In his novel Netherland, Joseph O’Neill describes the rhythm of fielding in cricket as ‘pulmonary’ — the fielders converging as one as the bowler runs in before reverting to their positions after each ...

Cricket has a lot of fascinating fielding positions, with a lot of interesting names. The sport, invented in the 18th century, has provided the fans an infinite amount of memories to re-live and ...

It will not be an exaggeration to say that for a cricket fan in the 1990’s, the word ‘fielding’ was synonymous to ‘Jonty’. In fact, for this generation, the existence of fielding in cricket can be ...

Discover the origins of cricket’s weird fielding names like cow corner, long stop and third man, and why these quirky terms ...