The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Terminology is the study of terms and their use Terms are Words and Compound words that are used in specific contexts Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In Baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing Pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team Baseball teams take turns one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat The term is also used in football (soccer) as an adjective describing any position other than that of goalkeeper. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Position in team sports refers to the joint arrangement of a team on its field of play during a game and to the standardized place of any individual player in that arrangement In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports

In cricket and baseball

In both baseball and cricket, fielders in the outfield have more ground to cover, but also more time before the ball reaches them. BALL ( Biochemical Algorithms Library) is a C++ library containing common algorithms used in Biochemistry and Bioinformatics. Catches are most likely to arise from shots that have been 'skied' (in cricket) or 'popped up' (in baseball). Caught is a method of dismissing a Batsman in the Sport of Cricket. If a catch is not possible (for example, the ball has bounced, or is rolling or skidding across the turf) the fielder will attempt to head off, pick up and throw in the ball as quickly as possible to reduce the distance the runners can run and hopefully to effect a run out (cricket) or tag out (baseball). A lawn is an area of recreational or amenity land planted with grass, and sometimes Clover and other plants which are maintained at a low even height For the term run out, used in equestrian sport see Refusal Run out is a method of dismissal in the Sport In Baseball, a tag out, sometimes just called a tag, is a play in which a Baserunner is out because he is touched by the fielder's

In cricket, where the ball is far more likely to stay low against the ground than in baseball, the condition of the turf has a major effect on the speed at which the ball travels through the outfield. A cricket ball is a hard solid Ball used to play Cricket. Manufacture Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered On a slow outfield the ball decelerates significantly, making fielding easier and batting harder — in particular boundaries are far harder to hit. Fielding in the Sport of Cricket is what fielders do to collect the ball when it is struck by the Batsman, in such a way as to either Andrew-Strauss-Cricketer-detailjpg|thumb|right|250px| Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series]] In the Sport of Cricket, batting Boundary has two distinct meanings in the Sport of Cricket; (i the edge or boundary of the playing field and (ii a manner of scoring This usually occurs if the playing surface is uneven or if it is damp from rain or dew. However, on a fast outfield the ball does not decelerate significantly even when rolling along the turf, often racing past the fielders and over the boundary rope. Rolling is a combination of Rotation (of a radially symmetric object and translation of that object with respect to a surface (either one or the other moves such that In these circumstances, batsmen find it easier to score runs quickly. the Sport of Cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a Batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen (plus Commentators often refer to the ball accelerating to the boundary on fast outfields, but this only physically occurs on grounds with a slope and on which the ball is moving downhill. ICC standard dimensions These are the standard requirements as per the ICC standard test match ODI and 20-20 playing conditions Playing area minimum from boundary to

In football (soccer)

The term is used in soccer when, for instance, player availability becomes an issue (say, due a number of players being unable to play through injury and or prior substitution) given that at a high level of play, goalkeepers lack the necessary playing skills to play in the outfield and conversely outfield players lack the skill to play goalkeeper. Despite this however, in times of crisis, outfield players have been known to play goal, even at the professional level.

See also

• Infield
• Fielding (cricket)
• Outfielder for more information about the baseball fielding positions in the outfield. Infield is a widely used term in Sports Terminology, its meaning depends on in what sport it is used Fielding in the Sport of Cricket is what fielders do to collect the ball when it is struck by the Batsman, in such a way as to either Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter There are 9 fielding positions in Baseball. Each position conventionally has an associated number (from 1 to 9 which is used to score Putouts For example

External links

• Outfield Assist Baseball Blog