Batsman
The batsman (plural: batsmen ) is the batsman in cricket . He is roughly comparable to the batter in baseball .
Two batsmen from the batting team that can score runs face each other on the pitch and each occupy one of the two wickets . All eleven players of the opposing field team are in play, one of which acts as a bowler (= thrower). He bowls six throws from one end of the pitch, a so-called over , to the batsman at the other end of the pitch, the striker. Behind his wicket is another member of the field team, the wicket keeper , who is the only one of his team to wear safety gloves.
The striker can always score runs when he hits the ball with the cricket bat (bat). This is done by the fact that the striker and his counterpart (the non-striker) run towards the other wicket and get behind the popping crease there (usually indicated by a white line), while the opposing team tries to reach one of the Batsmen eliminated ( dismissal ).
Each player on the batting team must act once as a batsman and attempt to score runs for his team. Once all team members have taken up their position as batsman and ten are eliminated again, so that only one batsman remains, the innings ends .
The batsmen protect against injuries caused by the ball with shin guards (pads), abdominal protection (box), gloves and helmets.
