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bats·man (bats′mən)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- hard-hit: Pakistan had expected to counter-attack with Yousuf resuming on 185 while hard-hitting batsman Shahid Afridi was yet to score.
Adjective modifier
- left-handed: Left-handed opening batsman Godleman, who picked up a bat at the age of 10, could well be a part of that.
Modifies a noun
- score: When a batsman scores no runs in either innings of a match, two zeros written together resemble spectacles.
Noun used with modifier
- middle-order: Matt has the potential to be a high class middle-order batsman.
Preposition: in
- cricket: What is the highest ever partnership between England batsmen in Test cricket?
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Cricket is a batsman's game.
Thereisprobablyagreater premiumontemperamentfor a batsman than for any player in any branch of sport.
The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey.
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