bat

Example Sentences

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"The wicket got really good again for batting, it was slightly tacky earlier when we bowled," said Markram.

From Barron's

Overhead, I could hear the hissing whistles of feeding bats as they dipped and darted in the starlit sky.

From Literature

Outfielder Corbin Carroll stepped up to the plate for one of his first batting practice sessions of spring training earlier this month, took a swing and knew immediately that something was terribly wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Brooks, who normally bats at number five, strode to the wicket first drop in a massive statement of intent that said "leave it to me, lads".

From Barron's

“There wasn’t a 3 at the start of my batting average last year, and that irks me,” Freeman said last week.

From Los Angeles Times