Batters now in cricket and not batsmen

[ClaretTony]

Laws of the game changed with the batsman changed to batter and batsmen to batters

[RingoMcCartney]

That's all well and good , but what are they going to do to describe someone who bats for both sides!?


(Please take this in the spirit in which its intended)

[claret2018]

Makes sense. Wish they’d get rid of actress and waitress, you don’t call a female accountant an accountress do you!

Edit, not sure who “they” are but you get my point.

[dandeclaret]

Maybe this is why they've stopped putting a 3rd man in when fielding? 3rd person? 3rd?

[Volvoclaret]

So my fish gets dipped into a cricketer on Friday. Yuk!

[kentonclaret]

Is an over where no runs are scored still referred to as a maiden?

If so, for how much longer?

[Bosscat]

Laws of the game changed with the batsman changed to batter and batsmen to batters

They will start calling a Six a home run next

[kentonclaret]

They will start calling a Six a home run next

You could call that a Sixist remark

[Volvoclaret]

Now to be referred to as a non-gender specific virgin over

[Bosscat]

They were going to call Bowlers ... "Pitchers" but that rumour didn't hold water

[Volvoclaret]

Poured scorn on that one

[Longsidelenny1882]

Can you still say the bowlers holding the batters willy upthecolne

[MACCA]

What about when a night watchman comes in to be a batter.

Lighthouse keeper might be ok.

[Sproggy]

What about Jimmy Anderson's swinging balls?

[kentonclaret]

What about Jimmy Anderson's swinging balls?

Or Katherine Brunt's wobblers?

[ClaretDiver]

Makes sense. Wish they’d get rid of actress and waitress, you don’t call a female accountant an accountress do you!

Edit, not sure who “they” are but you get my point.

Because waitress and actress are historic terms gthat have typically been gender specific, accountant is an actual profession that has never been gender specific....

[Stalbansclaret]

Makes sense. Wish they’d get rid of actress and waitress, you don’t call a female accountant an accountress do you!

Edit, not sure who “they” are but you get my point.

Why ? Does this REALLY bother you ? Genuinely can't understand what the problem is. Also don't see what the problem is with batsmen and batswomen and think "batter" sounds horribly baseballish.

[Guller Bull]

What do we call a ladybird or a Hunntsman spider nowadays?

[bfcjg]

Slip....sexist ladies clothing
Third man......sexist
Fine leg....sexist some blokes refer to women's legs as fine.
Square leg...prejudice to people with peripheral endema.

[Bosscat]

What do we call a ladybird or a Hunntsman spider nowadays?

Or a "Daddy Longlegs" or "Black Widow"

[claret2018]

Why ? Does this REALLY bother you ? Genuinely can't understand what the problem is. Also don't see what the problem is with batsmen and batswomen and think "batter" sounds horribly baseballish.

“Because that’s the way its always been” is the poorest of reasons to do something illogical.

It doesn’t bother me it just doesn’t make any sense.

[chekhov]

Why ? Does this REALLY bother you ? Genuinely can't understand what the problem is. Also don't see what the problem is with batsmen and batswomen and think "batter" sounds horribly baseballish.

You’ll get used to it. After all we have never had bowlmen, but if we had and then it was deemed sexist and changed to bowler you’d probably have a similar reaction.

[durhamclaret]

Laws of the game changed with the batsman changed to batter and batsmen to batters

Sorry but what a load of cr*p

[boatshed bill]

When did wicketkeepman get changed?

[elwaclaret]

Women are from now on to be known as wo

[elwaclaret]

Biggest job creation scheme of the century. ‘Man’ was interchangeable as in human… until the PR companies saw an opportunity. Humus for human?

[Boss Hogg]

Why can’t a female ‘batter’ in women’s cricket just be called a batswoman. It’s all getting a bit silly.

[HahaYeah]

Batpeople.

[Rowls]

Makes sense. Wish they’d get rid of actress and waitress, you don’t call a female accountant an accountress do you!

Edit, not sure who “they” are but you get my point.

Why on earth would we remove a feature of language that allows us to be easily more precise?

[Rileybobs]

Why can’t a female ‘batter’ in women’s cricket just be called a batswoman. It’s all getting a bit silly.

I’m sure they can, can’t they? From what the OP says the laws have just been reworded to apply to both genders. It could get a bit longwinded if they read; Law 749 - the batsman or batswoman…

[kentonclaret]

I’m sure they can, can’t they? From what the OP says the laws have just been reworded to apply to both genders. It could get a bit longwinded if they read; Law 749 - the batsman or batswoman…

The change has been heralded by those running the women's game as making the sport "more inclusive" especially at a junior level where both boys and girls play in the same team. They feel a girl might be uncomfortable being referred to as a batsman.

[houseboy]

“Because that’s the way its always been” is the poorest of reasons to do something illogical.

It doesn’t bother me it just doesn’t make any sense.

Of course it makes sense. Why should it be wrong to differentiate? Why is it deemed offensive? Taking offence has become so fashionable now it is laughable. People should be proud of what they are, not be offended by people referring to it.

[Rileybobs]

The change has been heralded by those running the women's game as making the sport "more inclusive" especially at a junior level where both boys and girls play in the same team. They feel a girl might be uncomfortable being referred to as a batsman.

Sounds like they’ve probably got a valid point.

[Bin Ont Turf]

"More inclusive"

When the men and women start playing each other, then it will have relevance.

Until then it's just more sandal wearing nonsense.

[milkcrate_mosh]

"More inclusive"

When the men and women start playing each other, then it will have relevance.

Until then it's just more sandal wearing nonsense.

But the rules apply to both men and women's cricket?

[claptrappers_union]

Batswoman then

[boatshed bill]

"More inclusive"

When the men and women start playing each other, then it will have relevance.

Until then it's just more sandal wearing nonsense.

Well that isn't going to happen

[Bin Ont Turf]

But the rules apply to both men and women's cricket?

I don't really care, I will still call them a Batslady.

Which goes for Dom Sibley as well.

[RammyClaret61]

What does Robin call his crime fighting partner now?

[kentonclaret]

"More inclusive"

When the men and women start playing each other, then it will have relevance.

Until then it's just more sandal wearing nonsense.

I think that the "more inclusive" comment was intended for junior level where mixed teams play the sport.

[Wile E Coyote]

its got way beyond a joke, who exactly are these clowns that dictate all these changes to how we refer to things?

**** the lot of 'em. If people just ignore these ideas and continue as we were, there's nothing they can do.

[Bin Ont Turf]

I think that the "more inclusive" comment was intended for junior level where mixed teams play the sport.

Fair enough.

Although when their brains develop and they mature, I wonder if they'll notice the difference between men and women in sport.

Like why nondescript batter A has to have a shorter boundary than nondescript batter B.

[Rileybobs]

Fair enough.

Although when their brains develop and they mature, I wonder if they'll notice the difference between men and women in sport.

Like why nondescript batter A has to have a shorter boundary than nondescript batter B.

So because women’s cricket may have shorter boundaries than some men’s cricket they shouldn’t be referred to by the same terminology in the laws of the game? Good logic.

[Bin Ont Turf]

So because women’s cricket may have shorter boundaries than some men’s cricket they shouldn’t be referred to by the same terminology in the laws of the game? Good logic.

Yes that's clearly what I said, to a blind man on a galloping horse. Good grief.

Looks like you're after one of your late night sparring encounters, well you'll just have to do it with someone else I'm afraid.

[Rileybobs]

Yes that's clearly what I said, to a blind man on a galloping horse. Good grief.

Looks like you're after one of your late night sparring encounters, well you'll just have to do it with someone else I'm afraid.

Not at all champ, I'm off to bed with a book. Just wanted to let you know that your point was nonsensical.

[Funkydrummer]

I'll settle for "willow operative"

[Taffy on the wing]

Makes sense. Wish they’d get rid of actress and waitress, you don’t call a female accountant an accountress do you!

Edit, not sure who “they” are but you get my point.

Where will it end?......Women will have to open doors for blokes! Eh, bloody hell.

[Culmclaret]

I remember in the 70s that the great Tom Graveney always used the term ‘batters’.

[Damo]

Can we not just describe them as batsman and 6 or 7 people who follow the women's game choose their own definition?

[MrTopTier]

I played Cricket for nearly 30 years.

Batter was the only terminology I ever used in relation to batting. No idea what the fuss is about.

Batter
Bowler
Keeper
Fielder.

Couldn’t be more straightforward.