How To Use Batsman In A Sentence

The ball went past the batsman and hit the stumps.
At Leeds he made 309 in a day; a modern batsman does well to score a century in that time.
Kallis 'major strength as a batsman is his ability to concentrate, and so he doesn't chuck his wicket away very often. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
The batsman slammed the ball straight at a fielder.
After their bowling inadequacies were exposed earlier in the series, Australia gambled this time by dropping a batsman.

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Jonah was a good batsman, which made up for his lack of ability with the bat, preferring to field at mid-off.
But what happens should a batsman in the present Test squad suffer injury? Times, Sunday Times
Australian tradition whereby leading bowler "outs" English batsman he intends to install as personal whipping boy usually captain, star man, or chief posho. The Ashes 2010 A-Z: baggy greens, doing a Harmy and lucky red hankies
He's a very aggressive bowler -- he always bowls the ball straight at the batsman's body.
A left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, Tindill's international cricket career spanned nearly a decade, either side of World War Two in which he served as a member of the NZEF. Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
The brief hiatus from Test cricket hasn't added too much zest to his bowling, but it seems to have revitalised Javagal Srinath the batsman.
The bowler bowled, the batsman, instead of backing further away, wafted at the ball, which looped up towards mid-off, who, miraculously, caught it. Why Pakistan's poor slip catching is itself catching
The legside is the side of the field to the left of a right handed batsman and the right of a left handed batsman. English to English translation needed
But at his best he was also capable of delivering among the most clinical yorkers in the game, the ball arrowing in toward the batsman's toes, often leaving them sprawled on the floor as they jabbed their bat futilely at the ground as the stumps cartwheeled behind them. The Paradox of Shoaib Akhtar
He pitched the ball too short and the batsman hit it for six.
Supplementing his batsmanship is the ability to take key wickets.
Otherwise, the batsman ducked safely on a slow pitch and was rarely subdued for long. Times, Sunday Times
Morally, there's no difference between a batsman who chooses to stay, knowing that he is out, and a wicketkeeper who appeals against a batsman knowing he isn't.
Usually a batsman who plays his shots, he kept them firmly in the locker as he shared two significant partnerships that rebuilt the innings.
To retain four uncapped spinners could be regarded as unnecessary and Ellison may already have been considered surplus to requirements along with Ripon-born opening batsman John Inglis and reserve wicketkeeper Matthew Thewlis.
Australia bowler Brett Lee dives to catch England batsman Andrew Strauss for 37.
But can a batsman be really sure when his eyesight has gone or when his reactions have slowed just enough to bring him back to mortality? Times, Sunday Times
Cricket usually grants a batsman his curtain call at the end of his innings. Times, Sunday Times
Flintoff spotted Ganguly charging down the pitch and dropped it short only for the batsman to carve the ball deep into the crowd.
Adams, the 33-year-old Jamaican batsman, deserved better than this undignified end to his reign.
It is no different from a batsman in cricket facing the wicketkeeper while the bowler is already running in to bowl. Times, Sunday Times
Who was the best batsman you bowled at? Times, Sunday Times
He has played well in high-pressure games as a batsman. Times, Sunday Times
Seems a batsman in the match was from somewhere on the subcontinent.
Suffice to say that he answered as an opening batsman rather than a neutral. Times, Sunday Times
If the batsman likes quick bowling, bowl it slower. Times, Sunday Times
Not only was he a commanding batsman, but was an outstanding fielder.
In 1934 he made his Warwickshire debut, and quickly caught the eye as a hard-hitting middle-order batsman.
And yet he played successfully as a batsman and a wicketkeeper for four more years. Times, Sunday Times
The umpire ruled that the batsman was out.
The ball went past the batsman and hit the stumps.
Pollock bowled the first ball of the innings to Trescothick, it went near the bat, the batsman's led, the batsman's forearm and there were a couple of noises.
Who was the best left-handed batsman you saw? Times, Sunday Times
What a way for the England batsman to reach his maiden Test century in only his second match. The Sun
Strauss, who made a round 50 on Tuesday, was the only England batsman to pass 45 runs in the match.
He is near the top of any batsman's list of least favourite bowlers to face. The Sun
Scientific batsmanship goes by the board. Aesthetic appreciation is thrown on the scrap heap.
As a batsman or bowler any player has to accomplish certain things to be in the team.
They picked their best batsman, their best bowler and their best all-rounder.
Four singles, two of them in the infield, a steal, a wild pitch, a hit batsman, four more runs.
Suffice to say that he answered as an opening batsman rather than a neutral. Times, Sunday Times
His footwork was assured against spin and seam and any batsman would be proud of a wagon wheel like this. Times, Sunday Times
He was initially picked for the England team as a batsman who kept wicket only reasonably well. Times, Sunday Times
Andrew Flintoff has just become the eighth English batsman to score a century this summer.
The term innings also applies to a batsman's individual performance and it is often said that a batsman had an innings (meaning score) of so many runs. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
Has it finally dawned on you that your reputation as an entertainer - for the crowds and therefore, for the corporate moneybags - is fast overshadowing your greatness as a batsman?
Anybody who has ever played the game knows that if a batsman is bowled, there is no need to appeal to the umpire.
Some balls bounced three times before getting to the batsman; others went clean over the wicketkeeper for four byes.
At 12:01 a.m. on October 21, 2004, New York batsman Rubén Sierra hit a routine groundball to second baseman Pokey Reese, who threw to first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz for the final putout of a dominant 10-3 victory. One Season
Of course, perfectly balanced bats are hard to secure, and a batsman who possesses one regards it as a treasure. Times, Sunday Times
He rarely offers such an insight into the character behind the unflappable batsman. Times, Sunday Times
The umpire ignored two huge snicks from Aussie batsman as New Zealand pressed for victory in the third Test.
The star batsman, who is banned for life for alleged match fixing, is here in a different role as a media representative in the ongoing Asia Cup.
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.
He has enough venom to unsettle any top batsman. The Sun
A left-handed opening batsman who likes to play off the back foot. Times, Sunday Times
For Kumar and his ilk, Mohammad Asif and Terry Alderman being two supreme exponents of the art, it's a fine line between mesmerising batsmen with movement, luring them to destruction with the siren song of apparently irresistibly hittable pace, and being cannon fodder if the ball refuses to bend or a batsman throws caution to the wind and links you inextricably for all eternity with a Leeds confectionery stall. Praveen Kumar's rare style of swing bowling is as bold as it is old | Rob Bagchi
Otherwise, the batsman ducked safely on a slow pitch and was rarely subdued for long. Times, Sunday Times
He is a stylish batsman batsman who is very 'wristy'. Irish Blogs
Cricket usually grants a batsman his curtain call at the end of his innings. Times, Sunday Times
A skilful ball from John put out the opposing team's batsman.
The batsman rose on his toes and played the rising ball down into the ground.
Opener Cook has already proved many doubters wrong by adapting his batsmanship effectively from the demands of five days to one day - and he believes he can take it into the shortest format too. Evening Standard - Home
That might not sound very exciting but it is a vital quality for an opening batsman. The Sun
He is a fine batsman but it is his gift for words that distinguishes him from the rest of the mob who play cricket and then write about it.
Bowling closer to the batsman's body may have seen an intended cut fly to slip or chop the ball onto the stumps, but it was not to be, and the English attack was accordingly flayed.
But the vote goes to Andy Flower, the best batsman of the lot and a fine wicketkeeper.
Many a batsman has already paid the penalty for believing that Kirby's glares and stares were mere buffoonery only then to find a stump ripped out by a great delivery or an edged shot finishing up in the hands of the slips.
Will the exciting young batsman get a game? Times, Sunday Times
Who was the best left-handed batsman you saw? Times, Sunday Times
A googly is a ball delivered by a bowler that looks as if it ought to break from left to right across the bat of a right-handed batsman. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1
Good captaincy and good batsmanship/bowling just aren't related. The Ashes 2010-11: Ricky Ponting – great batsman, flawed captain
Greg asked Trevor, ‘How are you at bowling your underarms?’ before asking the umpire to inform the batsman the delivery would be underarm.
Of course, perfectly balanced bats are hard to secure, and a batsman who possesses one regards it as a treasure. Times, Sunday Times
This was supposed to be Flintoff's match, but no one, clearly, had told Stuart Broad, who bowled throughout the afternoon session, taking five for 37 in 12 overs of superb swing and cut that destroyed the cream of Australian batsmanship, confirmed his position as the heir to Fred's throne and his place in Ashes folklore. Broad and Swann Force Australia Collapse
Barring the minnows Namibia and Holland, Pakistan have failed to get a worthwhile start, and with few wickets preserved till the so-called slog overs, no wonder Shoaib Akhtar has been their best batsman.
Sanjeev and Robotwallah: a story that will be anthologized in two of this year's "Best Of" anthologies, Sanjeev and Robotwallah is the story of a young, displaced boy who finds temporary glory in acting as batsman for a squadron of amped-up teen mecha pilots. Boing Boing
As well as the instant replays that have been available for years, the DRS involves two main technologies: Hot Spot, which uses infrared cameras to detect whether, for example, the ball has brushed the edge of the bat before being caught by a fielder; and ball-tracking, usually in the form of a technology called Hawk-Eye, which tracks and predicts the path of the ball, and is used in judging whether a batsman should be ruled out leg-before-wicket. Cricket Should Rule on Reviews, and Not Look Back
Cricket usually grants a batsman his curtain call at the end of his innings. Times, Sunday Times
I raised the subject of air-cricket – cricket you play in mime form, often using a bat-like object, and perhaps making a "clonk" noise as you dispatch an imaginary ball – on the Guardian's over-by-over commentary recently and was swamped with stories: the man who performed a lofted drive with his rolled degree certificate at his graduation and sent it sailing into the audience; the Russian wedding almost ruined by a display of aggressive umbrella air-batsmanship; the hospital-ward practice of playing air-cricket with a drip stand. Why a Sachin Tendulkar is my signature air-cricket shot
He plays for the House of Commons, and for those who have played or are interested in that marvellous game, he is a left-handed bowler, and he is an opening batsman, which is a very important place to be. Europe, NATO and North America and their Future Relationships
There is an option to use him as a specialist batsman in some or all of the five one-day internationals. Times, Sunday Times
Australia and Ponting got lucky then, when Peter Siddle flukily bowled England's last recognised batsman, Matthew Prior, off body and gloves. The Ashes 2010-11: Ricky Ponting – great batsman, flawed captain
Who was the best batsman you bowled at? Times, Sunday Times
As soon as he completed his run, he lifted his bat and waved it at the crowds, the way a batsman does when he scores a 50 or a hundred.
Who then, is the greatest batsman of all time, in the cricketing world?
Let me ask if a 'HOWZAT?' cry is cheating when the batsman is clearly not out?
The batsman stroked the ball effortlessly to the boundary.
A batsman gives it away by playing a rash shot, or misjudging the line and length, or playing the wrong shot.
He will play as a specialist batsman and will not bowl. The Sun
The reason for India's good performance in the last couple of years was due to the solid performance of this gritty batsman.
Inzy is a fine slip fielder and a substantial batsman, one of the world's best.
I raised the subject of air-cricket – cricket you play in mime form, often using a bat-like object, and perhaps making a "clonk" noise as you dispatch an imaginary ball – on the Guardian's over-by-over commentary recently and was swamped with stories: the man who performed a lofted drive with his rolled degree certificate at his graduation and sent it sailing into the audience; the Russian wedding almost ruined by a display of aggressive umbrella air-batsmanship; the hospital-ward practice of playing air-cricket with a drip stand. Why a Sachin Tendulkar is my signature air-cricket shot
I propose that each batsman face only 90 balls (excluding no-balls and wides) and has to retire at the end of it if he is unbeaten.
If he were a batsman, you could bowl him a succession of bouncers and he'd be unlikely to come down the pitch angrily pointing his bat at you.
He fielded in the shortest of positions, sometimes almost touching the batsman, and without helmet, visor or shin guards.
The 34-year-old former Kent batsman has been in record-breaking form for Guyana this season.
England gambled in naming a reserve wicketkeeper this time who is also a back-up frontline batsman. Times, Sunday Times
Batsman Gautam Gambhir has become the latest plyer on India's injured list. BBC News - Home
But if the bowler can knock the bails off the wickets, the batsman is out.
As an opening batsman, you know you're setting the tone. Times, Sunday Times
The home team produced a testing delivery which the batsman was only able to block.
And it was batsmanship that Pakistan excelled at.
The batsman rose on his toes and played the rising ball down into the ground.
Like a bowler wants five wickets, a batsman wants a hundred. The Sun
He is not a shuffler and nudger of the ball like many stumpers, but a classical batsman.
South Africa are playing with a new-look side led by Smith, which includes three debutants - left-handed batsman Rudolph and pacemen Dawson and Charl Willoughby.
A batsman tries to stop the fieldsman from getting the ball by getting in his way.
Captain, wicketkeeper, key batsman and now bowler. The Sun
England supporters will be well aware of a disputed LBW dismissal of top West Indian batsman Brian Lara in the final test at the Oval.
Andres Leighton/Associated Press West Indies opening batsman Lendl Simmons raised his bat after reaching his half century in Port of Spain, June 8. India in West Indies
A smile will often suffice, letting the batsman know you've got him in trouble. Times, Sunday Times
He was the greatest batsman of his generation.
He has revolutionised Test cricket with his policy of scoring runs fast, yet on a dodgy wicket he is perhaps the most unremovable batsman spawned.
When it comes to running out opposition batsmen, why is it that the ball unerringly strikes the stumps when the batsman is yards in, but equally unerringly misses by a mile and goes for overthrows where he is yards out?
However, every captain is first a player - be it a batsman, bowler, or a fielder.
Yes, it's the fast bowler strutting his stuff: running up to the wicket; wrecking a batsman's stumps.
Lancashire's sub-200 score was confirmed when Tom Smith 31, the one batsman other than Moore to counter Warwickshire's aerial movement effectively, skied to mid-off. Lancashire v Warwickshire | County Championship match report
There have been cricket batsman who scored several centuries in a match.
It will be most unfortunate and could signal the end of Lara's career at a time when he is poised to become the holder of the record for the most runs by a batsman in Test cricket.
Unsurprisingly, faced with a resolute batsman Gilchrist was not sparing with bouncers or the occasional beamer.
He has the making of a perfect cricketer - solid batsman, outstanding fielder and a handy bowler.
Syed Mushtaq Ali, the first Indian batsman to score a Test century away from home, has died at 90.
In the age of the batsman, these are throwback numbers, the sort of figures one would expect from the days of uncovered pitches. Times, Sunday Times
The side-on stance is commonly recommended, as it enables the batsman to play shots on either side of the wicket.
Sangakkara then stumped new batsman Justin Ontong off the bowling of Chandana for seven, leaving South Africa on 119 for five.
The batsman failed to survive the over though, Gooch managing to hold on to a slip catch.
After an edgy first innings, it was back to business as usual for the master batsman of county cricket. Times, Sunday Times
Suffice to say that he answered as an opening batsman rather than a neutral. Times, Sunday Times
The batsman can also be caught out, and the successful fielder then becomes the next batsman. Times, Sunday Times
He brought to the art of batsmanship a clinical and almost frightening efficiency.
In 1931 he famously bowled Australia's great batsman out for a duck.
June 18th, 2009 LANCASHIRE - Stylish Indian batsman VVS Laxman believes that his Lancashire team-mate Andrew Flintoff will recover from his knee surgery to play a vital role in England's endeavor to bring back the Ashes from the Australians. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
And thus it was that the career of a great Indian batsman was influenced and shaped by the example of a great Pakistani batsman.
A masterful left-handed opening batsman and brilliant slip fielder. Times, Sunday Times
Is Kieswetter better as a batsman or a wicketkeeper? Times, Sunday Times
Behind them three, four and five are often described as "the engine room", but engine rooms are staffed by hoary-handed grease monkeys, whereas the middle order are the prom kings and queens of batsmanship, a cabal of head prefects and silver-spoon merchants. Why English cricket needs the six appeal of an Indiana Jones | Barney Ronay
Tall, muscular, almost freakishly strong in the arms, he developed into a murderous but essentially orthodox batsman and a slow-medium bowler with a textbook side-on action.
Walkden's South African Doug Watson is a textbook batsman who has scored 1,100 runs this season.
Increasingly, it seems, such restraint, like a batsman walking when he nicks it, has gone the way of the dodo.
He recovered and three years later had the brass neck to "Mankad" Derek Randall, the bowler running the England batsman out at the non-striker's end without warning. Mohinder Amarnath's bravery for India was a lesson for the cricket world | Rob Bagchi
Over the last three years he's pretty much been the leading batsman in world cricket.
As a batsman you're never going to win a sledging contest against 11 fielders.
He plays the wicket and batsman well. Times, Sunday Times
A masterful left-handed opening batsman and brilliant slip fielder. Times, Sunday Times
After the 2007 World Cup people were questioning you but the kind of batsmanship which people are seeing from you after the Australia series Down Under has been great. The Times of India
This is an instinctive reaction when a batsman has edged the ball, although not foolproof when combined with the other evidence suggests the decision was correct.
A short-rising ball from Farmer was unplayable by the batsman and the match ended as a draw with the scores tied.
BANGALORE: Star batsman Younus Khan has refused to lead Pakistan cricket team in the final Test, to be played in Bangalore from December 8. Star batsman Younus Khan has refused to lead Pakistan cricket team in the final Test, to be played i
This Fleet Air Arm “batsman” served the same purpose as American landing signal officers, but during joint operations off Japan, each service mostly continued using its own signals and terms. Whirlwind
To consummate the baptism of his great protagonist in the trilby hat, Raymond Chandler decided on the fancy of combining the Christian name of the highest-scoring schoolboy batsman of the winning house in the previous summer's Dulwich cricket – and so it came to pass that the batsman was "Philip" and the house was "Marlowe", and thus was leafy south London in a blink translated into the mean streets of America. From Jeeves to Herriot: all creatures great and sporty | Frank Keating
Suffice to say that he answered as an opening batsman rather than a neutral. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike his slimline father, young Madden is possessed of a large frame and had established a reputation for hard - hitting batsmanship from the crease.
The finest piece of batsmanship in this marathon came at the denouement.
As an opening batsman, you know you're setting the tone. Times, Sunday Times
This genial cricketer has also shown that a batsman does not have to really belt the ball to emerge a match-winner.
Neither batsman was troubled although Morris always looked the more positive player, thumping 11 fours in his 134 ball unbeaten 98.
When circumstances demanded it, he was a master at playing on a batsman's patience. Times, Sunday Times
Like Greg, he was a right-handed batsman, a superb slip fielder and occasional leg-spin bowler.
I was a batsman in cricket, a freestyler in swimming and swam for the town. The Sun
It is no different from a batsman in cricket facing the wicketkeeper while the bowler is already running in to bowl. Times, Sunday Times
The batsman retired hurt.
That might not sound very exciting but it is a vital quality for an opening batsman. The Sun
A batsman who is caught down the legside normally counts himself unlucky. The Sun
It is possible to plot where the ball pitched, and where the batsman's shot went, allowing all those graphs to be drawn.
However, a batsman who has opted for a runner cannot act as a runner for another batsman.
His 107 represented the seventh occasion a New Zealand batsman had scored a century on debut.
Contrary to media reports this week, South African batsman, Daryll Cullinan has not officially retired from international cricket.
The cleverly disguised ball, pitched short of a length, would skid off the surface and crash into the batsman's pads or stumps.
Kirby was up to his old tricks against his former county, running down the pitch and eyeballing the batsman as well as passing on a few choice words.
Unlike at Lord's, this time the England close fielders remembered to ask the batsman if he was all right.
The umpire hesitated, then recalled the batsman to the wicket and the game went on. As I Please
Otherwise, the batsman ducked safely on a slow pitch and was rarely subdued for long. Times, Sunday Times
Taylor is by common consent the best New Zealand batsman since Martin Crowe and, with the muscularity that comes from his Samoan background, without doubt its most consistently ferocious hitter. New Zealand's boundary bounty should not be demeaned by cries of 'fix'
After an edgy first innings, it was back to business as usual for the master batsman of county cricket. Times, Sunday Times
He will play as a specialist batsman and will not bowl. The Sun
A left-handed batsman, Raina has averaged over 43 runs in 15 first-class matches so far.
‘All I could do was play in the streets with my mates,’ said the bowler, batsman and wicketkeeper.
The batsman plays and misses, and is hit on the pads plumb in front of the wicket.
Yet history suggests that anybody asked to perform the twin roles of wicketkeeper and top-six batsman faces a mighty task. Times, Sunday Times
He pitched the ball too short and the batsman hit it for six.
It is a batsman's game with bowlers happy if they can avoid being hit into kingdom come and it is surprising how many of the big boundary blows are the result of proper strokes rather than ungainly slogs.
‘It will of course be a very different style,’ began the Home Secretary before sending down a brute of a ball at the new batsman.
I have been working hard on my batting and I want to contribute not just as a bowler but also as a batsman.
The answer is that his remarkable methods as batsman, bowler and captain made him one of the great sporting entertainers.
This delivery spins away from the batsman towards slip, effectively the leg-break. Times, Sunday Times
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.
If a batsman breaks his bat when striking the ball, and a piece of the bat hits the stumps, how is he out?
It was only at club and county level in England that he improved on his batting and became the batsman that he is today.
Smith then got in on the act as recalled batsman Narsingh Deonarine holed out for a duck, caught by Michael Hussey at deep midwicket. The Times of India
Hall brings to the side a rare commodity in South African cricket - an ability to swing the ball away from the right-handed batsman.
Lehmann, also in his final game, signed off with a flourish, his 69 runs making him Yorkshire's highest scoring batsman in league knockout cricket.
The batsman slammed the ball straight at a fielder.
The sight of a batsman being rapped on the pads in front of middle stump, being given out and then strolling down to debate the umpire's eyesight with the non-striker was hardly the image the ICC wanted to foster when the referral system was introduced to Test cricket in 2008. Trial by technology sows seeds of doubt and distrust
Being a batsman with an insatiable hunger for runs, he will also no doubt gorge himself at the expense of bowling attacks the length and breadth of the country.

How To Use Batsman In A Sentence

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