What is the difference between a wicket keeper and a catcher?

Answer 1

takes wickets of course. by Bowling the batsman out, stumping him, running him out, lbw, batsman can hit the wicket himself and knock the bails off, timed out and lastly, by the batsman handling the ball

Answer 2

The wicket keeper is the player from the fielding side who stands just behind the batsmans stumps. His responsibilities include:

• Collecting the ball if the batsman misses it
• Collecting deflection catches for caught behind
• Doing stumpings if the batsman leaves his crease
• Doing run outs when the batsmen run

Answer 3

Yes. The wicket keeper must remain behind the stumps until it either touches the batsman or the bat or passes the batsman. Once the ball has touched the bat the 'keeper can dive forward in front of the stumps.

Answer 4

• The most common dismissal effected by the keeper is for him to catch a ball that has nicked the batsman's bat, called an edge, before it bounces. Sometimes the keeper is also in the best position to catch a ball which has been hit high in the air. More catches are taken by wicket-keepers than by any other fielding position.
• The keeper can stump the batsman by using the ball to remove the bails from the stumps, if the batsman has come out of his creaseduring a delivery.
• When the ball is hit into the outfield, the keeper moves close to the stumps to catch the return throw from a fielder and, if possible, torun out a batsman.
• He must prevent giving the opponent team runs in the form of byes

Answer 5

They look alike same but they have different names in both games