5 Most Weird field Placements in Cricket

4) Keeper on Boundary

David Baristow was asked to get rid of his wicketkeeping position and stand on the boundary.

In this ODI, under floodlights (which was a rarity back then), West Indies needed three runs to win, from the last ball. England Captain Mike Brearley asked wicketkeeper David Baristow to get rid of his keeping gear, and field at the boundary, behind where the wicketkeeper would normally stand. Ian Botham sent in a brilliant dot ball, as England won by two runs.