Nightwatchman (cricket) Nightwatchman (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, 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
Police tactical unit are equipped with specialized police and military-type hardware. They are usually part of either : but, depending on the country, other administrations - such as the customs or penitentiary administrations for example - sometimes setup specialized units with comparable missions, training and equipment. In the United States, police tactical units are known by the generic term of Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team. In Australia, police tactical units are formally known as a police tactical group. The European Union uses the term Special Intervention Unit to define national counter terrorist police tactical units.. Depending on the country, PTU missions can