Field without a keeper : Legal

www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015...nt/story/884583.html

During Worcestershire's stint in the field, their captain Daryl Mitchell ask wicketkeeper Ben Cox to ditch his gloves and pads

and become an extra fielder - leaving no one behind the stumps.

The umpires, after consultation, allow it.

"In a game when you're trying to stop the opposition scoring, it's a legitimate tactic,"

Steve Rhodes, the Worcestershire director of cricket, said.

"It's in the Laws and they've obviously looked into it and there's no Law against it.

You've just got to question whether it's in the spirit of the game.

But that's probably because it's never been done before.

When they first come out, these things usually get questioned and left alone."

Of course its all well within the rules to set your own field.
The aim is to restrict the opposition,It can be set to any field,provided there are no fieldplay restrictions set by game itself.

wicket to wicket bowling strategy ! 

Speaking of unusual fields, Cook actually employed the rarely seen back-stop during the third Test at Edgbaston earlier in the year.

http://www.cricket.com.au/-/media/Brightcove/Cricket-Australia/2016/8/8/Backstop-PKG-mp4-still.ashx

With Finn he should have set that man

...........alongside the stumps at the end of his run up!  :-[

just in case Finn knocks that stump, again !

I came across this video just the other day. I was waiting for an opportunity to post it. This seems as good a time as any.



Shane Warne and Ian Healy swapped positions during a Test match against Zimbabwe. Warne kept wickets without gloves, while Healy stood at first slip still wearing his gloves and pads.