"opening batsman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-opening batsman.ogg Forms: opening batsmen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|opening batsmen}} opening batsman (plural opening batsmen)
  1. (cricket) The first batsman of an innings. Translations (first batsman): avauslyöjä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-opening_batsman-en-noun-8OC3RbIn Categories (other): Cricket, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 49 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 49 7 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'first batsman': 69 25 6
  2. (cricket) One of the first two batsmen of an innings.
    Sense id: en-opening_batsman-en-noun-7aNfkQky Categories (other): Cricket, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 49 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 49 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 57 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 58 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 50 10 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (figuratively) The first of a series, usually a chronological series. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-opening_batsman-en-noun-Sk~j7E9C

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