batsman

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search
Wikipedia-logo.png
Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Noun

Singular
batsman

Plural
batsmen

batsman (plural batsmen)

  1. (cricket) Applied to both male and female cricketers:
    1. A player of the batting side now on the field
    2. 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 [1]
    3. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Anagrams