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BIll | 22:58 Wed 07th Mar 2012 | Crosswords
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Last one has me beaten yet again. 26d. Bowled - certainly not a fast ball! - for a duck. B - OB. B + LOB I suppose. But why a duck? Is this a duck I don't know?
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o = duck as in nothing. bowled for a duck
22:59 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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Sorry. Don't get it. I see B = bowled. I see lob. I don't see 0. Coul you explain better?
23:04 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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You mean blob is a zero?
23:05 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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Bit obscure if so, don't you agree?!
23:06 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Duck_%28cricket%29
23:07 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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I know that! It is standard usage. What I don't get is how you get blob?
23:09 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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Blob is term similar to duck, which is used to identify a batsman who gets out without scoring a single run on the field.
O in cryptic terms means duck.
23:11 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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Aha! We of course see duck = 0 in almost very crossword, but I didn't know the usage of blob to indicate that. So thanks.
23:14 Wed 07th Mar 2012
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Extract from
http://www.espncricin...ent/story/239756.html

Blob: A score of 0 (see duck)

Duck: A score of 0 (also known as blob)
23:17 Wed 07th Mar 2012

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