WHAT IS DEFENSIVE FIELDING ? HOW TO SET A DEFENSIVE FIELD ?
The captain of a cricket team has many responsibilities to fulfill. But fielding is one of the most difficult things to plan and execute. A captain needs to set the field after analyzing various factors like how much score they need to defend, who is batting, who is bowling, how many overs are left etc. These conditions are very dynamic and the captain must set the right field for the right situation. A captain has three options while setting the field. The first is to set an attacking field, the second is to set a defensive field, the third is to set a hybrid field that may have more elements of an attacking or defensive fielding. In this article, we are going to discuss about defensive fielding. WHAT IS DEFENSIVE FIELDING? Defensive field setting is a style of field setting in which all the areas of the field are covered by fielders or it means that most of the fielders are placed in a way that all the areas where boundaries can be easily scored by a batsman is protected by fielder