All eleven players on the fielding side take the field together. One of them is the wicket-keeper ka “keeper” who operates behind the wicket being defended by the batsman on strike. Wicket-keeping is normally a specialist occupation and his primary job is to gather deliveries that the batsman does not hit, so that the batsmen cannot run byes.
He wears special gloves (he is the only fielder allowed to do so), and pads to cover his lower legs. Owing to his position directly behind the striker, the wicket-keeper has a good chance of getting a batsman out caught off a fine edge from the bat. He is the only player who can get a batsman our stumped.
The captain is the most important member of the fielding side as he determines all the tactics including who should bowl (and how); and he is responsible for “setting the field”, though usually in consultation with the bowler.
