bat

Example Sentences

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Most of England's batsmen got good starts earlier after Brook won the toss and chose to bat.

From Barron's

Even in making their highest total of the tournament so far, they were not convincing with the bat.

From BBC

Smith answered an SOS call last week and flew to Sri Lanka after captain and regular opening batsman Mitchell Marsh was injured by a throw-down during batting practice in Colombo a week ago.

From Barron's

"There was slight nervousness. But I focused on one ball at a time. The way Ishan batted was brilliant. I told him: 'just keep playing the way you are'."

From Barron's

Hesson defended the decision to bowl first at a stadium where three previous matches were won by the team batting first.

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