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without troubling the scorers en · ADP

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  1. (informal) Describing the manner of the dismissal of a batsman who is out without scoring any runs
    • He was brought down to earth in Georgetown, however, ten days later, suffering the indignity of being run out without troubling the scorers in the victory over British Guiana. 2003, James P. Coldham, Lord Hawke: a cricketing legend:
    • Watson was caught and bowled for a fairly played eighteen, and Jardine again retired to the pavilion without troubling the scorers. 1890, The Cambridge Review:
    • Mark Waugh came and went without troubling the scorers, leaving Australia at a perilous 2/16 with one man on the way to hospital. 2001, Barry Gibbs, My Cricket Journey:
    • The PE teacher, the putative authority on all things sporting, went out, as they say, without troubling the scorers. 1993, Tom Raabe, Sports for the Athletically Impaired: