Hi! Ardith,

On 06/03/2021 03:32 AM, you wrote:

 AK>>  making you miss that low catch in the gully
 AK>>  on the last ball of the last over."

 AH>             That is the impression I got from various other things I'd
 AH> read.  I wasn't sure if you might have learned about cricket during your
 AH> younger years, however, and when I looked up "gully" the only
 AH> dictionaries which mentioned it with reference to the sport employed
 AH> even more jargon I don't understand.  :-Q

It is similar for me.  I'm not a sports nut and I only ever played a game once, socially.

The term 'gully' escapes me completely, and the same goes for any similar receiving team "positioning" term.  WRT the loss of a contact lens, it ought not affect the playing of the game due to a lighting factor as the game is governed by an umpire, taking available lighting into consideration for the continuance of a game.

My 'take' on Aexander's query is that it is an expression of an example of an unpublished "Confucius's Constant: Shit Happens".  It just takes one little stupid happenstance to screw some well-thought plan.

:)

Cheers,
Paul.

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