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The gully fielder is an extension of the line of slips and fields almost square to the batsman; gully is also the name given to that area of the field. A fielder standing in gully would be standing on the imaginary straight line that extends from the on-side corner of batter's popping crease to middle stump towards the slip cordon. The position of ''gully'' was invented by Arthur Jones , who later became England Captain in the 1880 s at Bedford Modern School in Bedford . It was quickly adopted by EHD Sewell at Bedford School and then gained in popularity thereafter. Enticing the batsman to edge and hit a catch to the wicket-keeper or slips is the standard wicket-taking tactic in Off Theory . To do so, the bowler tries to make the ball deviate off its expected line away from the batsman's body on the off-side. Outswinger s or Legcutter , or the standard Leg Spinner are delivery types that have this effect. Unsurprisingly, bowlers bowling these deliveries effectively generally have larger slip cordons than those who are not. .]] On occasion, four or five slips are called for. The Australia used seven slips and a gully against Zimbabwe 's lower order batsmen in a One-day International in 2001 . England also used seven slips in the first Test against West Indies in Jamaica in 2004 . Theoretically as many as nine fielders can be used - the eleven players minus the wicket-keeper and bowler - but this is very rare. A fielder in the equivalent position on the On Side of the wicket-keeper is known as a leg slip; this is considerably less common than the off-side slip, and for a team to employ more than one leg slip is highly unusual. SEE ALSO REFERENCE
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