* in cricket, a batsman who plays the hook shot

If the batsman plays it defensively he aims primarily to avoid getting out, and secondarily to avoid being hit by the ball.

Conversely, the bouncer can be a very productive ball for the batsman, if he plays it in an attacking manner.

When the batsman plays the ball into this half in front of the wicket, it is usually said that the ball has been played to the on side.

A batsman plays a cover drive off the front foot.

A batsman plays a cut off the back foot.

A left-handed batsman plays a sweep shot.

With the emergence of Jodie Purves as a young wicket keeper for Queensland Fire, Julia Price often plays now as a specialist middle order batsman for her state.

As such, if a batsman plays a straight drive which breaks the non-striker's stumps whilst he is outside his crease, he is not out.

When a runner is used, the batsman stands in position and plays shots as normal, but does not attempt to run between the wickets: the runner runs for him.

Gayle, who normally opens the innings when he plays for the West Indies, is a destructive batsman who is most effective playing square of the wicket.

He is a right-handed opening batsman who plays for South Africa, making his first appearance in 2000.

Because of this success other cricketing nations, notably Sri Lanka, adopted the idea of opening with an aggressive batsman who normally plays in the middle order of test matches to score quick runs early and this tactic is now common in international cricket.

And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,

He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England, Surrey and the Delhi Daredevils.

* Akshu Fernando ( born 1991 ), Sri Lankan cricket batsman who plays for Panadura

: And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,

: And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,

Naturally, he is a batsman that plays lower down the order but has sometimes opened in both Test and One-day cricket.

He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their Test and ODI captain.

He also plays for the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and he became only the second batsman to score a century in the competition, after New Zealand's Brendon McCullum.

And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,

Cricket nets serve to stop the ball travelling across a field when the batsman plays a shot-saving time and eliminating the need for fielders.

Jack Hobbs establishing himself as England's first-choice opening batsman with three centuries, while Frank Foster ( 32 wickets at 21. 62 ) and Sydney Barnes ( 34 wickets at 22. 88 ) formed a formidable bowling partnership.

An umpire will not give a batsman out unless an appeal is made by the fielding side, though a batsman may walk if he knows himself to be out.

In addition, the batsman responsible for the ball being hit for six must retrieve the ball himself.

2002 was the year, when Dravid started to emerge out of Tendulkar's shadow and established himself as India's premier Test batsman.

He held 22 catches in the season and it was about this time that he began to prove himself a more reliable batsman, eventually being able to rise from number 11 to about 8 or 9 in batting orders.

Although he always saw himself as a specialist bowler, Trueman was an outstanding fielder and a useful late order batsman.

During 1959 he played in half of the University fixtures, including the Varsity match against Oxford, where he won his Blue " as an opening batsman of sorts … the worst Blue awarded since the war " according to Blofeld himself.

Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs.

He considers himself a better bowler than batsman.

As a batsman, Jardine was more impressive in Wisden's opinion, showing himself to be good in defence despite his lack of cricket in the past two seasons.

A left-handed opening batsman, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993 and quickly established himself as a regular member of the team.

( b ) A batsman with a runner will suffer the penalty for any infringement of the Laws by his runner as though he had been himself responsible for the infringement.

( c ) When a batsman with a runner is striker he remains himself subject to the Laws and will be liable to the penalties that any infringement of them demands.

A highly accomplished batsman himself, he has brought in a considerable amount of improvement in the batting performances, which is largely associated with his ability to instill better confidence among younger players.

Watson's injury sidelined him until the 2003 – 04 Australian season, and during his rehabilitation he played most of the season as a batsman, allowing himself to improve his batting skills while his back was still healing.

Solanki played junior and senior cricket for Wolverhampton cricket club where he was a childhood prodigy under coach Arthur Pickering he often starred as a wicket keeper, bowler and batsman, Solanki once scored over 100 in a twenty over game by himself.

If the catch taken is pronounced or obvious, the players need not appeal to the umpire ; the batsman normally chooses to acknowledge the dismissal himself.

Arthur Shrewsbury ( 11 April 1856 – 19 May 1903 ) was an English cricketer, and rugby football administrator, who organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888, and who was widely rated as competing with W. G. Grace for the accolade of being the best batsman of the 1880s ; Grace himself, when asked who he would most like in his side, replied simply, " Give me Arthur ".

The new team needed time to take shape although they did quite well in 1890 and finished third, again behind Surrey, and Derek Hodgson wrote that Hawke himself was " the most consistent batsman " that season.

Of Indian ancestry, Karim made a reputation for himself as a useful lower-order batsman but predominantly as a left-arm spinner, frequently said to be one of the best outside the Test-playing nations.

In contrast to baseball and cricket, there is no pitcher / bowler, but the batsman himself throws or bounces the ball ( usually a tennis ball ) and hits it with his bat.

He played a few matches in 1913 and 1914, but established himself as a batsman in 1919 by scoring over a thousand runs for the first of eleven consecutive seasons.

He established himself as stylish opening batsman in late 80's & early 90's.