Isn't a batter in rounders? Definitely not a batter in cricket. This was a word on Countdown this week and they specifically said not a cricketing term. Though they though batter was good for fish rather than pancakes.
LBW does come up from time to time although some of the other cricketing terms are more obscure; googly, yorker, silly point - do you know these.
As for the Guardian it's a wishy washy liberal paper and as a good socialist I'd rather read a paper where the bias is clear (plus I never can get me head round the crossword in the Guardian!)