>>>>>>>>>>>>>>He's never lost. Sometimes there just isn't enough holes on a golf couse. :)
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>You make it sound like Tiger's never lost before.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Wow! Clark just birdied 15th to extend his lead to 3 holes again. I believe that takes this match to "Dormie" for Clark.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>that's it. Clark win 4 and 2.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>Congrats Tim Clark!
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>>>>>>>>>>>>I have never understood the scoring in match play golf. What does 4 and 2 mean?
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>>>>>>>>>>>4 and 2 are digits used in the decimal system for example. It goes like this 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
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>>>>>>>>>>>Anything else?
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>>>>>>>>>>LOL
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>>>>>>>>>>Thank you. I am deeply grateful. Do I need to send you a check or was that pro bono?
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>>>>>>>>>Yes very funny. But then golf is a funny game where a short dumpy and relatively unknown player can beat a giant.
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>>>>>>>>>4 and 2 means that Clark was up 4 holes with two hole left and the match was stop there because there was no way that Tiger was going to win... not enough holes left.
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>>>>>>>>>After the 15th hole, Clark was ahead by 3 holes with 3 holes remaining (a dormie, a number of holes up equals number of holes remaining). Which meant that Tiger had to win the remaining holes, 16th, 17th and 18th, to stay in the match. But it turns out that Clark won 16th as well, giving him a 4 and 2 victory.
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>>>>>>>>Thank you! There is another of life's little mysteries solved ;-)
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>>>>>>>There's a sport that I really don't understand. Rugby. To me this one is a mystery
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>>>>>>I don't understand Cricket. Why is there a Wicket and a bowler?
>>>>>>It kinda looks like baseball, but not not really....
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>>>>>And how could anybody take a sport seriously when it has positions called "Silly Mid Off" and "Silly Mid On".
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>>>>Its a game for grown ups. A five day Test match can be a wonderful thing. Plenty of time for the game to ebb and flow and different weather conditions to have an effect. Plus because play lasts all day you get morning dampness on the wicket drying out slowly affecting the way the ball bounces..
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>>>From what I've seen of a cricket ball, I'd have thought the stitches had more to do with the way it bounces. But all that aside, at least baseball has position names that make it sound like an actual sport. ;)
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>>>Seriously, silly mid-on, silly mid-off, square leg, leg slip, gully, and of course my favourite clearly inspired by Orson Welles, third man ;)
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>>Bowlers are usually working on the ball all the time to try and change its flight through the air. So they will be polishing one side of the ball all the time trying to keep it shiny.They aren't allowed to damage it by picking at the seam or applying anything . Sometimes one side will accuse the other of breaking those rules. Also the ball changes as it gets older during the match and a new ball can be taken after 80 overs.
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>>Here's a site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_ball as I can see you're interested :-)
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>From the above site: The ball is not replaced if it is hit into the crowd - the crowd must return it. How exactly do they bind the crowd to the cricket rules? Is the crowd paid a salary by the league? ;)

I think the point is that the ball is not automatically replaced like baseball with a new one. Thats because the wearing of the ball during the game is part of the games structure. Also I think you'll find the thoroughly decent chaps and chapesses who watch cricket would never dream of trying to retain the ball.