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	Batsman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Each batsman stands near one of the two wickets at either end of the cricket pitch near the centre of the ground.
		Generally a batsman is required to score runs as quickly as possible without taking unnecessary risks and losing his wicket.
		"Batsman" is occasionally used in baseball as an olde-timey sounding synonym for batter; however, it is generally only used to describe the result of being hit by a pitch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batsman (733 words)

	Batting (cricket) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Once a batsman is 'out', he is replaced by a team mate until ten out of eleven players in his team are 'out' and their innings is closed.
		The best batsman of the team is usually put at number 3 or 4, to protect him from the difficulties of batting against the best bowlers on a fresh pitch and to allow him to play a long innings.
		For example, a lower-order batsman is sometimes sent in at number 3 with instructions to pinch-hit (playing aggressively in an attempt to score more runs in fewer balls - a term borrowed from baseball) to score quick runs and shield better players, as his wicket (as a less accomplished lower-order batsman) is less valuable anyway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batting_(cricket) (2694 words)

	game_basics
		The delivery is made along the "pitch" where the batsman is standing, trying to protect the wicket at his end and score by hitting the ball over the "boundary" or running to the other wicket, exchanging ends with the other batsman.
		If the batsman tries to knock the ball away from the wicket with his hands (if they are not on the bat); this occurs very rarely, and usually as an instinct, not cheating.
		The batsman can also be called out for hitting the ball twice and obstructing the field, when he prevents the wicket keeper from receiving a throw or a fielder catching the ball.
	www.geocities.com /bluegoldgoldfish/game_basics.html (707 words)

	About
		When the batsman hits the ball he may run to the other wicket where his partner is standing and his partner may run to the other end of the pitch from which the ball was hit -- this is one complete run.
		Overthrow: When a batsman runs for a run and the fielder throws the ball towards the stumps, but misses and the ball goes far enough for the batsman to take another run; the runs taken after that are known as overthrows.
		A batsman is declared out LBW when a ball pitched in line with the stumps and seemed like going straight on to the wicket hits the batsman's pad.
	www.cricket.ab.ca /html/about.html (1558 words)

	Search Results for "Batsman"
		There are no wickets, but the batsman stands before a hole, and the art of the game was either to get...
		A batsman's innings, which may be terminated by the ball...
		To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery....
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Batsman (290 words)

	Rashid Latif Cricket Academy :: Cricket Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Not any inquiry by the bowler and/or fielder regarding the batsman's health, but a question asked of the umpire (usually aggressively) as to whether or not the batsman is out.
		If a ball is delivered beyond the batsman's reach wide for his normal stance, the umpire calls "wide", a run is added to the batting side's score and an extra ball is bowled.
		The ball pitches near the feet of the batsman or between his feet and the wicket.
	www.rlca.com.pk /cricketglossary.asp (1308 words)

	Australia and its States, Sports, Food, Animals and Plants
		If a batsman misses the ball and in attempting to play it steps outside his crease, he is stumped if the wicket-keeper gathers the ball and breaks the wicket with it before the batsman can ground part of his body or his bat behind his crease.
		If a batsman is attempting to take a run, or to return to his crease after an aborted run, and a fielder or wicket keeper breaks that batsman's wicket with the ball while he is out of the crease.
		If a batsman hits a delivery with his bat and then deliberately hits the ball again for any reason other than to defend his wicket from being broken by the ball.
	www.angelfire.com /al2/Australia/cricket.html (851 words)

	Indiatimes Cricket-Cricket Basics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The most obvious way for a batsman to score runs is for him to hit the ball with the bat and to run back and forth with his team mate while the fielding side try to break the wicket to get the batsmen run out if he is out of the crease.
		Sixers: If the batsman hits the ball clear over the boundary on the full then it is called a sixer as six runs are declared by the umpire and six runs are credited to the score of both the batsman as well as the team.
		Extras: But it is not paramount for the batsman to hit the ball for runs to be accredited to the team score but not to the batsman's score.
	cricket.indiatimes.com /glossary/glossary07.htm (574 words)

	Law 2 (Substitutes and runners; batsman or fielder leaving the field; batsman retiring; batsman commencing innings) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The player acting as a runner for a batsman shall be a member of the batting side and shall, if possible, have already batted in that innings.
		He will be regarded as a batsman except where there are specific provisions for his role as a runner.
		Except at the start of a side's innings, a batsman shall be considered to have commenced his innings when he first steps on to the field of play, provided Time has not been called.
	members.aol.com /paulaed1/Woodlands/cricketlaw/law2.htm (1132 words)

	Top 10 Batsman in Test Batting
		The left handed Matthew Hayden is a masterful opening batsman who is rarely unsettled and who hits the ball to all parts of the wicket.
		A batsman who revels in a crisis, Dravid, against New Zealand in January 1999, joined Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar as one of only three Indians to have scored a century in each innings in a Test.
		A middle-order batsman, Younis Khan is fearless, as befits his Pathan ancestry.
	www.whereincity.com /cricket/top-batsman.php (1848 words)

	Cricket Info. - Cricket Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Byes: When a ball passes the wicket untouched by the batsman and the batsman runs for a run, it is known as a bye.
		A batsman is declared out when the ball hits the batsman's leg pad and it seemed like the ball was going straight on to the wicket.
		Stumped: A batsman is out when while hitting a shot he is outside the crease and the wicketkeeper touches the wicket with the ball in hand.
	www.qpcc.com /cricket_info/cri_term.htm (686 words)

	TWSCC Explanation of Cricket
		If the ball hits the batsman's leg without touching his bat first and an umpire rules that said ball would have hit the wicket if said leg hadn't been in the way, the batsman is out (because he is supposed to defend his wicket with his bat only).
		If the batsman misses the ball and in doing so happens to step out of his ground and the wicket-keeper (the fielder standing directly behind the batsman - equal to the catcher in baseball) knocks the stumps (wicket) down with the ball, the batsman is out.
		In a stumping, the batsman misses the ball and in the process steps out of the crease and the wicket-keeper shows off his lightning fast reflexes by catching the ball and knocking over the stumps.
	www.wodehouse.org /TWSCC/twscccricketexplanation.html (2333 words)

	HowToPlayCricket.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After six bowls to one batsman, an umpire (there is one at each wicket) calls “over,” and another bowler begins bowling to the batsman's partner at the opposing wicket.
		If the batsman hits the ball with his willow paddle-shaped bat far enough so that both batsmen may run to exchange places, a run is scored.
		A batsman is also retired if an opposing fielder catches a batted ball on the fly (as in baseball), or for any of several more technical reasons.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/i/k/ika100/cricket/quick_overview.html (289 words)

	rediff.com: cricket channel - It happened this week on this day
		England batsman Cyril Walters (11 Tests from 1933 to 1934; 784 runs) was born.
		New Zealand batsman Noel Harford (8 Tests from 1955 to 1958) was born.
		English batsman Geoff Boycott became the fourth batsman to reach 7000 Test runs during his un-beaten innings of 128 against Australia at Lords.
	specials.rediff.com /cricket/2001/aug/26tdtw.htm (1479 words)

	The Rules of Cricket - Batsman out of his ground
		A batsman shall be considered to be out of his ground unless his bat or some part of his person is grounded behind the popping crease at that end.
		(c) If there is no batsman in either ground, then each ground belongs to whichever of the batsmen is nearer to it, or, if the batsmen are level, to whichever was nearer to it immediately prior to their drawing level.
		The batsman at the bowler’s end should be positioned on the opposite side of the wicket to that from which the ball is being delivered, unless a request to do otherwise is granted by the umpire.
	www.sheetudeep.com /cricket/rule_batsmanofhisground.html (278 words)

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		Here a spinner (curve ball pitcher) is bowling to a Kenyan batsman and Canada has both silly point and short leg fielders in (the two guys wearing helmets just in front and on either side of the batsman) to hopefully catch a ball in the air and thus get the batsman out (get a wicket).
		Their aim is to hit the ball as far as possible, and score points (runs) by running the 25 meters between two sets of upright poles set in the ground (wickets) while the fielding team chase the ball.
		The aim of the fielders is to get the batsmen "out" by: hitting the wickets by bowling the ball past the batsman's guard, by catching the ball after the batsman has hit it or by hitting the wicket with the ball while the batsmen are running between wickets.
	www.tc.umn.edu /~galat001/cricket.htm (672 words)

	7. Sundries
		A run is credited to a batsman only if he hits the ball with his bat or glove.
		The batsman scampers for a run after he is legally declared out.
		Ball where the batsman doesn't attempt to hit the ball - he keeps his bat up in the air, but runs for a bye.
	members.fortunecity.com /learncricket/eng/sundries7.htm (546 words)

	Cricket Info. - Ways Of Getting Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Leg Before Wicket: If the batsman misses the ball with his bat, but intercepts it with part of his body when it would otherwise have hit the wicket, and provided several other conditions (too tedius to worry about here) are satisfied.
		Stumped: If a batsman misses the ball and in attempting to play it steps outside his crease, he is out stumped if the wicket-keeper gathers the ball and breaks the wicket with it before the batsman can ground part of his body or his bat behind his crease.
		Run Out: If a batsman is attempting to take a run, or to return to his crease after an aborted run, and a fielder breaks that batsman's wicket with the ball while he is out of the crease.
	www.qpcc.com /cricket_info/ways_out.htm (402 words)

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