Do you consider yourself a true student of the summer game? For many cricket enthusiasts, the complex lexicon of fielding positions remains one of the sport's final frontiers. A new interactive quiz is putting that knowledge to the ultimate test, challenging fans to prove their mastery of the field.
Decoding Cricket's Lingo
Cricket is a sport rich with its own unique and often bewildering vocabulary. A player can be dismissed for a duck, baffled by a doosra, or find themselves stationed in the gully. For those tuning into a radio commentary, the rapid-fire descriptions involving terms like silly, short, and square can be particularly difficult to visualise and interpret without a solid grasp of where these positions are located on the oval.
How the Cricket Positions Quiz Works
This engaging challenge consists of 15 questions, each asking you to place a fielder in their correct area on a virtual cricket field. You can reposition your fielder until you are confident in your choice before clicking to the next question. One point is awarded for every correctly identified position.
The interface is designed for clarity: the bowler, marked with a red hat, stands at the bottom of the beige rectangular pitch. The batsman, always right-handed for consistency, wears a blue hat. A dotted white line clearly separates the infield from the outfield, while a solid black line marks the boundary rope.
Compare Your Cricket Knowledge
Once you have battled through all 15 fielding placements, the quiz reveals how your score stacks up against the results of everyone else who has taken part. This is an updated version of the same popular quiz that ran in 2023, offering a fresh opportunity for both new and returning players to benchmark their cricketing acumen.
With The Ashes 2025-26 on the horizon, there has never been a better time for supporters of the England cricket team and the Australia cricket team to sharpen their understanding of the game's finer points. So, do you know fine leg from third man? It is time to find out.
