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Batsman vs Snickometer - What's the difference?

batsman | snickometer |

In cricket terms the difference between batsman and snickometer

is that batsman is any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler while snickometer is a device that combines slow-motion video and a graphical representation of sound waves recorded from stump and pitch microphones to determine whether a small noise (a snick) occurred as the ball passed the bat and/or pad, and thus whether the batsman made contact with the ball.

batsman

English

Synonyms

* batter

Noun

(batsmen)
  • (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field
  • (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker
    • 2001: The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on. — (Australian cricketer), her women's Ashes diary entry for 19 June 2001 [http://www.southernstars.org.au/ukdiary2001.htm]
  • (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler

    • Usage notes

    * The term batsman is applied to both male and female cricketers; batswoman is much rarer. * Both batsman and batter can be used to refer to either cricketers or baseball players; cricketers are usually referred to as batsman and baseball players are usually referred to as batters.

    Derived terms

    * batsmanship

    Related terms

    * bat

    Anagrams

    *

    snickometer

    English

    (wikipedia Snickometer)

    Alternative forms

    * snickometer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cricket) a device that combines slow-motion video and a graphical representation of sound waves recorded from stump and pitch microphones to determine whether a small noise (a snick) occurred as the ball passed the bat and/or pad, and thus whether the batsman made contact with the ball.
  • *{{quote-journal
    • , year=1999 , date=July 7 , author=L. Hibbert , title=Decisions you can't argue with , journal=Professional Engineering , issn=0953-6639 , volume=12 , issue=13 , pages=26-27 , pageurl= citation , passage=In cricket, there is the "third eye" to decide close run-out decisions, and also Channel 4 is introducing a technological innovation called Snickometer designed to end debates whether or not a batsman has actually made contact with the ball. }}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2002 , publisher=Channel 4 Books , author= , by= , type=foreword , title=Jargonbusting: Mastering The Art of Cricket , section=Foreword citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=5HKI6KKiPxUC&pg=PA8&dq=snickometer&ei=8EdTTJGnJYeyyASnnozXDg&cd=3
  • v=onepage&q=snickometer&f=false
    • , isbn=9780752265087 , page=6 , passage=Alongside the snickometer moments there was the Saturday morning Roadshow, the Analyst, Jargonbusting, a sympathetic interview, an orginal feature, an e-mail question answered.}}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2007 , publisher=Troubador Publishing , author=Robert MacGregor , title=I Can't Take Any More Crap! , section=Umpiring, Cricket, Test Matches, Bad citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=C_5bBMbYx2MC&pg=PA237&dq=snickometer&lr=&ei=JUhTTODLJoOuzgSOxISRDg&cd=14
  • v=onepage&q=snickometer&f=false
    • , isbn=9781905886111 , page=237 , passage=And we have the Snickometer to put beyond doubt whether the batsman touched the ball with his bat or gloves and not his ear or his arse.}}

    Derived terms

    * Snicko

    See also

    * Hawkeye * Hotspot