The word Batsman Is now regarded as wrong..

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  1. Del Rosso

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    The word Batter is preferred, FOOOOK RIGHT OFF YOU PC *******!!!!!!
     
    Del Rosso, Oct 31, 2021
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    These days, if you say you're English, you get arrested, and thrown in jail.

    What?

    I said: these days, if you say you're English, you get arrested, and thrown in jail.

    When did they bring this in?

    No, but these days, if you say you're English, you get arrested, and thrown in jail. These days.
     
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    You ok, love?
     
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    As someone who is very anti some of the ridiculous things the pc police try to impose I have to say batsman to batter doesn't bother me in the slightest. A heck of a lot of women play cricket. They're not men. Batter works fine. It's not bowlsman but bowler, fieldsman but fielder so batter fits perfectly.
     
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    In actual jail ?
     
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    Could you possibly explain how it actually affects your life?
     
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    I can tell you; not in the slightest.

    Edit - I hope to god the use of that semi colon was correct.
     
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    The batter is Holding, the bowlers Willey.
     
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    This is in relation to the Laws of cricket.

    For a game played by men and women, it's important not to have to have two sets of rules and to be inclusive of everyone.

    You can still call someone a batsman if you want, commentators can do the same.

    Why would you object to this?
     
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    Makes sense, I approve.
     
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    Stewart Lee?
     
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    No, Ratko Mladic. :)
     
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    Has anyone asked the women cricketers what they want?
     
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    I can think of so many things which actually cause real people real harm in this broken country we live in, things that really make me angry.
    Whereas this debatable use of language is something that no sane person should get the slightest bit upset about.
     
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    Let himself go a bit, hasn't he?
     
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    It makes total sense. We've just ordered a new scoreboard, and having "batsman" on it wasn't an option.
     
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    PC or Common Sense? The two often get confused these days.
     
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    What's wrong with Batswoman? If a man is at the crease it becomes a statement of fact nothing else, just leave things alone, you know like, One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, I can't remember any bugger in 1969 saying 'What a cheeky bleeder that Neil Armstrong is'
     
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    In the mens game then the person with a bat is a batsman and batswoman in the womans game, " i insist the term Midwife is replaced with midperson as not only women do it, right ?
     
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    If ‘batsman’ is written in the rules, it then requires an addendum to say that it might be a batswoman. Changing to batter means they can keep it simple.

    Nothing wrong with you or I or anyone else using the word to describe a batsman. It’s just the word used in the laws :)
     
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