"In the subcontinent the first 15 overs are often the best time to bat, " said Strauss.
"He's a good fielder, as well as giving us a bit of firepower with the bat, " said White.
"Although any risk to humans from a bat bite or scratch would be low, we would strongly advise members of the public not to handle a sick or injured bat, " said Professor Martyn Regan, an epidemiologist with the North West Health Protection Agency.
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"It shows when they are all going out there with aggression and hitting the bat hard, " said Collingwood.
"It was definitely a gettable target but obviously we were going to have to bat well, " said Lewis.
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"Ravi's a quality player and should bat higher, " said Gough, who took 234 wickets in his 158 one-day internationals.
"It's nice to get through your first few balls and then start hitting a few in the middle of the bat, " he said after his 39 not out eased his side to victory over Hampshire.
However, BAT's Mr McIntyre said the firms will comply with the new rules.
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Collins said Quintanilla could bat leadoff against right-handers.
"I used that bat all postseason, " he said, adding he wasn't very superstitious.
"Michael Clarke has got through his work particularly well the last couple of days and had a long, solid bat in the nets, " said captain Ricky Ponting.
"I just saw it come off the bat hot, and when it hit him I know it hit him hard, " said Ryan Roberts, who was on deck to bat behind Jennings.
Police said operators had to "bat away" such inquiries quickly to allow genuinely urgent calls to get through.
The radio waves were being broadcast on frequencies that would affect the local bat population and small vertebrates, she said.
"I think we were a fair way off playing our best cricket, both teams struggled with the bat on that wicket, " he said.
Former major leaguer Brian Hunter said he initially went to bat left-handed but turned around after the other kids told him he was facing the wrong direction.
West London Mental Health NHS Trust said none of the current bat roosts would be disturbed or destroyed during the hibernation period, which runs from November until March.
The Austin Bat Segway Tour checks in on the Congress Avenue Bridge bat colony as well as on apparitions said to lurk in landmarks like the Moonlight Towers and the Austin Club.
"One of our strengths is that we bat all the way down, " he said.
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He said he felt comfortable swinging the bat in extended spring-training games in Florida and five Triple A games.
His manager said Sandoval has been swinging the bat well for weeks.
Anne Youngman, the Bat Conservation Trust's Scottish officer, said the handful of incidents may be related to last year's poor summer and autumn.
The last Yankees pitcher to bat eighth was Don Larsen in 1957, STATS said.
"Given that bats are far more susceptible to barotrauma than birds, and that bat fatalities at wind turbines far outnumber bird fatalities at most sites, wildlife fatalities at wind turbines are now a bat issue, not a bird issue, " said Ms Baerwald.
Philip Dalling, head of public affairs at the University of Nottingham, said the university had no regrets about accepting BAT funding and stressed there were "no strings attached".
"My approach when I went into bat was to play as straight as possible, " Samaraweera said.
"We still have to bat sensibly because we are still behind them, " he said.
"They're constituents of Commissioner Brooks' and he went to bat for them" before the women were charged, Tucker said.
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