Definition of batsman in English:
batsman
nounPlural batsmen ˈbatsmənˈbætsmən
A player, especially in cricket, who is batting or whose chief skill is in batting.
Example sentencesExamples
- On his day Brad is unquestionably one of the most attractive batsmen in Australian cricket.
- If you bowl outside the line, most batsmen, once they've picked the line, are not going to play.
- We got a lot out of that game as far as batsmen getting time in the middle and the bowlers having a good work-out.
- The lack of patience from their batsmen has often been the bane of Bangladesh's cricket team.
- Inzy is a fine slip fielder and a substantial batsman, one of the world's best.
- Over the last three years he's pretty much been the leading batsman in world cricket.
- The Indians should target the first four batsmen and keep the pressure on the rest of the batting.
- He swings the ball enough to trouble batsmen, but not enough to be a force when the pitch is slow and the ball is holding up.
- As a batsman or bowler any player has to accomplish certain things to be in the team.
- What is good for cricket is that great bowlers should be allowed to bowl to great batsmen.
- I have been working hard on my batting and I want to contribute not just as a bowler but also as a batsman.
- Both are batsmen of skill and determination, and their reputations are at stake.
- But the vote goes to Andy Flower, the best batsman of the lot and a fine wicketkeeper.
- It would be extremely unfair to start messing around with the batsmen after one game.
- It's the first time a batsman has outscored the opposition in each innings of a match.
- He's not going to get wickets against the Aussie batsmen and he's not going to make any runs.
- I used to rely on watching good batsmen and try and mould myself accordingly.
- I had plenty of faith in my bowlers to get the batsmen out without sledging them.
- It was only at club and county level in England that he improved on his batting and became the batsman that he is today.
- The batsmen are set for a less stressful few weeks, with Ponting encouraging them to put their feet up.
Derivatives
noun
Supplementing his batsmanship is the ability to take key wickets.
Example sentencesExamples
- And it was batsmanship that Pakistan excelled at.
- Dravid's batsmanship has often been taken for granted because it is so firmly rooted in orthodoxy, because it is so utterly comprehensible and so utterly lacking in mystique.
- No, even though he may not lack their batsmanship, he lacks the drive, the ruthlessness, the sustained pursuit of excellence, the sheer force of will and personality which has marked their greatness.
- But you wouldn't know it from the recent history of English batsmanship.