Off side

This article is about the term in cricket. For the term in other sports, see Offside (sport). For other uses, see Offside (disambiguation).

The off side is a particular half of a cricket field.

A left-handed batsman. The off side is on the right side of this picture.
A right-handed batsman. The off side is on the left side of this picture.

From the point of view of a right-handed batsman facing the bowler, it is the right-hand side of the field,[1] or the half of the field in front of the right-handed batsman when he or she assumes the batting stance. The off side consists of the entire half of the field stretching from behind the batsman-end wicket, around third man, square of the wicket on the off side, the covers, and mid/long off, up to the opposite bowler-end wicket and, behind it, the straight field. To the opposing bowler facing a right-hand batsman, it is the left side of the field. The left-handed batsman's off side is to the batsman's left and to the opposing bowler's right.

  1. ^ Williamson, Martin (17 April 2007). "A glossary of cricket terms". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2020. Off-side The side of the pitch which is to batsman's right (if right-handed), or left (if left-handed)