batsman

noun

1. A player of the batting side now on the field.
2. The player now receiving strike; the striker.

   “The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on.”

3. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
4. (archaic)A hitter.
5. (historical)An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.