non-striker

British

noun

cricket the batsman who is not facing the bowling

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Off the first ball of 19th over - and with a new batter at the non-striker's end - he bunted Shanaka down the ground for a single to bring up his century.

From BBC

From the non-striker's end he watched two wickets, failed to get on strike, then drilled the first ball of Madushanka's final over into the hands of cover.

From BBC

But he was run out in an unlucky manner when a shot from Rana grazed Henry's hand and deflected onto the stumps at the non-striker's end.

From Barron's

The error in the review was explained as Snicko using the sound captured by the stump microphone at the non-striker's end, rather than the striker's end.

From BBC

That discrepancy arose from the sound being taken from the non-striker's microphone.

From BBC

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