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.

• dismiss: Few can forget Malcolm playing on club days in the past and dismissing some high quality batsman.

• beat: He beats the batsman 's slash outside off stump, before jamming one into the batsman's left wrist.

• hit: The third ball hit the batsman 's pad half way up the leg.

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.

• right-hand: He was a hard hitting right-hand batsman, who fielded at slip.

• prolific: Unable to recover both his sight and his rhythm, Wolfson's most prolific batsman was bowled out.

Modifies a noun

• score: When a batsman scores no runs in either innings of a match, two zeros written together resemble spectacles.

Adjective modifier

• one-day: When he bats like this there is no more destructive one-day batsmen on the county circuit.

• Australian: I still have a mind's eye picture of fire eyed Freddie steaming in toward the Australian batsmen.

Noun used with modifier

• middle-order: Matt has the potential to be a high class middle-order batsman.

• opening: Either the first or the third speaker, both of whom are right, could have been the opening batsman.

• order: We cannot afford to carry a top order batsman with such a poor return.

Preposition: in

• cricket: What is the highest ever partnership between England batsmen in Test cricket?