wicket keeper
/ \\ 2 first slip
/ e h \\ 3 second slip
/ \\ 4 third slip
/ \\ 5 gully +
/ \\ 6 point +*~
/ \\ 7 cover +
/ 2 j \\ 8 extra cover +
| 43 1 d | 9 mid-off +*
| 5 | a mid-on +*
| 6 # i c | b mid-wicket +
| # | c square leg +~
| 7 # b | d leg slip
| 8 | e third man
| | f long off
\\ 9 a / g long on
\\ / h fine leg
\\ / i bat-pad
\\ / + deep (near boundary)
\\ / * silly (near batsman)
\\ f g / ~ backward (more 'up')
\\ / eg.
--------------------------------- j deep backward square leg
Migawd - it has GOT to have been thunk up by a Lewis Carroll antecedent. There is NOTHING in Alice and Wonderland as ...
c o c k a m a m i e
as THIS!
Why it's.. it's.. The Ministry of Silly Walks !!
Ashton
Man this is Weird -