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Batter......


"Batter" was used interchangeably when I played in the North East (in and around Hetton) e.g. "That big lad's a canny batter".

Never heard it at all when I played in Yorkshire though.
 
For a lefty socialist you don't like gender equality very much Brandon!

Its already commonly used in kids and womens cricket and Australia!
 
smoker said:
For a lefty socialist you don't like gender equality very much Brandon!

Its already commonly used in kids and womens cricket and Australia!
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Makes total sense in woman's cricket. If I was being totally greedy I'd probably prefer batsman used for men's cricket and batswoman or batter used for women however I can see why just using a neutral for both makes sense.

Absolutely no reason to give a toss here, imo
 
I'm outraged. How will I tell the difference between a person with a bat and my fish and chip supper?
 
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Bat or batter or batsman/woman, not really an issue for me.

Sound confusing for the new 16.4 fans though, best change it to the all encompassing term: hitters.
 
Noticed this creeping in to Sky coverage last year and also in some player interviews. I can understand why but I'm not a fan of it, I'll get used to it I'm sure.
 
smoker said:
For a lefty socialist you don't like gender equality very much Brandon!
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Firstly, I’ve never claimed to be ‘a lefty socialist’.

Secondly, how is the use (or non-use) of batsman to describe a male ‘batter’, anti-gender equality?
Twisted said:
Makes total sense in woman's cricket. If I was being totally greedy I'd probably prefer batsman used for men's cricket and batswoman or batter used for women however I can see why just using a neutral for both makes sense.
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That’s pretty much my opinion on it, not sure why ‘batter’ needs to be used for men’s cricket.
 
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Steak Pie said:
Bat or batter or batsman/woman, not really an issue for me.

Sound confusing for the new 16.4 fans though, best change it to the all encompassing term: hitters.
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i'm still only just getting used to 'footballer' instead of footballingman, where will it all end :evil: :evil: :evil:
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That’s pretty much my opinion on it, not sure why ‘batter’ needs to be used for men’s cricket.
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what if there's a transgenderperson playing?

can, meet worms.
 
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There's a job for somebody - changing the forbidden word to 'Last Batter' on all the scoreboards bearing the term 'Last Batsman'
 
brandon said:
Secondly, how is the use (or non-use) of batsman to describe a male ‘batter’, anti-gender equality?
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Why would you have different terms for the same role based on gender of participant? Are you going to ask every participant what they identify as so you can address them correctly? Easier to simply tweak the terminology so it's interchangeable and inclusive.

Nobody cried when fieldsman was replaced by fielder and, despite a load of piss and wind in the 1990s, gender neutral job titles like chair and fire fighter have become mainstream.

Batsman -> batter or bat
Third man -> deep backward slip or deep fly slip
12th Man -> sub
Nightwatchman -> nightwatch

This wasn't stuff that bothered me until my daughter started playing cricket a few years ago but they're glaring when used in mixed gender groups.
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He’ll be calling anyone who doesn’t mind it the “woke brigade” soon ;)
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Somebody needs to fill in for the intellectual heavyweight that was Mr Jardine.
 
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Twisted said:
Or cross it now and then it'll never be an issue eh.
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It isn’t an issue to me. Suppose you could just use whichever ‘pronoun’ the person coming to the crease wants you to use. If you’re going to get all gender fluid about it.

Please refer to me as a batsman ;)
 
Who cares to be honest. I watch some CPL (Caribbean premier league) whenever it's on and they call it batter over there.

Cricinfo has been a terrible site to use ever since they changed the layout anyway. Used to love it when it was presented like a traditional newspaper but now like all ESPN sites there's too much clutter on the screen. At least they listened and got rid of autoplaying videos.
 
brandon said:
It isn’t an issue to me. Suppose you could just use whichever ‘pronoun’ the person coming to the crease wants you to use. If you’re going to get all gender fluid about it.

Please refer to me as a batsman ;)
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I'm pretty sure cricket correspondents won't want to have a list of every cricketer in the world and their preferred pronoun next to them when writing.

Since it isn't an issue to you, I presume everyone in the world likewise couldn't care less. So we can all agree its a no story brandonman 😁
 
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