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batting order - (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"

baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

cleanup position, cleanup spot, cleanup - (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)

roster, roll - a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"

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In the absence of opening batter Nicole Bolton, the Australian squad will see a rejuvenated batting order and may witness Gardner batting at number 6 if not higher.

Ashleigh Gardner wants to bat up the order

UNSETTLED BATTING ORDER Naturally a batsman's form fluctuates throughout his career.

ROOT'S BURDEN; England captain comes home to Headingley with a problem to unload, writes Felix Keith

'See for the right combinations in batting order and bowling for the match.

Play natural game against Bangladesh: Miandad

Like the first match the top batting order collapsed again and Pakistan Super Veterans lost 4 wickets with only 35 runs.

Pakistan Super Veterans lost second match to Lancashire

He said that Pakistan was scoring loads of runs against England in the ODI series while the bowlers were struggling, but strangely, when batting order and playing XI was changed without any reason, it started suffering.

Team needs to follow proper game plan to bounce back: Kamran

There is no denying fact that the start of Tamim Iqbal up in the batting order has been key in Bangladesh's success over the years and by doing so, the opener bracketed him amongst the top openers of the world as far as the batting average is concerned, reports BSS.

Tamim stakes claim as one of the best openers in the world

To do that, he often has to change the batting order," he told them.

PM Imran endorses grievances of Pashtuns, but says agitation will not yield any benefits

Summary: Hardik Pandya's sudden suspension has badly affected the balance of the batting order

Dhoni's poor form a worry as India look to restore parity

)MELBOURNE ndash After Cricket Australia replaced the coin toss in the Big Bash League with the bat flip to decide which teams would bowl and bat first, it has further decided that all shots that land inside Pinky Aunty's house would be considered out.In a list of new rules for the domestic T20 franchise league, Cricket Australia also confirmed that the team's batting order would be determined by drawing lines on the ground.

After replacing coin toss with bat flip, Big Bash rules all shots inside Pinky Aunty's house as out

The runner at second base will be the player in the batting order position previous to the lead-off batter of the inning (or a substitute for that player).

Barnstormer fans can prepare for shorter games in 2019: new extra-innings rule

Therefore, in such a fragile batting line-up, I think both Hafeez and Umar Akmal should be in the side.'Commenting on Sarfraz's decision to promote himself up in the batting order, Malik said: 'Sarfraz coming up in the batting order was not a wise decision.

Saleem Malik reveals which players can solve Pakistan's batting woes