Champions - yet again!

For nearly 3 years, a team was in its bad time to the depth. They were facing all kind of miseries: on the field, off the field, in media, family problems, etc.

They were the champions for nearly 2 decades in cricket history. They have produced legends to this game of cricket. They were unbeatable and there were times even their squad in the bench can beat any international cricket playing XI!

Suddenly, as it happens in movies, as it happens to all in their lives, there came a major blow, as almost all of the players were retiring from cricket. Some were by force and some made way to the youngsters. The best part was, they all retired at their form were in peak!

Yes I'm talking about Australian cricket team.

The only seniors Aussies were having after 2009 were Ricky and Hussey. And they both announced their retirement; former on November 2012 and later on December 2012. Later, Australia's performances were widely talked and commented in all the Medias, as it will be the end of era for their capitalization in cricket for 20 years.

After the series win against Srilanka on December 2012, Aussies did not taste any victories until November 2013. They ended up in a draw with SA, another drawn series with NZ, which came after decades, and worse than these, they lost series of India and England in away.

The pain when you were at peak and fell off will be worse than any other wound you get. In that way, when Aussies got the things wrong, it was them even a cricket IL literal’s topic was.

Some individuals showed up their talents even when they were losing, but it was not coming as a whole from the team. But things suddenly started changing with the sacking of Micky Arthur and the announcement of new coach Darren Lehman.

The team introduced for the ongoing ashes is not different from the one which lost to England as 3-0. But what Clarke and Lehman did was, encouraging the patrol and giving them another chance to show up. Pup was confident of his mates, believed in their self-confident, and that made the story happened.

Rogers, Harris and Bailey and even some other guys in the playing XI are of the last years of cricket of their career. But still they found the fuel left in them and fired, to show the rivals England how capable they are to regain the ashes.

It’s the entire “Never say die” attitude which won them ashes.

There are few rises of the underdogs witnessed.

Davey Warner, with his T20 style aggressive batting and the off ground attitudes, he was almost not in the list for expecting 2 centuries and 2 fifties so far! He found the real Hayden in him, made a perfect opener role for tests. Way to go lad.

Secondly, Steve smith, with lots of pros and cons on his expectations of being the next captain of Aussies, he again showed up himself with the bat. He really battled well in the 3^rd test with a fine ton, his pull shots were lovely to watch. He is really matured enough and he is for sure not the kid smith anymore.

Then, cameo of Mitch Johnson. with his bowling and batting. He almost threatened Englishmen with his mustache and chin music bowling! He regularly touched 150kmph and hit the pitch hard with full hearted effort! Very aggressive with the bowling, and sometimes, verbally too (sledging guys ;) ).

The other bowlers, Siddle and Harris, gave Mitch the perfect support and hit the bowl in the right areas to give England no mercy. Nathan Lyon, was in his high form, far more better than his counterpart, Swann.

Not to forget, the captain, Michael Clarke, was performing as the real Michael we want. With that superb century in Adelaide, he led the way of aggressiveness. No doubt about it, Aussies are the only team that play aggressive cricket in tests and they love it! So do we, not?

So it’s the time back as we feel champions! It was a phoenix effort. They dogged down into low level, they had the time of transform, they fought hard to get back their glory, and finally they got it with a bang!

That is what a real Aussie is about, fight hard and party hard!

இது ஒரு மஞ்சள் இடுகை!!!

எப்பவுமே எனக்குப் பிடிச்ச மஞ்சள் அணியப் பற்றி இங்கிலிஷிலயே எழுதி எழுதி கடுப்பாயிற்றுது.... 

அதுதான் ஒரு மாறுதலுக்கு தமிழில எழுதுவம் எண்டு இறங்கியிருக்கிறன்...

மஞ்சள் அணி என்டா வேற ஒண்டுமில்ல அண்ணன்மாரே ... நம்மட சென்னை சுப்பர் கிங்ஸ்தான்...

நம்மட தல தோனி இன்டைக்கு ராஜஸ்தான வெண்டு கிழிக்கப் போறான் ... நான் சந்தோசமா புகழ் பாடப்போரன்...

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After the Match, We'll talk the rest :) :) :)

Rivalry War begins on 10th July....

As being in office without doing much work as we are at the last phase of the project, I find hell of free time. which made me thought of writing something from office :). I was in search of a topic for not more than half an hour(! you are idling boss! :P) which brought me the "ASHES".

those who know me properly would have thought of it because I'm a person with the first choice as cricket, beyond all other things! So, no wonder I took this topic as this period of year is about Ashes.

As how usually ashes will be, this year also it is as "one favorable team fighting with one underdogs". But as an Aussie fan, the bitter truth for me is, the favorable team is England!

Captain Cook's (oh ooh, not that cook :) ) army is very much stronger in all positions of their parade. If they do a whitewash, that would not be an astonishment, as the match venue is England, and they gonna play in full cricket conditions (hopefully a better pitch than of the CT's) and infront of the home supporters. They invented a 22 year old kid, Joe root to open the attack with Cook, which would be a fine show with clean sweeps and well driven cover-point boundaries.  the line up is followed up with Ian bell, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pieterson, Jonny Bairstow and the wicket keeper Matt prior. they all are in good form, only pieterson didn't play since 2013 march after the injury.

Their bowling department is arguably the strongest in the world now. They have the mighty Anderson as the wing lead of bowling attack, who has the subordinates Stuart Broad and Steve finn with Onions in the team. they are all speed and pace attackers who can hit the ball hard in the turf. with this, when the spin wizard swann joins, it all looks a champion's troop. they really are.

Therefore, the Ashes is 75% in the hand of Englishmen with the rooky fortress they have in the team.
Now we'll see the Kangaroos. They are really a minor side now in cricket. they were the champions of last 2 decades in cricket history, and now they are in the period of re-forming.
Pup guy (Clarke) has to show up his capability at it's peak, only then they can think of achieving something in England. he is the only player with most hundreds in the team now and he is in good shape despite his back pain. the other one to look for is the golden arm Watto (Shane Watson). having played 41 test matches, and so far he only hit 2 centuries, which shows his inability in the past to stay in the crease. If he stay and rotate the strike with the new "old" chap Chris rogers, who opens up the innings with him, then Aussies can do some merry. followed up by the openers, Phil Hughes and Ed Cowan has to find the rhythm still, then Michael has to come up and build the innings with either steve smith or with all rounder Faulkner. So the whole thing about the first four guys firing centuries. if 2 of them do that in the first 2 days, then rest can be capitalized by the inform captain and his quick fire mates :) . their bowling lineup is very much weak when compared to that of England's. Siddle, Starc and Bird Doing their job good, but they have to swing the bowl as how good the opponents are in it. Lyon would be handy than Doherty in English conditions.

A man on man comparison should be made as how they mark in football (hu hu hu :D )


Alister Cook        -   Michael Clarke
Ian Bell                -   Chris Rogers
Kevin Pieterson   -   Shane Watson
Joe Root               -   Steve Smith
Jonathan Trott      -   Ed Cowan
Jonny Bairstow    -   Phil Highes
Matt Prior            -   Brad Haddin
Jimmy Anderson -   Mitchel Starc
Stuart Broad        -   Peter Siddle
Grame Swann      -   Nathan Lyon
Steve Finn           -   Jackson Bird


In any comparison, England are way ahead of aussies. let's wait for 2 more days and read more from here.!!!

NUMBER SEVEN...

The series of numbers that stretches till infinity is simply magical! Numbers manifest themselves in various forms. They have gained importance in history in the form of important dates. School history is filled with dates of important wars, births, deaths and movements that revolutionized the world. Numbers are a part of geography when it comes to latitudes, longitudes, heights and depths of landmasses and water bodies. In science, numbers appear in chemical formulae in chemistry, measurements in physics and with various life forms in biology. Numbers continue their pursuit throughout college years and eventually become a part of daily life. In fact life itself is about counting, be it counting on people, counting bucks, counting days and counting years. In this long-lasting system of counting, we come across interesting facts about different numbers. Some numbers repeat, some never appear while some follow a certain pattern throughout our life. The number seven is one of those magical numbers, which continue to interest the masses. Let us look at some interesting facts about the number seven.

Mathematical Facts about the Number Seven

* Seven has the highest probability of occurring as an addition when rolling dice.
* The number seven is the fourth prime number as also a Mersenne prime, the first Woodall prime, the fourth factorial prime, the second lucky and the second safe prime.
* Seven is the only number below 15 that cannot be represented as a sum of the squares of three integers. Wondering all other numbers can be represented? You will have to check out and see!

Interesting Facts about the Number Seven

* There are seven wonders of the ancient world.
* There are seven continents in the world.
* There are seven colors of the rainbow. Their names are famously abbreviated as 'vibgyor'.
* There are seven days in a week.
* One of the most interesting facts about the number seven is its correlation with the cognitive abilities of a human being. The limits of human cognitive capacity lie within the range of 7 plus or a minus 2.
* There are seven basic musical notes, namely, 'do', 're', 'me', 'fa', 'so', 'la' and 'te'. In Indian music they are ‘sa’, ‘re’, ‘ga’, ‘ma’, ‘pa’, ‘dha’ and ‘ni’.
* Felix Vasquez, an employee of the New York City Housing Authority was born on July 7, 1977. He was the winner of the New York's Bronze Medallion for his brave act of saving a three-week old child. He became famous in New York for this courageous feat and appeared in many television interviews.

Facts about the Number Seven in Science and Technology

* A ladybug commonly has seven spots!
* Most of the mammals' necks have seven bones.
* The number of rows in the periodic table is seven.
* The neutral pH value that lies between acidity and alkalinity is seven.
* The code for international direct dial phone calls to Russia and Kazakhstan is seven. Seven is also the number of digits in an American or a Canadian telephone number.
* Digital devices use a seven-segment display.
* The OSI model has seven layers.
* There are seven logic gates namely, NOT, NOR, XNOR, XOR, AND, NAND and OR.

Facts about the Number Seven in Different Religions

* The Indian astronomy regards a constellation of seven stars as a group of its seven prominent saints. It denotes this constellation by the name, 'saptarishi mandalam'.
* Seven is also the number of stars in the constellation, Big Dipper.
* The number of celestial bodies visible to the naked eye is seven. The stellar objects visible to naked eyes are the Sun, the Moon and the five planets namely, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Earth is a stellar body but since we are on it, it is 'invisible' in the 'sky'.
* The roman number seven, VII signifies the seventh discovered satellite of a planet.
* In Christianity, the number seven has been made significant by the Seven Joys of Virgin Mary, the Seven Sorrows of Virgin Mary, the Seven Corporal and the Seven Spiritual Acts of Mercy of Roman Catholic. The number seven appears in the Seven last words of Jesus on the cross, the Seven Virtues and the Seven deadly sins.
* In the Islamic tradition, there are seven heavens and seven Earths. The numbers of fires in hell and the number of doors to both the heaven and the hell is also seven.

Now that you know about some amazing facts about the number seven, you can check if this magical number is lucky for you. For a fact, some numbers keep repeating in a person’s life. Some dates follow a particular pattern. It has been observed that there often exists a pattern in the dates of all the important dates in a person’s life. So, look back in time to see which number has followed you in life. Think. Was it ‘seven’?

Tribute to Mr. Cricket

For those who following cricket for long time and looking at Mike`s performances, they won`t say this is the right time for him to retire from tests... He can go miles with his brilliant form and the average of 50 approximately for the last 3 years or more... But, all of a sudden, he announced his retirement from test cricket, as the pink test in Sydney would be his last test he play for.

Mike Hussey, known as Mr. Cricket by his brilliancy, is not a Sachin nor Ponting. But whenever Australian team struggling, there he used to control the situation, take the challenge on his shoulders, and lead the team for victory number of times. He is without doubt a legend of Australian Cricket. One of the best players of the decade.

Take a Bow Hussey Boy, for the unbelievable decision you took when you are on peak of form! Of course, You are not Sachin or Ponting to retire by force :)

Love you. Expecting you to play ODIs and T20s to victim your glory of cricket!

Bid farewell.