This drill is part of the PitchVision Academy fielding drills series, for more in this series click here.

Purpose: To practice realistic ring ground fielding, run outs and backing up.

Description: Set up with fielders at point, extra cover, midwicket and square leg. One extra fielder waits behind point. The coach is fed an underarm feed and hit the ball to point (position 1). The fielder pick up and throws down the non-striker stumps. She then moves across to extra cover.

The opposite fielder (at midwicket) backs up and quickly returns the ball to the coach at run out intensity.

The coach continues the drill by going around the fielding positions. Once the fielder has had a shy at the stumps, she moves round (the back up and return fielder does not move).