Setting the right field

Guys im a batsmen who bowls a bit of fast medium. I bowl okay but go for too many runs. Even a good length delivery tight on offstump is getting scored off. I've come to the conlcusion that my field is wrong. Being inexperienced i need advice on what sort of fields i should be asking my skipper for.

In one game I went for boundaries through 2nd slip, over the top of mid off, i got sloged over mid wicket and driven through the covers for another boundary. This in the space of 3 overs! Admittedly the batsmen were set and going for it but apart from the 4 through the covers the others werent BAD deliveries. 

What field would you guys suggest for a fast medium with natural inswing who tends to drag 1 short ball every spell?

Should i keep midwicket up or put him on the boundary?

Sledger im a fair way off the MCG my man

a) For example the ball i got sloged over midwicket for 4 was on a middle and off stump line fuller than a good length but by no means a half volley. Like i say not a bad ball. In retrospect i think i had the wrong field because i had mid wicket up and square leg on the boundary, perhaps it should have been the other way round. If it was the other way round it would have saved me 4/5 runs, which is why field placings are so crucial.

b) perhaps im a hittable bowler. i can bowl skiddy pace in the nets but i tend to cut my pace to that inbetween pace you mention in matches to concentrate on accuracy, maybe i shouldnt do this?!?

Possibly my bowling was crap on that day but pretty much all our pacemen got hit around. One guy went at 12 an over

thanks guy i'll try to concentrate on a fullish length but really im still quite clueless as to what field i should be setting, which is why i made the topic. Perhaps my example complicated things! I could have given an example where i bowled well but i think the example was just not needed as it appears to have given the impression that im a terrible bowler  Disregard my example please!

Here's my field buddy!

Extra covers or Long off (either one but not the 2 the same time for the longer version as you will give away to many singles), Deep fine leg, Deep mid wicket & third man. If you are by no means a wicket taker, this is the best possible field.

Since you bowl inswingers, you can always start the ball like what Ntini does, from outside off and bring it back in. When he goes to drive, its a big possibility that it won't go through covers because of the inswing. You also got to position the fielders in the correct angle as well. You can set the right field but if they are not at the correct angles, you will pay. For e.g, point can be by the crease of more behind. The more quicker you are, a more behind the point crease is required.

Good luck.

i think i agree with chin music

in wat form of the game did u get those shots hit off u?

nd get dat s-ball goin, 4 your first 1 of those in a game i'd drop bak mid-on and cover nd pos fine leg. good luck mate!

^ i'll check it out yorker

you might be right about no slip for the inswing chin music but it seems pretty standard to have a 1st slip. I'd say im pretty much the same pace as most fast bowlers at the level i play.

I bowl abit of medium pace myself, no superstar by any means, but I get usually 1 or 2 wickets a game for hardly any runs, which I'm happy with. Just from reading what you've been saying, I get the impression that you're worried about trying things and maybe getting you head down abit? Correct me if I'm wrong here, by the way but for instance:

Anyway my advice would be just to try some new things, whether that be a slower ball or an inswinging yorker, if you can do them then have a go at it. Forget about everyone telling you "line and length", of course that's the major part, but even just focus on not going for many runs. If you go in for a few overs and you're not getting scored off, then the batsmen will either have a brain explosion or just not worry too much about the lack of scoring. Either way you're gonna be in a good position because you're cutting off the runs or getting a wicket here and there.

Can't really help you with fielding positions, but hope that's of some use!