Cricket: Ground fielding drill

Time is valuable when fielding! Don't wait for the ball to come to you - get your players to attack the ball and be more assertive in the field

Break the ice and get all your players involved - Refresh ground fielding skills with this simple to set up session!

As fielding becomes a more important part of the game, having a strong arm is vital in a game that?s getting faster and more powerful each season. Improve your players all-round game to offer something not just with the bat or ball.

Keep it tight in the field and make the batter work for every run! Improve your fielding skills now to keep the runs down and pick up some more wickets.

Player 2 throws the ball straight-up, player 1 runs in and catches before returning the ball back to player 2. Player 1 continues to run around the cone, and receives another high feed from player 2.

On catching th ball player 1 takes up 2s original position before the next person in the queue starts.

The fielder behind the stumps rolls the ball out, player 2 picks up the ball and throws over the top of the stumps to the fielder behind the stumps.

The process is repeated until player 5 goes who then continues their run to replace the player behind the stumps.

6-12 people needed.

1. Player (6) starts by rolling the ball out to (5) who runs in and throws ball to the (WK).
2. Coach now throws (5) a flat catch as he runs towards the stumps where (6) was feeding from.
3. (6) now joins back of queue.

For this game you need two teams of between 6-10 players on each side.

One team tries to see how many catches they can do in a specified time, whist the other team sees how many people they can get to run around the cone and back.