“Maiden” succinctly conveys both the rarity/remarkability (early use of the word also meant “first”) and the untouched state. It survived because it was concise, vivid, and already familiar in phrases like “maiden voyage.” Over time it became formalized: laws and statistical conventions now record maidens as a standard bowling statistic.
The scorecard is untouched by the scorers. Hence 'maiden'. Idea was right but not bat and ball, but pen and scorecard (more particularly run grid part of it ). :)
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“Maiden” succinctly conveys both the rarity/remarkability (early use of the word also meant “first”) and the untouched state. It survived because it was concise, vivid, and already familiar in phrases like “maiden voyage.” Over time it became formalized: laws and statistical conventions now record maidens as a standard bowling statistic.
The scorecard is untouched by the scorers. Hence 'maiden'. Idea was right but not bat and ball, but pen and scorecard (more particularly run grid part of it ). :)
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