I suspect that "knots" was supposed to be "noughts", a.k.a zeros. That is, the last few times the 100-point batsman was at bat, he got struck out without scori

I suspect that "knots" was supposed to be "noughts", a.k.a zeros. That is, the last few times the 100-point batsman was at bat, he got struck out without scoring any points. Is he washed up? I don't think it's a very useful analogy. :)