Fielding Positions

It has come to the belated attention of the bridge that some crew members who are not from a nautical background have had a little difficulty understanding the seafaring charts that are commonly used during the game of cricket.

This is an important health and safety issue as navigational errors could lead to collisions endangering both life and property and, more importantly, dropped catches.

It would therefore be appreciated if all those on watch duty during the Annan game on Wednesday could study the following scientific diagram to gain at least an approximate idea of the course they should be steering:-

Obviously the above illustration assumes a right handed batsman and a prevailing westerly wind.  In the case of a left handed batsman, the legside of course becomes the offside (and vice versa) and all the fielding positions become reversed along a vertical axis. 

Hopefully this information will be of future assistance to all those in peril on the sea.

P.s. Whatever happened to backward short leg, long leg and cover point?