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Cricket Positions

Can you name the fielding positions that might be used in cricket, including the person who throws the ball?
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The positions are in clockwise order in each group
Quiz by AdamSutherland
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Last updated: November 3, 2018
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First submittedApril 14, 2012
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Bowler
 
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Wicket keeper
Leg slip
Leg gully
Short leg
Silly mid on
Silly mid off
Silly point
Gully
Slips (1st, 2nd, etc...)
Infield
Fine leg
Backward square leg
Square leg
Mid wicket
Mid on
Mid off
Extra cover
Cover
Point
Backward point
Short third man
Fly slip
Outfield
Long stop
Deep fine leg
Long leg
Deep square leg
Deep midwicket
Cow corner
Long on
Outfield
Straight hit
Long off
Deep extra cover
Deep cover
Deep point
Deep backward point
Third man
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Level 66
Nov 3, 2018
When I first read the title of this quiz I was thinking of the insect and I was very confused.
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Level 71
Nov 5, 2018
Jiminy Cricket's answer to the 'Kama Sutra'
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Level 42
Nov 6, 2018
lol
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Level 77
Nov 3, 2018
Long stop and straight hit were the only ones I didn't get. Very rare fielders would be placed in this position. Great to see a cricket quiz.
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Level 76
Nov 4, 2018
Yep, great to see this quiz!
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Level 88
Nov 4, 2018
Long stop: the kid that keeps getting in the way and doesn't want to play anyways.
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Level 49
Jan 9, 2019
But I was always long stop.... Oh...
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Level 60
Mar 23, 2020
Isn't it called a no-ball if a fielder is at straight hit or long stop?
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Level 62
Aug 29, 2020
Yup
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Level 68
Aug 1, 2023
No.
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Level 82
Nov 4, 2018
I love the position 'silly', so named because of their proximity to the batsmen :) silly place to stand, no doubt about it
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Level 93
Nov 7, 2018
how did they name fly slip?
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Level 74
Nov 13, 2018
Since (s)he stands beyond normal slip position, I always thought of it as "flying" behind the slips; or maybe to catch the one that flies over/beyond regular slip
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Level 82
Jan 9, 2019
I imagine it's a slip position but a bit further away,. On the fly, as it were
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Level 90
Nov 5, 2018
I got bowler and gave up.
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Level 78
Jan 9, 2019
After reading the title I thought to myself "well I know bowler, maybe this won't be so bad"

1/36 hahahaha

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Level 65
Jan 9, 2019
Ditto for me.
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Level 73
Nov 8, 2018
The first time I came to the UK, I hung out in my B&B too jetlagged to do anything but watch TV. There was an IPL marathon on one of the channels and I decided I would watch some and see if I couldn't figure cricket out. Six hours later, the only thing I was certain about is that there were men on a field. What they were doing or how the numbers related to what they were doing, I hadn't the foggiest clue. Still don't.
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Level 92
Dec 14, 2018
I felt the same way the first time I attended a match (to support a friend who was playing). About halfway through, I went looking for an explanation, and found this by my favorite Australian web-comicist.
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Level 82
Jan 9, 2019
The batsmen strike the ball and aim to score runs, the bowlers try to hit the wicket with the ball, if the ball is caught after being hit you're out, if you block the ball from hitting the wicket with your leg your out. That's about it really, there's other rules but if you understand that basic premise it soon makes sense. It's no more complex than baseball
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Level 74
Nov 13, 2018
No cover point?
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Level 57
Jan 9, 2019
Agree - also short fine leg. Much more heard in commentary than fly slip, cow corner, long stop or straight hit.
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Level 86
Jan 9, 2019
I took this quiz not because I expected to do well (I got 0) but because I was hoping to see some silly answers.

Obviously, I was not disappointed.

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Level 68
Jan 9, 2019
Brilliant!
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Level 73
Jan 9, 2019
Silly mid off
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Level 67
Jan 9, 2019
Forward short leg?
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Level 65
Jan 9, 2019
Let me get this straight. So in a game with 11 players on the field, there are somehow 36 positions?
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Level 49
Jan 9, 2019
Possible positions, captain and the bowler generally choose which should be occupied for each ball.
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Level 74
Jan 10, 2019
When it comes to cricket, a sport I know next to nothing about, next to nothing will ever surprise me.
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Level 52
Jan 9, 2019
Me taking this quiz:

"Uh, lets see. Bowler, uh, ooh, I know wicket keeper, uh, *starts naming baseball positions, then hits give up*"

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Level 43
Jan 10, 2019
I would say it should be fine leg and short fine leg.. if you were at fine leg, you would be on the boundary.. deep fine leg would have you in the crowd!
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Level 74
Jan 10, 2019
Throwing by the bowler is definitely not allowed...you should change your description line to "delivering" or something similar
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Level 26
Mar 18, 2019
missing cover point and deep cover point IMO
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Level 16
Mar 24, 2020
Long stop is also called "back stop" and short leg is also called "bat pad", so they should be correct answers as well.

Also missing:

- Cover point

- Short cover

- Short mid-wicket

- Forward point

- Forward square leg

- Backward mid wicket

- Deep mid off (on the edge of the circle)

- Deep mid on

- Wide off

- Wide on

- Silly mid wicket

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Level 74
May 13, 2020
Oh come on straight hit isn't a position. What are you protecting—a one bounce 4 hit like a tracer? That's very unlikely.
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Level 75
May 18, 2020
Straight hit is not a position. Also deep fine leg would just be fine leg, and then short fine leg. Cover point and deep cover point have also not been included, nor has deep backward square leg. Long stop is barely ever used if at all.
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Level 62
Jan 20, 2021
Thanks for the quiz . 'Straight hit' used to be called 'long' or 'out' fielder. Also fine leg is arguably an 'outfield' position.
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Level 82
Feb 14, 2021
What about cover point ?
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Level 47
Mar 26, 2022
Good quiz, however "Backwards" should be included along with "Backward". Both have been used whilst I have played at a reasonable level in English cricket.
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Level 66
Dec 11, 2022
Nice quiz, is like to see a map added!
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Level 52
Jan 27, 2024
Been watching cricket very religiously for 22 years now and i still don't know most of the positions lol. I feel ashamed