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Scorer vs Striker - What's the difference?

scorer | striker |

In cricket|lang=en terms the difference between scorer and striker

is that scorer is (cricket) either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls while striker is (cricket) the batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.

As nouns the difference between scorer and striker

is that scorer is one who scores while striker is an individual who is on strike.

scorer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who scores.
    • Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers''' in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top '''scorer title three times.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But chances were rare for the lowest scorers in the Premier League against a Newcastle defence which claimed a fourth straight clean sheet.}}
  • One who scores: a scorekeeper.
    • The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
  • (cricket) Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls

    • Related terms

    * scoreboard * scorebox * trouble the scorers

    Anagrams

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    striker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual who is on strike.
  • Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
  • # A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
  • (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta.}}
  • The batter.
  • (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
  • (obsolete) A harpoon.
  • (obsolete) A harpooner.
    • Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers , and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. — Dampier.
  • (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
    • (Massinger)
  • (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
  • (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.
    • (webster)

    Synonyms

    * (soccer position) attacker, centre forward, forward