Terminology

.... and do you remember this wind-up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPIjT-zdryY

comment by #4zA accide cchiu a lengua ca a spata - 🇮🇹🇺🇦 (U22472)
posted 19 hours, 33 minutes ago
Yer in baseball they r “batters”
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In cricket they are ‘batties’

Another woke cancel culture moaning article. They want to cancel cricket now because of meaningless names.

comment by Assassin Baby - (U1282)
posted 12 minutes ago
Another woke cancel culture moaning article. They want to cancel cricket now because of meaningless names.
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And the fact it’s facking boring

Assassin Baby, "woke" is a crap new term. But having looked up its definition I suppose I fit that description as I am "alert to social and racial discrimination" as the OED defines it, and proud to be so.

comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 14 minutes ago
Assassin Baby, "woke" is a crap new term. But having looked up its definition I suppose I fit that description as I am "alert to social and racial discrimination" as the OED defines it, and proud to be so.
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Eggsatly

Its like being call “ur not a criminul” as a insult

If women prefer to be called batters, that's fine. But why is the men's game forced to adopt the same term?

I've also noticed that almost all the commentators on Sky are no longer using the term "third man". They refer to "deep third". This is an invention of Sky's and not an official change if terminology. Are women cricketers really so sensitive about the word "man"?

comment by JackCharlton (U19203)
posted 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
If women prefer to be called batters, that's fine. But why is the men's game forced to adopt the same term?

I've also noticed that almost all the commentators on Sky are no longer using the term "third man". They refer to "deep third". This is an invention of Sky's and not an official change if terminology. Are women cricketers really so sensitive about the word "man"?
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No, you are the one that's sensitive about the word man. So what if it's removed? Don't be so sensitive.

Also, the men's game hasn't been forced to adopt anything. They adopt what they want.

On the contrary, the term batsmen has been officially changed to batter by the MCC.

The fielding position Third Man has not been changed, but Sky commentators, for reasons one can only imagine, are avoiding using the term.

I still use the word Batsman and always will do in reference to men`s cricket, if they want to use batter or batswoman in reference to ladies cricket, that`s perfectly fine, but it`s unlikely I will ever use the those terms as I have little interest in women`s cricket, no matter how much they try and shove it down our throats.