Batsman meaning

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The player at bat in cricket and baseball.
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The player whose turn it is to bat.
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(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
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(cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.

2001: The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on. — Julia Price (Australian cricketer), her women's Ashes diary entry for 19 June 2001

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(cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
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Batsman Sentence Examples

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

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

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

  • A right-handed batsman, he played his club cricket for Broughton, Manchester.

  • Paul Anderson managed to claim the scalp of their dangerous 22 year old female number 4 batsman.

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