Editing Fielding (cricket) (section)

===Throwing a cricket ball===
[[File:Jonty Rhodes.jpg|thumb|[[Jonty Rhodes]], who typically fielded at backward point, has been fielding coach for [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]], [[Mumbai Indians]] and [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]].]]
There have been many competitions for throwing a cricket ball the furthest distance, particularly in the earlier years of the game. ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' describes how the record was set around 1882, by one Robert Percival at Durham Sands Racecourse, at 140 yards and two feet (128.7 m). Former Essex all-rounder [[Ian Pont]] threw a ball 138 yards (126.19 m) in Cape Town in 1981.{{cn|date=September 2023}} There are unconfirmed reports that [[Jānis Lūsis]], the non-cricketer Soviet javelin thrower, who won the Olympic gold medal in 1968, once threw a ball 150 yards.<ref>''Wisden'' 2012, p. 1383.</ref>