Half a hole...

[quelquod]

I did only nine holes yesterday so it was only half a walk.

Julian F. G. W.

Or only half spoiled.

[BobbyD]

But cricket must surely be the most densely jargoned sport in the world?

Imagine you had to stand around in a field for no apparent reason for 5 days. It's only a matter of time before you started to come up with complex classifications of the very little which is happening in front of you, and correspondingly complex cant. It's a psychological defence against insanity, although arguably one of questionable efficacy.

[scotia]

But cricket must surely be the most densely jargoned sport in the world?

Imagine you had to stand around in a field for no apparent reason for 5 days. It's only a matter of time before you started to come up with complex classifications of the very little which is happening in front of you, and correspondingly complex cant. It's a psychological defence against insanity, although arguably one of questionable efficacy.

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