The phrase "Throws the kitchen sink" should actually be spelled as 'Kitchen Cinq,' 'cinq' being of course French for 5. In the Olympic cricket final of 1908, between England and France, one Stanley Kitchen needed to score quite quickly, but didn't want to risk lofting the ball over the field. His solution was to pick out the longest boundary and hit the ball with just enough power so that it didn't reach the boundary before the batsmen had run five. His success was such that the ploy was named after him."
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