non-striker

noun

1. cricket the batsman who is not facing the bowling

Example Sentences

There was half a run-out chance off the next ball, when Rahul set off sharply at the non-striker's end, but Steve Smith's throw was not accurate enough for Lyon to execute.

From BBC

The low point of Carsley's time in charge, which will end after the Uefa Nations League meeting with the Republic Of Ireland at Wembley on Sunday, was the fiasco of the home defeat to Greece in October, a loss mainly engineered by his own madcap, non-striker, team selection.

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Salt watched on from the non-striker’s end as West Indies ripped through the England top order.

From BBC

How different it might have been for England had Carse's delivery that brought an lbw shout not pitched marginally outside Masood's leg stump, or if Pope's flick at the non-striker's stumps had hit when a diving Shafique was short of his ground.

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They did not commit to their shots, trying to force the pace, while Kemp's run out was an error in judgement, setting off for a single after a misfield when Knight at the non-striker's end did not move an inch.

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