Slip (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, slip (collectively, a slip cordon) is a fielding position on the off side of a batsman, usually placed in that position in anticipation of a "snick", or edge, from him, which is too far from the wicket-keeper to catch comfortably. Many teams employ two or three slips (numbered from the slip fielder closest to the wicket-keeper: first slip, second slip, etc.). A floating slip is sometimes employed, usually in limited over games, who patrols an area in the slip cordon that would ordinarily be occupied by more than one fielder.

Reference

• The Cricket Captains of England by Alan Gibson ISBN 1-85145-395-4