infield

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
infield/ˈɪnfiːld/

▶noun

• 1 Cricket the part of the field closer to the wicket.

  ■ Baseball the area within and near the four bases.

• 2 the land around or near a farmstead.

▶adverb into or towards the infield.

– derivatives
infielder noun.