open the batting

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === open the batting (third-person singular simple present opens the batting, present participle opening the batting, simple past and past participle opened the batting) (cricket) To be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers. (idiomatic) By extension, to commence proceedings (in general, not just in cricket). === References === “open the batting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.