Noun

1. 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 http://www.southernstars.org.au/ukdiary2001.htm

   3. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat