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Come to think of it, the Duke of Wellington didn't specify whether the playing fields he mentioned were for cricket or rugby. Let's hear it for rugby. Or maybe what we provincials call soccer.
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Dear Max:What do you believe was the Iron Duke's basis for paying tribute to manly sport?
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The ole duke would have required some pretty phenomenal temporal tricks
Well, there you go. Maybe it was the Duke of Ellington. I like his quote better anyway.
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Just to confuse the non-cricketers further, a bowler's tally of victims is referred to as their number of wickets - ie "Smith took three wickets for a total of 47 runs".
In a similar way, a winning team may be said to have won by a certain number of wickets - ie the winning team still had a number of players that weren't out at the conclusion of the match.
Whilst the game is in progress, the batting team is said to have "n wickets in hand" - ie n batters have yet to get out.
Confused? That's cricket!
Just thought I'd mention that the Aussies beat the South Africans in the last two test matches by 9 wickets and ten wickets!!
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As our "hostess with the mostest" is busy ketching up Hi, Jackie, let me extend a hearty Welcome to majorkathleen who did attempt to *reference the meaning of certain words, and not necessarily the 'sporting value' in them NTTAWWT. 
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But I am sure it never comes to a complete stop. after all, it's been said many times that there's no arrest for the wicket.
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They have something in the water in Floridy, don't them? Not bad, not bad.
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