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’?