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They belong to a Cricket FAQ available at http://go.to/rsc-faq
Help with the FAQ itself also eagerly solicited! ;-)
For a Right Handed Batsman(RHB)
-----
| | | stance of a right-hander
| | | /
offside<----| | | /
| ||| |/
| |--->legside
--' --' or onside
For a Left Handed Batsman(LHB)
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| | | stance of a left-hander
| | | /
| | |---/-------->offside
| | || | /
legside<-------| | /
or onside `-- `--
FIElDING Positions
Square
/
|/
* * * | * wider<--------.
* \ | * \
* \ cover | * \
* \ p| 3rd* \
* off \ | gully man * |
* \ | * |
* ||-----\---|| * V
*------------------|| \ ||wk---------------* finer
* ||------/--|| *
* / | * finer
* on / mid- | leg * ^
* / wicket | * |
* / | * |
* / | * /
/ * * * | * /
forward<---|--->backward wider<--'
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ONE MORE FIELDING DIAGRAM
GLOSSARY
.---------------------------------------------.
/ "off side" \ 1 1st slip
| | 2 2nd slip
| l- cv cp 3m | 3 3rd slip
| ec p g | 4 4th slip
| 4 | 5 leg slip
| m- 3 | cv cover
| 2 | p point
| s 1 | g gully
| B->> ||-------|| Wk | f forward -
| U||-------|| | short leg
| f 5 | s silly point
| fine | dl deep fine/
| m+ | | square leg
| | | 3m 3rd man
| l+ mw dl | l+ long on
| sl / | l- long off
| U / | mw mid-wicket
| square | sl square leg
| "leg side" | m+ mid on
| | m- mid off
`\ field positions for RHB X /' cp cover-point
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[3.3] Why do batsmen make those marks in the crease?
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| o<---- off stump (of RHB)
| |
3 --- o<---- middle stump
---->>ball 2 --- |
1 --- o<---- leg stump
/ | |
/ | |
/ | |
/ | |<----- Bowling crease
/ |-----------------------
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|<----- Popping crease
|
1 - leg
2 - middle and leg
3 - middle stump
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/ | | |
/ / | `------ | |
\/ /<---- Open stance `------ -->>ball | |
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Closed stance
[5.1] When is a batsman out LBW?
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| | |
| | |
off <-----| | |----> leg stump(for a right-hander)
stump --|--|--|--
|__|__|__|__|
| |
-----|-----------|-------
| | | |
| | | |
|A | B |C |
| | | |
| | | |
A = Outside off stump
B = In-line with the stumps
C = Outside legstump
[5.3] Crease marks defined.
| |<----- Popping crease
-------| |-------
| | | |
| | | |<---- Bowling crease
| | | |
| | | |
-------| |-------<--- Return crease
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r = ASCII 114
i = ASCII 105
c = ASCII 99
k = ASCII 107
e = ASCII 101
t = ASCII 116
Capitalised:
C = ASCII 67
R = ASCII 82
I = ASCII 73
C = ASCII 67
K = ASCII 75
E = ASCII 69
T = ASCII 84