tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post4813644796762379451..comments2024-03-13T09:17:05.086+00:00Comments on Cricket Burble: Tactics in the fieldEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755797969506651900noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post-42848807600821577212010-06-15T12:40:55.020+01:002010-06-15T12:40:55.020+01:00Yes, there was a lot of criticism from the older g...Yes, there was a lot of criticism from the older generation watching that the field set was saving neither ones nor fours. I suppose a class batsman will always be able to score pretty well at will whatever the field, but surely it is better for the fielding side to try to prevent the easy and relatively risk-free singles plus a boundary sweeper on each side, and make the batsman try to hit it over the infield for boundaries: then he may try to do it to the wrong ball or mishit it slightly, either resulting in a catch.<br />In general I'm not sure that tactics employed at the higher levels of the game are always right even at those levels and certainly not at lower levels. I still find the number of runs given away through the absent third man baffling in test cricket: fair enough for the first few overs when there are perhaps four slips and a gully, but once the slips start to disperse surely a third man is essential (especially for England, whose faster bowlers always bowl too short).Peter Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316786398580772598noreply@blogger.com