Great innings, John, a masterly 14 and ingenious interpretation of the topic.
Just wondering if A dream of flashing drives that take me towards
would be better as A dream of flashing drives to take me towards?
Len Hutton! Three magic syllables evoking that summer of 1953.
But I think I'm with Bazza in preferring 'batsman' or gender-neutral 'bat'. Isn't 'batter' a baseball-player, as well the stuff that Scots encase Mars bars in?
Yes, come think of it, Rachel Heyhoe-Flint may have been referred to as 'a young bat' in her time.
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