OK, I clearly misunderstood and you have cleared up my misunderstanding, for which I thank you. My major omission was not fully thinking through the implications of the winner being the one to pay the rake, and thus paying rake representing something good having happened.
Thank you also for your comment on Facebook comparing cricket scoring and cricket statistics, another distinction I had not properly grasped.
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Date: 2010-08-21 10:54 pm (UTC)Thank you also for your comment on Facebook comparing cricket scoring and cricket statistics, another distinction I had not properly grasped.