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CRICKETER |
Batsman |
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STRIKER |
Batsman |
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DUCK |
Batsman’s nil |
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STANCE |
Batsman’s pose |
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OPENER |
Early batsman |
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BLOCKER |
Defensive batsman |
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BATSMEN |
Of Batsman |
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PAD |
Batsman's leg protector |
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TAILENDER |
Lower order batsman |
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DAVEWARNER |
Left-handed Australian opening batsman |
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SLEDGING |
Abusing a batsman (coll) |
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MISHIT |
Badly played shot by batsman |
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LBW |
Batsman’s position must elbow out the vowels |
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YORKER |
Fast ball pitched at the batsman's feet |
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BATTER |
One who wields a bat; a batsman. |
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OUTFIELD |
The part of the field farthest from the batsman. |
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OUTFORADUCK |
No score for batsman who left home for a dodge |
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BURGLARALARM |
It goes off at a break in fortified town. Windies batsman left branch! |
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CATCHER |
The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the
ball. |
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WIDE |
On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise
from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc. |
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POINT |
A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or
fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. |
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PITCHER |
One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.;
specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the
batsman. |
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SLIP |
A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the
batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip,
and long slip. |
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STUMP |
To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or
knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off
his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out. |