The continual use of the word 'batter' nowadays instead of batsman in cricket really winds me up, as it has obviously been brought in to annihilate and hint of ***ism in the game, but nobody has stopped anyone calling the female equivalent 'batswoman'. Batter to me is something that cod is dipped in.
What is completely strange to me is that I am totally chilled with the term 'bowler' lol, and not bowlsman, presumably.