Short leg, also known as bat pad, is a position specifically intended to catch balls that unintentionally strike the bat and leg pad, and thus end up only a metre or two to the leg side.

Silly mid on" is a fielding position that's close to the batsman and on the leg side of the field. The fielder's primary goal is to catch a miscued shot or force a run-out

Mid-on is a fielding position on the on side of the field, closer to the batsman than long on.The position is named as such because it's roughly halfway between the batter and the boundary on the off side of the field. 

"long on" is a fielding position near the boundary on the off side, directly behind the bowler

Silly mid-off is a fielding position where a player stands close to the batsman on the off side of the field. Fielders with quick reflexes are often assigned to this position.

Mid-off is a fielding position in cricket that is located halfway between the batter and the boundary on the off-side of the field. Note: The off-side is the right-hand side of the field for a right-handed batter.

Long off: a fielding position close the boundary on the off side, located in front of, and relatively close to, the line of the wicket.

The cover position is slightly squarer than mid-off, but more towards the front. A cover fielder situated closer to point than usual is known as cover point.

A cricket fielding position generally given to the most athletic fielder on the team. The point fielder stands square to the batter’s position and will either distance or come close based on the type of bowler in attack.

The silly point cricket fielding position is where the fielder is placed at a 45 degree angle from the opposing batter. This player wears a helmet and is someone brave enough to take on the brunt of a shot from the batter who is facing a spinner.

Gully is an attacking fielding position behind the wicket on the off side. He stands squarer and deeper than the slips or diagonally in line with the slip fielders. Gully's job is to stop batter's cutting away shots to the boundary off the back foot and take catches that the slips would otherwise miss.

Position behind the wicket-keeper on the off-side, beyond the slip and gully areas just a little bit finer than a 45-degree angle to the batter.

A fielding position intended to save a run on the leg side, located between mid-on and square leg.

A fielding position that is opposite to the point fielder. This player is usually found behind the side umpire, and are usually on their toes to stop any kind of shot a batter hits towards them

A leg slip fielder is placed on the opposite side of the four slip fielders and close to the wicket-keeper. It must be noted that the fielder is placed when the fielding team has a spinner in attack against the opposing batter.

A fielding captain assigns a player at the fine leg position, which is less than a 45-degree angle to the hitter behind square on the leg side.

Extra cover is positioned between the regular cover fielder and mid-off.

On Occasion generally in test cricket opening spells of bowlers 4 or 5 players are placed diagonally in line with the wicket-keeper, depending whether the bowler decides to bowl either on the off side or leg side of the opposition batter. Each slip fielder stands a bit further away from the other to avoid clashing when a batter edges a delivery between them.

In One Day / T20 as well 1-2 Slip Fielders are placed in Opening bursts

Players at backward square leg are diagonally behind the batter, and tasked with stopping cricket shots such as hook, pull and the sweep.

 Backward point is that part of the ground which is just behind the point and finer towards gully and slips on the off side.

Deep Third signifies a fielder positioned further away in the direction of the third slip , Short Third but at the Boundary Line

The third man fielder stands in line with the slip fielders just a little bit finer than a 45-degree angle to the batter. They are stationed between deep third and Short third Fielders. This position is mostly used in the limited-over formats.

The fielding captain places a player at deep backward point when a fast bowler is in attack. Like a deep point fielder, this player has to stop square boundary shots by hook or crook. There is a 10 metre distance between the deep point and deep backward point fielders

The role of a deep point fielder is to stop a batter playing boundary shots from square. These players are rarely responsible for taking catches.

A player assigned at deep extra cover is diagonally in line with the batter on the boundary line. They are placed a little in front of square and are solely responsible for stopping cover drives that go for boundaries.

This fielder is placed a little bit straighter than the deep mid-wicket, and often is pushed forward to take some high catches. A fielding captain can opt to either switch between cow corner and deep mid-wicket or keep both positions, despite the short distance between the players when fielding.

An area of great rewards especially in T20 cricket. The deep mid-wicket player is told to stand on the boundary on the leg side of the field, where batters usually play their most aggressive shots.

A fielding captain places a player at deep square leg with the intention to trick the opposing batter to hit a hook or pull shot. These fielders are stationed deeper in line with the square leg.

Standing at 60 degrees to the opposing batter, a fielder at long leg has to cover the gap between deep fine leg and deep square leg while patrolling the boundary behind square on the leg side.

Amongst the outfield cricket fielding positions, the deep fine leg is a popular one. Why? Because batters often target this area for runs when bowlers bowl down the leg side and this fielder has to run left and right to safeguard the bound

In cricket, the inner ring is a 30-yard circle within the fielding circle. Fielders in this zone are ready to stop the batsmen from scoring singles. During the first 10 overs of an innings, a maximum of two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle. This is called the 1st powerplay

The popping crease in cricket is a line that marks the front limit of the batsman's ground. It's a line that's parallel to the bowling crease, and is 4 feet in front of it. The popping crease is considered to be unlimited in length, but it's usually marked to a minimum of 6 feet on either side of the line of the wicket.

The three vertical wooden posts that are embedded in the ground at either end of the pitch and support the bails to form the wicket. The stumps are a target for the bowler to hit to dismiss a batsman. The stump on the off side of the wicket is called the off stump, and the stump in the middle is called the middle stump while that on the leg side of the wicket is called Leg stump. The overall width of each wicket is 9 inches (22.9 cm). Each stump is 28 inches (71 cm) tall with maximum and minimum diameters of 1.5 inches (3.81 cm) and 1 3⁄8 inches (3.5 cm).