Editing Fielding (cricket) (section)

=== Modifiers ===
[[File:Close fielders.jpg|thumb|right|Example of two close fielders: a short leg and a silly point stand close to the batters on either side of the pitch. They are both wearing protective equipment (helmets and leg pads). The wicket-keeper is 'standing up' to the stumps, and the square leg umpire is also visible.]]
; ''Saving one'' or ''On the single'': As close as the fielder needs to be to prevent the batters from running a quick single, normally about {{convert|15|-|20|yd|m}} from the wicket.
; ''Saving two'': As close as the fielder needs to be to prevent the batters from running two runs, normally about {{convert|50|-|60|yd|m}} from the wicket.
; ''Right on'': Literally, right on the boundary. 
; ''Deep'', ''long'': Farther away from the batter.
; ''Short'': Closer to the batter.
; ''Silly'': Very close to the batter, so-called because of the perceived danger of doing so.<ref>'silly, adj., n., and adv' (definition 5d), ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''</ref>
; ''Square'': Somewhere along an imaginary extension of the [[Crease (cricket)#Popping crease|popping crease]].
; ''Fine'': Closer to an extension of an imaginary line along the middle of the pitch bisecting the stumps, when describing a fielder behind square.
; ''Straight'': Closer to an extension of an imaginary line along the middle of the pitch bisecting the stumps, when describing a fielder in front of square.
; ''Wide'': Further from an extension of an imaginary line along the middle of the pitch bisecting the stumps.
; ''Forward'': In front of ''square''; further towards the end occupied by the bowler and further away from the end occupied by the batter on strike.
; ''Backward'': Behind ''square''; further towards the end occupied by the batter on strike and further away from the end occupied by the bowler.

Additionally, commentators or spectators discussing the details of field placement will often use the terms for descriptive phrases such as "gully is a bit wider than normal" (meaning he/she is more to the side than normal) or "mid off is standing too deep, he/she should come in shorter" (meaning he/she is too far away and should be positioned closer to the batter).