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Batsmanship vs Batsman - What's the difference?

batsmanship | batsman | Derived terms |

Batsman is a derived term of batsmanship.

Batsman is a related term of batsmanship.



In cricket terms the difference between batsmanship and batsman

is that batsmanship is a skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman while batsman is any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.

batsmanship

English

Noun

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  • (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
  • Although our team lost, we were complimented by everyone on our batsmanship .

    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

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