The deep end (in which the author goes swimming and thinks he’s Rannulph Fiennes)

I've heard Australian cricket commentators use a brilliant phrase for a certain type of batsman, a player who takes risks, who reasons that while the odds may be against him, the rewards (and the fun) are high. The Australian commentators say "he's not going to die wondering" about a player like this.

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