Fielding Positions in Cricket Ground

This infographic describes fielding positions in cricket ground, labeled for right-handed batsman. Flip horizontally for left-handed batsman.

Distance of Fielding Positions

Following are the prefixes used with fielding position in a cricket ground

Short

Nearer batsman

Silly

Very near batsman

Deep

Further form batsman

Wide

Further from line of pitch

Fine & Straight

Nearer line of pitch

Square

Nearer line of batsman's crease

Forward

In front of batsman's crease

Mandatory Fielders

Bowler and Wicket-Keeper (WK) are mandatory positions for fielding team.

Primary Fielding positions

Secondary Fielding Positions

Following are the additional fielding position variations of the primary or traditional position from bowling side:

Fielding positions under the circle

Field positions on the circle

Field positions out of the circle

Umpires

Two on filed umpires, one at non-striking end and the other at near Square Leg fielding position.

Batsmen and Runner

Two batsman along with runner possible but runner is not allowed anymore. One batsman is called striking batsman who face the bowler's ball on one side of the wickets whereas another is called non-striking end. Runner would stand with an appropriate distance from the pitch.