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• n  (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

• He wasn't a beautiful batsman-he lacked the grace of Victor Trumper, Ted Dexter or Mark Waugh-but as his late teammate Jack Fingleton wrote: "He was such a genius that he could .
• As a batsman, the 24-year-old is aggressive, graceful and, when he's on his game, outright dazzling.
• But perhaps no batsman has worn the tag with so much graceand so deserved itas Tendulkar.

• batter
• hitter
• slugger

News & Articles

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• Cricket-India win toss and ask Pakistan to bat
  June 15 (Reuters) - India won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat in the final Champions Trophy Group B match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday. The Indians named an unchanged team while Pakistan replaced batsman Imran Farhat with Asad Shafiq. India have already qualified for next week's semi-finals while Pakistan, who lost both their opening two matches, have been eliminated. Teams: India ...
  June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• Australian Batsman Apologizes for Striking England Player
  The Australian batsman David Warner issued an apology for striking an England player, Joe Root, in a late night barroom fracas.
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times
• Cricket-Australia batsman Warner says sorry for Root attack
  LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Australia batsman David Warner has issued an apology for getting involved in a late night bar-room fracas with young England player Joe Root. Warner told a news conference on Thursday that he was sorry his actions had let down his team mates, the fans and Cricket Australia, and apologised to Root. Earlier, the batsman was suspended until the first Ashes test on July ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Andy Flower in The Guardian
  Andrew Strauss will be captaining in the one-dayers,said Flower. "He is a fine leader and a fine batsman. Over the past 12 months he has played some very good limited-overs cricket. He bats aggressively up front. His specialist area is...
• Mashrafe Mortaza in Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  I think we are a better team in one-day cricket than in Test cricket and I think this game suits us more,he said. "A few of the batsman in our side are in good form and hopefully a few other guys can join in. Tamim Iqbal is definitely a...