Any reason for the verywide gap slip formation?

[fineleg]

What is the cricketing reasons for the very wide gap slip formation? (Real question, before laaloo thinks otherwise and opens his ass to vent).

This is how Shami started with the new ball yesterday on Day-2 vs England.

 

[Cricketics]

To cover as much area as possible on the offside behind backward point. They expected lot of edges around that region. Unfortunately Yadav bowled a lot on pads instead of the field provided to him.

 

[Laaloo]

Real question, before laaloo thinks otherwise and opens his ass to vent

 

 

I think you  got a head start on me there. I will never catch up.

[express bowling]

This kind of wide-slip formation....in an apparent attempt to cover more area....has resulted in multiple missed catches and dropped catches.

 

When a fielder has to cover a wider arc in a close-in position, then it becomes difficult to even hold the straight-forward ones, as you are concentrating on a wider arc per person.

 

We saw this when Dhoni was the captain and we are are seeing this under Kohli too.

 

We need to go back to classic field positions in test cricket ....the ones which have worked for 40 years or more.

Edited November 19, 2016 by express bowling

[fineleg]

^ Will be interesting to see effectiveness of this very wide arc vs classical slip positions.

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, fineleg said:

^ Will be interesting to see effectiveness of this very wide arc vs classical slip positions.

Classical slip positions have worked over the years ....even during the days when  the quality of fielders was way worse.

[jf1gp_1]

real reason for this formation was so that a thread discussing the same could be opened at icf

[express bowling]

7 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

real reason for this formation was so that a thread discussing the same could be opened at icf

 

This was not an one-off thing.  It has been happening atleast 70% of the times.

Edited November 19, 2016 by express bowling

[jf1gp_1]

5 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

This was not an one-off thing.  It has been happening atleast 70% of the time.

havent been watching NZ and Eng series, so tell me how many times have catches been missed because they went between fielders ?

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

havent been watching NZ and Eng series, so tell me how many times have catches been missed because they went between fielders ?

 

many many times

[express bowling]

In the 3rd test of the Australia vs South Africa series--

 

Australians have kept conventional fields ....most of the time  3 slips close together and a gully

 

They have held on to all the catches in the slip cordon as a result.

Edited November 24, 2016 by express bowling

[Vijy]

3 minutes ago, express bowling said:

In the 3rd test of the Australia vs South Africa series--

 

Australians have kept conventional fields ....most of the time  3 slips close together and a gully

 

They have held on to all the catches in the slip cordon as a result.

Good for them.

[New guy]

I guess this is because of 2 reasons

 

You don't get confused about who's catch it is

 

On low bounce and slower Indian grounds the fielders get more time and can cover more ground

 

You cannot compare with the Aussie ground where the ball comes fast and high