open the batting

verb

To be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers.

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Meanings

verbopen the batting (third-person singular simple present opens the batting, present participle opening the batting, simple past and past participle opened the batting)

present singular third person opens the batting · participle present opening the batting · participle past opened the batting · past opened the batting

  1. ball gamesTo be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers.
  2. idiomaticBy extension, to commence proceedings (in general, not just in cricket).
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