23 August 2007

Getting your best fielders in the right place

I'm a bit bemused by Dravid's comment in this article talking about the relative fielding standards of India and England. OK, so India aren't the best fielding side in the world, but it now seems that they aren't fit enough to move into the positions they need to be in when there is a left-hand/right-hand partnership according to Dravid. "Ideally you want the right fielder in the right places. But if you have a left-hander and a right-hander, and someone's standing for the sweep, he's got to come to point after that. I can't move a player from boundary to boundary after every ball."

Now I'm not suggesting that players should run boundary to boundary every ball, but he doesn't have to come to point - just anywhere other than the opposite boundary. When it matters players should be capable of moving long distances between balls - after all they are professional athletes. I remember watching the Australians at Edgbaston in the World Cup over here and being amazed at how far some of the players ran between balls when there was a left/right partnership. I remember Ponting and Riefel seemed to be running miles particularly; Ponting because he was a crucial in-fielder, and Riefel because Waugh was trying to hide him. But they did so for what seemed like ages (sorry I can't remember how long) uncomplainingly - or so it seemed - because they knew it was in the best interests of the team.

Mind you, in a recent club game I pointed out to our best fielder that he was rather wasted on the boundary to the left-hander after he'd refused our skipper's request to come into the ring. "I'm not here for a fitness session" was his short answer (I have spared you the accompanying swear word). And that was only a 20 metre amble required between balls. I wonder if Ganguly uses the exact same expression when Dravid asks him to move each ball?!

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