It’s completely batty.

You're trying to make sense of a world where we now have over 100 genders?
Good luck bud

So, in a rambling mind mode now, what other cricket terms can we change to be PC? Obviously we can't use "short" any more, that will have to change to "vertically challenged" as in "vertically challenged mid-off" etc. I've been thinking about others but I struggle to get away from the "challenged" terminology where a "thick edge" becomes an "intellectually challenged margin". The "silly" positions need addressing too.
However, the Ladies still field at "third man".

comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 8 minutes ago
So, in a rambling mind mode now, what other cricket terms can we change to be PC? Obviously we can't use "short" any more, that will have to change to "vertically challenged" as in "vertically challenged mid-off" etc. I've been thinking about others but I struggle to get away from the "challenged" terminology where a "thick edge" becomes an "intellectually challenged margin". The "silly" positions need addressing too.
However, the Ladies still field at "third man".
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Night watchperson

No more ‘wide-shaming’ anymore either

What’s with bowling a maiden then. Or no balls for that matter.

Hello

Whut cricket terms r used in eberyday life?

In US have men-knee terms from baseball like I got too 2nd/3rd base, a home run, throne a curveball, from outta leffed feeled, struck out etc

comment by #4zA accide cchiu a lengua ca a spata - 🇮🇹🇺🇦 (U22472)
posted 2 minutes ago
Hello

Whut cricket terms r used in eberyday life?

In US have men-knee terms from baseball like I got too 2nd/3rd base, a home run, throne a curveball, from outta leffed feeled, struck out etc
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Hit for six
Bowled over

Swing 4 the fences

struck out swingin
A swing n a miss
3 strikes n ur out

I believe 'batter' was used in England a very long time ago. And hasn't it basically always been used in Australia?

Yer in baseball they r “batters”

Grand slam
Hit n run
Take one 4 the team

Swing out sister.

Fannny batter.

It's a minefield

Classic piece of commentary from an old England/West Indies test match...
"The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey".

.... 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.