Meaning of open the batting in English:
open the batting
phrase
Cricket
Play as one of the pair of batsmen who begin a side's innings.
‘Has anyone ever opened the batting, kept wicket and captained in the same Test?’
- ‘‘I opened the batting, kept wicket and bowled,’ he says.’
- ‘Rosalie Birch opens the batting at club and country but is prepared to go in at No. 6.’
- ‘Curry opened the batting and belted 75 in no time at all.’
- ‘Bill Brown, who opened the batting for Australia, is the only survivor of that 1934 match.’