How to Use batsman in a Sentence

batsman

noun

• The Indian batsman Virat Kohli is probably the most famous cricketer currently playing the game.
  — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024
• There have been 41 hits, 17 walks, and three hit batsmen.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• His own Test match record as a batsman was, in his own word, poor.
  — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
• Each batsman stands in front of the wickets and will exchange places if the ball is hit.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• The pitcher left with one out in the third and a new all-time record with four hit batsmen in the World Series.
  — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017
• A bunt single and a hit batsman loaded the bases with one out.
  — Kenny Connolly, Orange County Register, 3 May 2017
• Firstly, the Astros don't even lead the league in hit batsmen per game.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2020
• In recent years, the game has been tilted too much in favor of the batsmen.
  — Nick Compton, CNN, 30 Mar. 2018
• The Sea Dogs loaded the bases on a single, error and hit batsman.
  — Staff Report, courant.com, 30 May 2021
• The Razorbacks loaded the bases with a hit batsman and two walks in the fourth inning.
  — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2023
• Riverdale stranded 14 runners in the game, earned 11 walks and had three hit batsmen.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Three more batters reached base through a hit batsman, a two-run single and a walk.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 11 July 2022
• More runs scored on a wild pitch, a hit batsman and a two-run single by Wyatt Mathisen.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 22 Apr. 2021
• The Reds loaded the bases in the third inning through an Alex Blandino single, hit batsman and a walk.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The Mavericks left the bases loaded in the second inning on a walk and a pair of hit batsmen.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
• The Pirates loaded the bases in the second inning with a walk, two-out single and a hit batsman.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• Blandino was the only one of the four hit batsman that was plunked with a fastball Friday.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 5 June 2021
• Fifteen hits, 9 walks, 1 hit batsmen, so there was a lot of traffic.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• The goal of a bowler is to take a wicket, which is being defended by a batsman, by knocking the bail off the stumps.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2019
• The pitcher in those videos is the master of the mound, a man who paid little heed to batsman opposing him.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2017
• After a hit batsman and a walk, Broadhurst came up again and missed a grand slam by inches.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
• The bowler’s goal is to take a wicket, which is being defended by a batsman, by knocking the bail off the stumps.
  — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Aug. 2019
• Over the last two losses, the Rangers put seven runners on base via walks or hit batsmen in the eighth and ninth innings.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Soto, who still has two seasons before free agency, is one of the finest young batsmen in the game.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
• Chacin's four hit batsmen set a Padres record and tied the major league mark by John Lackey this season.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2017
• The more a ball swings in the air, the more problems a batsman faces and, consequently, the more likely the player is to be dismissed.
  — Zahid Mahmood, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
• Pivetta opened the inning with a hit batsman and a single, getting the Yankees back to the top of their order.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• After the Giants broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the fifth, Libertyville scored nine runs in the sixth on six hits, a pair of hit batsmen and a fielder's choice.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2017
• Keone Kela entered and allowed an infield hit to load the bases, and followed thhat with a hit batsman for a 2-1 Mariners lead. ...
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram.com, 6 May 2017
• The hit batsman in the second led the Wolves' only run in regulation.
  — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024