Sentence examples for to batsman from inspiring English sources
noun
A player of the batting side now on the field.
Despite their remarkable collapse, the mood in the England dressing room remains "pretty positive", according to batsman Michael Carberry.
Impressive batting from the left-hander on a pitch that is offering very little to batsman or bowler.
Next the umpires drew Batty aside and asked him to instruct his close fielders to curb remarks being made to batsman Peter Trego.
England are searching for a spinner following the retirement of Graeme Swann last year and have turned to batsman Moeen Ali as a part-time option in this summer's Tests against Sri Lanka and India.
The tourists were also hampered at Lord's by an illness to batsman Sachin Tendulkar and an elbow injury sustained fielding by opener Gautam Gambhir, meaning that their batting order had to be rejigged in the second innings.
Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has paid this tribute to batsman Phillip Hughes, who has died, two days after being hit on the head by a ball: "The word tragedy gets used too often in sport, but this freak accident is now real life tragedy.
The sun seems to make a huge difference to batsmen at this time of year.
Hair has a healthy aversion to batsmen who decline to play shots.
No, this seldom caused any inconvenience to batsmen nurtured against the turning ball.
Hughes compares his former Middlesex colleague, Mark Ramprakash, a player not lacking in shots, to batsmen like Australia's Steve Smith.
He would not let the youngster in too early on a surface that grew ever more amenable to batsmen.
