
Batting (cricket)
WordNet
noun
(1) (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
(2) Stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Applied to both male and female cricketers:
- A player of the batting side now on the field
- 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
- Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat