Wicket-Keeper

The wicket-keeper is a player of the team in the field cricket. He stands behind the striker and his wicket. The wicket-keeper is comparable to the catcher in baseball.

Protective equipment

The wicket-keeper is the only player of the fielding side, which must gloves and external leg guards ( Leg Guards ) wear. He also regularly contributes an abdominal protector ( box).

Nowadays wicket-keeper often wear a helmet when they are directly behind the wicket, although this greatly restricts the mobility of the player.

Tasks

The main task of the Wicket -Keeper is to prevent runs by stopping balls ( batsman ) have not been beaten by the batsman.

He is also frequently involved in Dismissals. On the one hand, the ball is often caught by wicket-keeper if he has touched the bat batsman just barely. A stumping is when the wicket-keeper the wicket destroyed on a regular fair and the batsman at this time before his punch line ( popping crease ) is trying to achieve not Run. Finally, the wicket-keeper often begins discards from the field, which then lead to a run out when the batsman who is trying to make a run, not time comes behind his punch line.

A fast bowler (fast bowler ) perching the wicket-keeper at some distance from the wicket in order to reasonably to have reaction time. On a slower launcher ( Slow Bowler ), especially in throwers who use the spin of the ball, he sits right behind the wicket (see picture).

He is therefore not a goalie in soccer comparable because he does not have the duty to protect the wicket.

Position in the team

Each team always has only one wicket-keeper in its lineup. It is a highly specialized task that needs to be trained intensively.

In recent decades, however, is increasingly expected by the wicket-keeper, he also has sufficient skills as a batsman. This is especially true for One - Day Internationals. There are often Wicket-Keeper/Batsmen used, whose skills are as wicket-keeper slightly weaker than those of a pure wicket - keepers, but have this particular strengths as a batsman.

As a pitcher ( bowler ) the wicket-keeper is used only in very exceptional cases, because another field player must then take over his duties.

In contrast, it is not rare that a wicket-keeper takes over the task of the captain, the cricket during the Fielding of particular importance. Since he is involved in each litter, the wicket-keeper has a special game overview that benefits him as a rule from.

Famous wicket-keeper

The most famous wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist is, who was not only wicket-keeper, but by early 2008 also start batsman (Opening batsman ) of the Australian national team. Also, the wicket-keeper of the Pakistani national team, Kamran Akmal, is a good batsman. The South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher was in contrast more than a specialist.

Famous wicket-keeper, who now resigned from active competition, are Ian Healy ( Australia), Rod Marsh (Australia), Jeffrey Dujon (West Indies ) and Alan Knott (England).

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