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What (who) is nightwatchman - definition
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Night watchman; Night-watchman; Nightwatchmen; Nightwatchman (disambiguation); Night watchmen
nightwatchman
also night watchman
(nightwatchmen)
A nightwatchman is a person whose job is to guard buildings at night.
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nightwatchman
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1. a person who guards a building at night.
2. Cricket an inferior batsman sent in to bat near the end of a day's play.
Nightwatchman (cricket)
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IN CRICKET, A BATSMAN TO BE PROMOTED TO HOLD THE STRIKE TILL THE END OF THE DAY
Night-watchman (cricket); Nightwatcher (cricket); Nighthawk (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play. The nightwatchman's job is to maintain most of the strike until the close of play (remaining in overnight after the end of the day's play, hence the name) and so protect other, more capable batsmen from being out cheaply in what may be a period of tiredness or in poor light at the end of the day, and then again the following morning when the batsmen have not yet ‘got their eye in', or when the early-morning conditions may favour the bowlers.
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Nightwatchman
Nightwatchman may refer to:
- Watchman (law enforcement)
- Nightwatchman (cricket), a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play
- "Nightwatchman", a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from Hard Promises
- The Nightwatchman, or Tom Morello, a musician
- Night-watchman state, a government ideal restricted to the upholding of negative rights
- a security guard who works at night
- Nightwatchman (film), a 2000 Italian film
- Street Kings or The Night Watchman, a 2008 film
Examples of use of nightwatchman
1. And nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard lasted less than a quarter–of–an–hour before Lee cartwheeled his off–stump.
2. Nightwatchman Mohammad Sami had yet to score when umpires called off play nine overs short due to poor light.
3. On a sticky wicket, between 1'63 and 1'64, he was an effective nightwatchman for the Tories before being out, bowled by Harold Wilson.
4. Towards the close on Saturday evening, after Panesar had claimed Kumar Sangakkara as his second wicket, he was joined by Farveez Maharoof as nightwatchman.
5. But they also had Shoaib Akhtar, their nightwatchman, and Akmal, their wicketkeeper, to thank for ensuring that England‘s first post–Ashes series will almost certainly end in defeat.