs when I feild there because of my speed and the fact It looks like I have a poor arm (im pritty skinny) but I have the best arm in the team so I like pretending like I cant throw and then when they take a risk on me let it rip.

 

[Gotchya]

Covers. Match wits with the batsman.

 

[Rik]

Well, close-in fielder cause I have very quick reactions, out fielder cause I have a good arm and usually manage to stop the ball crossing the rope by any means possible and I rarely drop a catch, I could be good as Slip but I've never stood there, but I've never dropped a catch in slip catching practise...also I'm a useful backup Wicket-Keeper. Best all-round fielder in the team

 

[R_Powell_fan]

I am usually put in all sorts of places for the simple fact that I'm one the quickest sprinters and tend to gather the ball quite fluently... However because I have a problem judging very high catches( Eye Problems ) I prefer the infield coz I'm a good catcher of not as high catches.... 8D

 

[marc71178]

Never called on 12th man - my ability to have 2 cans in my hands at once at the cricket is second to none.

 

[Kiwi]

Gully, or catching in front of the batter. Or Point

 

[Neil Pickup]

Mid On.

 

[Rich2001]

Never called on 12th man - my ability to have 2 cans in my hands at once at the cricket is second to none.

HAHA Good old Marc

Iam a slip fielder normally, if not there somewhere within the cricle as I only have an average arm on me but make up with quick reflexes and williness to throw myself around.

 

[Kimbo]

Cover, point, midwicket or in close cos i **** the batsmen off easily!
had the funniest sledging at my last tourny.
keeper asks me
"Kim, thats thirteen dot balls, whats that formula, what happens after 13 dot balls?"
I say "a wicket"
cover says "what? test match cricket"
"no, no, A WICKET"
"TEST MATCH CRICKET???"
"NO A WICKET!"
next ball: batter goes for a slog and crowns her self! we were ****ing ourselves laughing...

 

[Rik]

Well if I field in the circle then I usually throw the ball to the keeper, throw the stumps down or do a "Jonty" and dive into them to run someone out. My best sledge was to the skipper of the opo who had scored hardly any runs: "Why can't you play a bloody shot? This is supposed to be ONE DAY CRICKET!!!" he replied "well at least I'm not out", I replied "Well unless you score something soon then your team is better off with you getting out" so he plays a shot and gets no run "There...I played a shot, happy" and I replied "Yeah, but try and score a run as well!"...and a few overs later I got him out LBW...playing no shot

 

[Kiwi]

Cover, point, midwicket or in close cos i **** the batsmen off easily!
had the funniest sledging at my last tourny.
keeper asks me
"Kim, thats thirteen dot balls, whats that formula, what happens after 13 dot balls?"
I say "a wicket"
cover says "what? test match cricket"
"no, no, A WICKET"
"TEST MATCH CRICKET???"
"NO A WICKET!"
next ball: batter goes for a slog and crowns her self! we were ****ing ourselves laughing...

You had some good calls against me at under 21 tourny.
"Tick Tock another Block"

 

[Eclipse]

I always find a good way to **** the fast bowlers off is to comment on how well there leg brakes are spinning today.

Then occasionaly when you get beaten outside off say " ohhh was that the fliper?"

 

[Simon]

you would tend to look pretty stupid if you are sledging the bowler if you are playing and missing outside off stump too often.

 

[Eclipse]

Well you obviously dont say it unless you are well on top of the attack.

Imagine saying it to Brett Lee if you were a tailender you would be dead lol.

 

[Simon]

hayden was sledging Shoaib, and well we know he took 5 wickets in that spell, one would imagine shoaib will not be getting sldged by any batsmen in the near future.

 

[marc71178]

hayden was sledging Shoaib, and well we know he took 5 wickets in that spell, one would imagine shoaib will not be getting sldged by any batsmen in the near future.

Why not - he's not the best by a long chalk, and I feel that if rattled he tries to bowl faster, and that isn't always accurate enough!

 

[Eclipse]

Well Ponting had a good go at Shoaib after there was a ridiculas appeal for LBW and it fired Shoaib up but Ponting even more who hooked him for 2 sixes in the over. He made 67 before being run out and had much the better of Shoaib.

He played the most exellerating pull shot I have ever seen in that innings of Akahta the ball went screeming through mid on hit the fence and bounced up about 4 meaters in the air. So I would say If your Ponting you should sledge him all the time.

 

[Rik]

you would tend to look pretty stupid if you are sledging the bowler if you are playing and missing outside off stump too often.

A good one to the fastest bowler in the league I was playing was "If your so fast how come I slogged you out of the ground" yeah ok...it was a slower ball

 

[Simon]

as a fast bowler myself ill tell you now, batsmen playing shots dont **** me off. Its the ones that stand there and leave every ball, if you have the patience i would suggest to do that.