Duck breakage

[AJP]

'Tis a play on a cricket term, my old bean. Should one fail to score any runs before one is given out, then one is said to have scored a 'duck'.

Breaking one's 'duck' means one has notched up a score.




Although I've no idea why cricket came up with the term.

I have been playing and following cricket all my life, and I have never heard this saying before...I don't think it has anything to do with cricket.

[Valve Bounce]

I have been playing and following cricket all my life, and I have never heard this saying before...I don't think it has anything to do with cricket.

You should ask the Poms - they know all about ducks. :

[SuperAguri]

Or rather, Geraint Jones

And yeah, thanks Valve , oh well, it was pointless even going anyway

I have been playing and following cricket all my life, and I have never heard this saying before...I don't think it has anything to do with cricket.

Hence the reason why I used the term '"tis a play on a cricket term".

"Breaking ones Duck" is itself not a cricket term, but is an extension of a phrase used in cricket.

[Bagwan]

Ducks are not afraid of crickets .
Ducks eat crickets for lunch .

I'm pretty sure the term comes from cricket farming , where "breaking one's duck" can save the farm .

The game of cricket also has it's roots on the farm , where they tied ducks wickedly(now a wicket) , and threw chunks of cricket food at them until they broke .

[agwiii]

Ducks are not afraid of crickets .
Ducks eat crickets for lunch .

I'm pretty sure the term comes from cricket farming , where "breaking one's duck" can save the farm .

The game of cricket also has it's roots on the farm , where they tied ducks wickedly(now a wicket) , and threw chunks of cricket food at them until they broke .

I think all know that crickets are raised on ranches, not farms.

[Mikeall]

Or rather, Geraint Jones

And yeah, thanks Valve , oh well, it was pointless even going anyway

Up until the third test he held the record for most test innings without a duck. Then he broke his duck of not breaking his duck by not breaking his duck in the first innings and followed it up with another duck, thereby breaking his duck of scoring a pair of ducks in a test match..

[tsarcasm]

check the OED, Oxford English Dictionary

[Bagwan]

check the OED, Oxford English Dictionary

Do you think that a reputable source ?
Check out the definition of "eclair" .

As to the "cricket ranch" or "cricket farm" issue , we in Canada call them farms .
"Ranch" is a salad dressing .

Geraint Jones owns a cricket farm just down the road from me . It's a bit too "disney" for me , though , with the gift shop and obsevation deck where you can watch the crickets go about daily activities , or swim in the pool at his "Duck inn" hotel .
So , I take it , he's also some kind of athlete as well ?

[agwiii]

Any sentient person knows that animals are raised on ranches, while plants are raised on farms. Then, there are the silly people that call buttermilk dressing "ranch." Rank.