non-striker
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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What is still debatable is whether a bowler can lure the non-striker into leaving the crease early by faking a bowl.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2019
Du Plessis pushes a single into the covers to get off the mark, and Kallis unleashes another well-timed four back past the leaping non-striker.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2011
He's the non-striker as How plays out a maiden from Johnson, who has figures of 7-3-23-2.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2011
Kevin Pietersen, England's non-striker, dashed towards Cook to tell him to stop walking to the pavilion.
From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2011
If, after contact with another ball, striker's or any other ball is forced off the table, the non-striker shall add two points to his score.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
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