Definitions
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- noun cricket A female
batsman .
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Examples
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We will be happy if some companies take the initiative to market and promote women's cricket. '' said Ace Indian batswoman Mitahli Raj.
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"Mithali Raj is the best batswoman in the world right now.
rediff.com 2009
michaelt42 commented on the word batswoman
Batswoman is hard to find on search engines (do you mean batwoman? is the usual query), but the term is alive and well in cricket reporting. Interestingly Claire Taylor, a recent English women's cricket captain, used the term batsman of herself on UK Radio 3 today (she was being interviewed about her musical interests)
March 19, 2012