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Summary
DescriptionCricket fielding positions2.svg
English: Diagram of a Cricket ground showing various fielding positions and variations of the field as it may be set for a right-handed batsman.
toward 90 deg to the pitch → level with batsman's crease
1s, 2s, 3 etc → 1, 2, 3 etc
Mid on, mid off → Mid-on, Mid-off (there's absolutely no consensus anywhere - midwicket, mid-wicket, and mid wicket all seem equally used, but at least we can be consistent within the diagram, hyphenating everywhere)
Brackets around runner: (R*)
Add short mid-wicket: "Short" positioned between mid-wicket and silly mid-on.
Get rid of circles around batsman and non-striker (they're not described in the legend, don't seem to mean much?)
cover sweeper → sweeper cover (more frequent on google)
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Updated version: Major positions in bold Straight fine leg -> straight White rims on obligatory positions made thicker Glossary: Square redefined as "near(er) line of batsman's crease"
Update of miljoshi's
Image:Cricket fielding positions.svg by me, to fix a couple of typos and add short mid-wicket. Specifically: * Closer in -> nearer the batsman * very close in -> very near the batsman * toward 90 deg to the pitch -> le
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