My mother tongue is Tamil. Being a classic language, it has a saying for almost any occasion that you can imagine. One such saying is: அளவுக்கு மிஞ்சினால் அமுதமும் நஞ்சு! (and one of the web translators came up with this epic: Septic! If excess elixir!)
Roughly translated by human beings, it means: an excess of something can turn out to be detrimental for your health/well-being. Any English equivalent?
This saying came to my mind repeatedly during today's game between the Proteas and Shamrocks. With so much of fire-power at their disposal, it was no wonder SA got another 400+ score and a 200+ margin victory.
Amla and Faf enjoyed those drops and Amla even went ahead to complete an arm-pit catch - talk about rubbing salt on your wounds...
All these drubbings mean that only ICC will be happy in the end: "I told you so!"
Apparently, Steyn's home in Cape Town is in danger of being razed down by mountain fires. He showed some part of that fire during his first spell.
Another tough day for the umpires - three missed edges. Oh, the twitterati is agog!
G-Section:
I don't know how people could have guessed the runs-margin and the sixers-count as anything but 91+ and 12++ when SA is batting in the pool stages? Still people do and then lose credits!
Tomorrow's double header is more likely to hearten ICC than anyone else. Still as inveterate guessers your choice is only to guess the outcome :-)
Pakistan vs UAE @ Napier by 0830 SGT
Australia vs Afghanistan @ Perth by 1400 SGT
Q-Section:
AngelAsh gets it (Did you say, "Tell me something new!" ?). 4 points.
But for two points, I will keep the question for one more day with the following clue:
Think Indian Dance Rhythms. And I am looking for a four letter word - no not that!
Answers and guesses to the usual place.
(The usual place is my email address/FB PM/Whatsapp; details of rules/ranges etc., are at http://sribees.blogspot.sg/2015/02/gq-15-here-we-come.html)
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