Good twenty20/ODI fields...

[Watson33]

Hi guys,

From my performance in domestic twenty20's and 40-over games as Worcestershire over the years has brought to my attention that the default field settings aren't the best in one-day cricket. What would be a good field setting for twenty20/one-day cricket when my bowlers are getting smashed all over the place? Would putting all the fielders on the boundary be best? During the first 6 overs i'm fine (during the field restrictions) and I often take a few wickets, but after that my bowlers get hit to all areas!

 

[CG123]

I haven't played the two most recent editions, but traditionally players are very strong square of the wicket, so make sure you push those fielders back because in the default fields you have like a short leg when they should be back at deep square leg.

Just have a look at a big innings where someone's scored like 100, and you'll see a few areas that you definitely need to protect which the default fields don't.

 

[6ry4nj]

Hi guys,

From my performance in domestic twenty20's and 40-over games as Worcestershire over the years has brought to my attention that the default field settings aren't the best in one-day cricket. What would be a good field setting for twenty20/one-day cricket when my bowlers are getting smashed all over the place? Would putting all the fielders on the boundary be best? During the first 6 overs i'm fine (during the field restrictions) and I often take a few wickets, but after that my bowlers get hit to all areas!

1. What are you changing after the powerplay? My guess is you are reducing bowl aggression too much. It is intuitive to reduce it to minimum when defensive, but imo this is a mistake - you must keep varying your bowling aggression over the whole spectrum, at least with your specialist/strike bowlers.

2. Bowl leg or off line - not straight. Leg stump line very rarely gets hit between point and mid-off. Off stump line does get hit to midwicket especially at the death, but otherwise the square leg to mid-on arc is fairly safe. Bowl straight and you have to cover both and need 11 or 12 fielders.

Off line, full length is recommended as the defensive death-bowling default tactic, although that may have changed with the tactic changes in the latest version. And I don't know what you do when this is the batsman's strong preference...

3. All fielders on the boundary is worth a try - I guess it's against the rules of every comp but the game lets you do it. You're likely to concede a lot of twos though...

4. If your bowlers are sufficiently weak or out of form, it's possible that nothing works... I certainly don't have all the answers. This is as much as I know, so it's all I can tell you.

 

[Watson33]

1. What are you changing after the powerplay? My guess is you are reducing bowl aggression too much. It is intuitive to reduce it to minimum when defensive, but imo this is a mistake - you must keep varying your bowling aggression over the whole spectrum, at least with your specialist/strike bowlers.

2. Bowl leg or off line - not straight. Leg stump line very rarely gets hit between point and mid-off. Off stump line does get hit to midwicket especially at the death, but otherwise the square leg to mid-on arc is fairly safe. Bowl straight and you have to cover both and need 11 or 12 fielders.

Off line, full length is recommended as the defensive death-bowling default tactic, although that may have changed with the tactic changes in the latest version. And I don't know what you do when this is the batsman's strong preference...

3. All fielders on the boundary is worth a try - I guess it's against the rules of every comp but the game lets you do it. You're likely to concede a lot of twos though...

4. If your bowlers are sufficiently weak or out of form, it's possible that nothing works... I certainly don't have all the answers. This is as much as I know, so it's all I can tell you.

I think no.4 answers my question to be quite honest. It's not just with the ball that i've been struggling this year, it's with the bat too!

 

[badvintage]

I think no.4 answers my question to be quite honest. It's not just with the ball that i've been struggling this year, it's with the bat too!

Take a screenshot of your fielding, I will show you mine too.