The batting team is led by the most senior government official in the area, district magistrate Mayur Maheshwari.
But the introduction of the batting team's powerplay has surely exposed England's attempt to get by with just four front-line bowlers as unworkable.
We certainly have the batting and this team has got character, but there are areas in which we need to improve.
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Individual talent and performance statistics like overall scoring disparity, team batting average, home runs or a pitching staff's earned run average are given no weight at all.
The 507 target would be a record by some distance - the West Indies' 418 against Australia at Antigua in 2003 is the highest winning chase for a team batting last in a Test.
At 9-16, with a team batting average of .229 and a club ERA of 4.50, the numbers are hardly adding up to what the revamped Blue Jays expected, even with star shortstop Jose Reyes on the disabled list.
In Game One of the National League Division Series between the Reds and Giants, Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman began warming up with his team batting in the top of the ninth inning while holding a 3-1 lead.
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Shortstop Sawyer Polen has provided a spark offensively, leading the Flashes with a .347 average after batting .278 with a team-high 58 strikeouts last season.
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene was particularly disappointed with his team's batting after they failed to bat for their permitted 48 overs and were all out for 164.
The prince, a veteran combat helicopter pilot, mingled with the 35-member British team and then sat on a gymnasium floor in a circle of 12 sitting volleyball team members, batting the ball around amid whoops and laughter.
Petersen is currently the captain of the Highveld Lions and prominent in the team's regular batting line-up.
Nothing could seemingly go wrong with this indisputably talented team with the best batting line-up in the world.
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The batting of Maddy and Westwood put the team's earlier efforts into perspective and it took a good leg-side catch by Geraint Jones to separate them as Westwood went for 47.
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Samuels's century was greeted by a cacophony of noise from the vocal crowd but he ran all the way to the dressing room as soon as he reached three figures to give 19-year-old team-mate Pollard some batting practice.
Left-hander Butt hit a six and 13 fours before retiring to give team-mates a chance of some batting practice.
Baseball rules state a player needs to average 3.1 plate appearances for each of his team's games to become a batting, slugging or on-base percentage champion.
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Gayle, batting with great sense given that none of his team-mates were able to really establish themselves at the crease, defended cautiously in the main before whipping the odd boundary through the on-side when given the chance.
As always, it comes down to balance in the team, too, and Prior's batting ability makes him a solid choice for number six, and allows Flintoff to drop to seven.
Lara is the linchpin in the batting line-up - if he performs, the team generally gets a big score and there was no better proof of that than his world record 400 in Antigua in April.
The left-hander, batting at number five, came to the crease with the team in trouble.
It's understandable why the Bangladeshi supporters are disheartened by their team's loss against Canada and the bad batting display against Sri Lanka.
He keeps his eyes trained on baseballs, taking anywhere from 40 to 80 swings as Brad Andress, the team's strength and conditioning coordinator, throws batting practice.
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Girardi said OF Curtis Granderson (broken right forearm) took 15 swings of batting practice for the first time in a cage at the team's complex in nearby Tampa.
However, Strauss said after England's heavy defeat in the final Test against South Africa the team needed to improve, not least in the batting department where a distinctly out of sorts Kevin Pietersen needs some TLC and a return to form.
"We have selected a balanced team - we have a quality bowling atack and a good batting line-up with players who have performed on the international stage, " said chairman of selectors Clyde Butts.
"Our spinners did well and we now hope to put in a better batting performance in the second Test, " added Mashud, who led the team because Habibul Bashar is still recovering from a finger injury.
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Latif claimed he has accepted an offer to become head coach of the Afghan team - just three weeks after he resigned as the nation's batting coach, citing excessive interference.
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