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“Batsman” or “Batsmen”

batsman / batsmen are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

batsman

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

batsmen

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“batsman”

  • for Zimbabwe as the opening batsman with skipper Hamilton Masakadza.
  • player, Reid was a left-hand batsman and right-arm bowler who played
  • Sibanda is a right-handed opening batsman and showed potential as a
  • A right-handed specialist batsman, he is the captain of
  • A left-handed middle order batsman, Yadav plays for and captains
  • A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler,
  • A right-handed batsman, he has played for the
  • a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket.
  • Barbados and West Indies opening batsman
  • He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler.

“batsmen”

  • after Shepherd gave three England batsmen out to no-balls bowled by
  • the wicket keeper and the batsmen run byes or the ball
  • If the batsmen run byes on a wide
  • Leading batsmen
  • against the extremely fleet-footed Australian batsmen of his time, Attewell was
  • packed off-side field to frustrate batsmen on the rapidly improving pitches
  • fielding lapses gave Pakistan's star batsmen Younis and Inzamam the edge,
  • was again offered to the batsmen.
  • scored 2382 runs, a talented batsmen who has averaged 45 and
  • but the rest of the batsmen fell quickly.

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