in reply to Working on hash slice

Another way to do it, probably a bit slower: 
my %score = map { push @bowled, shift @bowled; $_ => $bowled[-1] } @pl
+ayers;

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map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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