What's crucially missing from "Batman Begins" is a Batman -- I mean bat man -- with an outer life to go with the inner one that's played very well by Christian Bale, an inward actor if ever there was one.

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The Warwickshire batsman, 28, averages 93 with the bat this season and is in a 14-man squad for Headingley.

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The Forestry Commission survey of specially-created bat boxes revealed eight species living in the 155, 000 acre (63, 000 hectare) man-made forest.

BBC: Study shows Kielder Forest bats thriving

The breakthrough was welcome but on such an arduous day England would not have relished the sight of the limpet-like Shivnarine Chanderpaul walking out to bat, a man with a Test average of 100 in the last two years.

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He does, however, have virtualised-reality recordings of a man swinging a baseball bat, and two people bouncing a basket ball between each other.

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Captain Ricky Ponting has defended Lehmann's form with the bat but the inclusion of MacGill and Watson in an expanded 13-man squad is a sign the selectors are considering a change.

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Police recovered an array of weapons - including a baseball bat, aluminium bars with screws protruding and a wooden plank - and Ultra paraphernalia from the home of one man.

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Pietersen's impressive man-management skills have extended to the batting order, with Owais Shah given confidence to bat in his favoured number three behind an opening pair of Ian Bell and recalled wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

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The Hertfordshire-born man proved one of the best keepers in the country, but his poor returns with the bat denied him the chance of international honours.

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