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bats·man (batsmən)

noun pl. batsmen -·men (-mən)

  1. Baseball batter
  2. Cricket the player whose turn it is to bat

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batsman Usage Examples

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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batsman quotes

Cricket is a batsman's game.

-Benaud, Richie (Richard)

Thereisprobablyagreater premiumontemperamentfor a batsman than for any player in any branch of sport.

-Bradman, Sir Don(ald George)

The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey.

-Johnston, Brian

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