Day 35 - Pacy Ozzie Cup!

Well, all the other pretenders contenders were shown their place by the Aussies!

In a 45-day span, their pacers terrorized the opponent batsmen; their batsmen hustled, bustled and blasted the opposition; their fielders seemed omnipresent resulting in a fantastic over-powering performance from the gold-and-green!

I see another long dominant decade by the Australians.

Spare a thought for the Kiwis. They played a very attractive (read as attacking) brand of cricket - though I would say that Brendon McC did the corporate thing of giving his vision sufficient air-time for people to go gaga over! Not that Clarke wasn't as attacking as Brendon
was :-)

G-Section:

They don't call these as Sweepstakes for nothing.

Siva* hit the jackpot in the last leg and has leap-frogged to the top of the pole!!

Congratulations to all the winners: Siva*, Rambo, Vishal and Shanky! Yes, all the four guys who ended up with a positive balance will get a book prize!

Settlement details via a separate email to the respective participants.

Q-Section:

The bumper issue of questions drew some interesting responses.

Q30 - Remember Shakti is the answer. John 'Mahavishnu' McLaughlin, Mandolin maestro (late) U Shrinivas (one of his pieces was in Eat Pray Love), Ustad Zakhir Hussain (arey hujoor, wah taj boliye!), Shankar Mahadevan (one of the music directors of KANK),  V Selvaganesh (music director of VKK) [AngelAsh, Bhuvana - 5 points each]

Q29 - John Lillywhite and Darrell Hair are the two great umpires who got embroiled in the controversy of no-balling 'errant' bowlers. One for overarm bowling and the other for throwing. And the story of how the overarm bowling came about due to female wardrobe impediment avoidance is delightful on its own. The second picture is a zoomed up version of a hair. [Raghav (3), AngelAsh (4)]

Q28 - Those graceful dancers are Siddis. They had settled in India who moved to India having descended from Southeast Africa. [Guru, AngelAsh, Raghav - 3 points each]

Q27 - Listen and watch this beautiful Sanskrit song by Sa Dingding supposedly the only Sanskrit Pop singer around. And the lyrics are: The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra [Good one, SriG ;-)]

So at the end of the mandala-long event, here are the Winners of Q-Section:

Have to say that AngelAsh and Raghav kept me on my toes throughout. Admirable trait, young people! Guru was steady as usual and the surprise package was the fourth-place winner - she would search for the answers in such innovative manner that Google apparently are planning to reach her for search optimization and analytics :-) 

Pure, unadulterated fun! Congratulations folks!!!

I always say that the Q-Section is 'the' fun part from my perspective and this installment has not been an exception either.

I will reach out to all the participants and winners separately.

So Long, and Thanks for all the FUN!

Day 34z - Before the finals!

Martin Crowe has written a wonderful emotional piece in Cricinfo citing the rivalry between New Zealand and Australia. A tear-jerker par excellence!

Then Matt Hayden writes what every arm-chair critic says about the size of MCG and how the Kiwis will be caught somewhere between the 30-yard circle and 50% of the ground whenever they try to go aerial. The response to that has been really epic! #MCGsobig rocks with that final nail by @toby_etc !

Baz wants India to support him. Indians want to support him. Aussies want everyone to support them as it is Clarke's last ODI. The only person/institution still after MSD is @TimesNow! #ShameOnTimesnow

Good luck for a cracker of a game today!

G-Section:

Entries Closed!!

Q-Section:

Today is the last quiz installment of GQ-15.

So to enjoy that, there is a bumper set of four questions. Yes, you read it right, 4 questions!

That is 16 points in the fray! Take your time to claim some bragging rights!

Thanks to Rambo and Raghav for suggesting two of them. They get 3 points each for suggesting them. (I almost feel like Dumbledore - '3 points to Griffindor!')


Q27: [4 points]


Watch this Youtube video.

(Music copyright: USM Japan)

Who sang it? What language? What is the song about?

No connection; no breaking the nut; no need to peer through the pictures for the clues!


Q28: [3 points] Thanks to Rambo.

Who are these nice dancers? What is their purported connection to the gentleman?

Q29: [4 points]

What is the controversial cricketing connection between these two pictures?

Q30: [5 points] Thanks to Raghav.

When he saw these five pictures together he was reminded of the power of music. How so?

Answers to the usual place.

(The usual place is my email address/FB PM/Whatsapp; details at http://sribees.blogspot.sg/2015/02/gq-15-here-we-come.html)

Day 34 - Gold and Out!

Australia played an ODI which MSD would have been proud of. Very, actually. Now, all they need is to repeat this on Sunday to regain the trophy that they last held in West Indies.

In the end, India was put in its place. 7-0 and 70 wickets not withstanding, India was just a bit under-cooked, especially today. Bad toss to lose. Worse batting to bowl to. Worst bowling to face. Result: 95 run loss!

Steven Smith was amazing. Every time he has batted in this world cup - or for that matter this whole season, he seemed be batting on a separate pitch against a significantly inferior bowling. Captains lose their plot; bowlers lose their line/length/pace/control; fielders forget to field; spectators forget to close their mouths! There, your daily dose of hyperbole!

Tail-piece: Twitterati are having a field day that Virat Kohli's heartthrob Anushka went all the way to Sydney to support him for that "1" run! Talk about cruelty on our heroes!

G-Section:

Look who has hit the jackpot with the correct margin guess! Rambo!!! Swept it all away to reach the top!

Guesses for the finals are welcome!

150 credits at stake!

You deserve a lottery like Rambo ;-)

Australia vs New Zealand @ Melbourne by 1100 SGT 29th March Sunday

And the default entry shall be:

Australia wins by 1-30 runs / 4-5 wickets / Australia takes more wickets / 8-11 sixers

Q-Section:

Those funny spellings are from one of the most famous documents of the world - The US Declaration of Independence. The most stylish signer of them all was John Hancock. 



Now John Hancock Financial (just named after the big man and not related to him - is 'eponymous' the word that I am looking for, Jeeves?) has a motto of "the future is yours".

Raghav gets the full 3. AngelAsh gets 2 as I had to guide her a bit and Siva* gets 1 as he went upto the declaration.

Good show, guys!

Q27 will be published on Saturday before the Finals.

Guesses to the usual place.

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Day 33 - Kiwi Midas Touch!

Finally, a nail-biter at Auckland!

Right from the word go, there were nerves on display. Boult's first over went for 10 runs. Inside the first ten minutes, two catches were dropped by the black caps. Run out chances missed; mis-fields happened; more catches dropped; Big Mac as usual almost bowled all his top bowlers by the 40th over - you were left wondering whether it is going to be SA's day finally.

Then the rain.
Overs reduced.
Suddenly Big Mac's finish-'em-by-40 seemed to be a master-stroke (MSD will say 'fluke!')
Chasing 300 in 43 is easier than chasing 350 in 50, albeit the run rates are same!

And Big Mac was typical in his response. Quick-fire half-century. Funny that we say quick-fire for 50s these days; it used to be for 20s and 30s :-)

But the small Eden Park ground meant that no total is safe there. Couple that with such a wet ground. Tribute to Tahir for confounding the Kiwis through-out; especially that maiden to Guptill!

Boundaries flowed. Catches dropped. Run-outs went abegging. I personally counted that Elliott was dropped twice and was spared from run-outs twice as well. Morkel was electric. ABdV was adequate. But in the end, all it required was a length ball to be dished up. Steyn obliged. Elliott accepted. Game over.

MSD used to say that in such tight situations, just make it as 'bowler vs batsman and let their individual mental fortitude take care of the duel. Unfortunately for the Proteas, Steyn ended up second today.

SA will look back and rue Steyn's lack of form and an unfit Philander. And where was Kyle Abbott? There is only so much that the bastmen can do to bail out a team time and again. Ask India on how it used to feel until Feb 14th :-)

PS: Please ask Ian Smith to shut up! Whenever he was on air, the other two commentators were just quiet not because they did not have anything to say; but because Smith simply out-shouted them! If ever there was a one-sided commentary then it was from Ian Smith today! He acted as if he was still on the ground!

G-Section:

Funny that SA took more wickets than NZ; put it to vagaries of the game due to rain!

Rambo and Siva* managed to clean the kitty today.

Now for the second semi-finals.

Australia vs India @ Sydney by 1100 SGT on 26/March Thursday

And the default entry would be:

Australia wins by 31-60 runs / 4-5 wickets / Australia taking more wickets / 8-11 sixers

Reasons for the same tomorrow!

Q-Section:

Here is Qn. No. 26 of GQ'15.

The Brittish hath shewn compleat disregard!
Thus spake the document - more or less!
Give the motto of the company named after the stylish signer.

3 points.

Guesses to the usual place.

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Day 32a - HUGE loss before the semis!

(c) TIME - paraphrased their tagline

A swamp.
A poisoned river.
No hinterland to fall back on.
Nobody wants you.
You have the proverbial 'one ringgit' in your pocket.
People expect you to fail miserably and worse still, go back groveling.

Enter left: Harry Lee Kuan Yew. 

Shows the emotion to cry on the separation.
Shows the courage to accept the challenge of separation.
Shows the gumption to chase his 'practical'  dreams.
Shows the vision to drive not just the country but the entire region. 

If Deng Xiaoping copied LKY to wake up the Chinese dragon and drag millions out of poverty, then Singapore can hold her head high to have taught the behemoth a trick or two! Thanks to the favourite son!

Sounds like a movie script from any one of the -woods of the world?
After all, reel follows real,doesn't it?

I will not say 'Rest in Peace Mr Lee Kuan Yew'. He was the man who said once: 

“Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.”

That is the hallmark of a man who had Singapore as his 'abiding passion'!

And in typical fashion, someone asked today, 'Will there be a holiday since he passed away?'

What for?

Precisely the antithesis of a phenomenon called 'Lee Kuan Yew'.

Work hard, folks!

G-Section:

In a fight between two very very equal teams at Auckland, there is history that beckons both NZ and SA. And SA has something to pay back for last edition's quarter-final choke. With no Milne, NZ are going to be a bit short-handed on the bowling front. Though Southee, Boult and Vettori have been amazing, there is quite a bit of fire power with SA to exploit bowlers 4, 5 and 6!

On the other hand, Kane Williamson is due for a big one. So is Ross Taylor. Lip-smacking to see Steyn and Morkel causing some havoc!

New Zealand vs South Africa @ Auckland by 0845 SGT

Default entry:

South Africa wins by 1-30 runs/4-5 wickets & SA takes maximum wickets / 12++ sixers

Send in your entries. It is 100 credits for the semis!

Q-Section:

No question today. Next question on Wednesday evening before the second semi!

Guesses to the usual place.

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Day 32 - MartiAn Guptill lands!

Today was the Battle of Cake Tin between the hobbits and the orcs. Hobbits thrashed orcs as expected. I usually love the orcs for their joie de vivre. But today it was noticeably absent!

The Kiwi-Gandalf aka the Martian-with-only-two-left-toes Guptill wielded his staff with supreme authority. At the innings break, the West Indians were so deflated that the Windy City of Wellington had an extra swirl of wind!

In this tournament, watching the New Zealanders bat, bowl, field and bond is so refreshing.

Every ball batted has been faced with the express intent of scoring and not blocking. Every bowl bowled was delivered with the keen intent of securing a wicket - mind you, not purchasing but securing!
Every ball that went to the out-field was chased with the unique intent of saving that run. 
As a result you see a team that is redefining cricket in an endearing way, sans the bullying that one associates with Australia or South Africa. As a corollary, they seem to have taken the pressure of playing at home much more easily than the Aussies.

The proof of the pudding of this 'Kiwism' was the TUI catch by Vettori today to dismiss Samuels. Poor Samuels, as it is he was hoping that the ground would open up and swallow him after he dropped Guptill when the Martian was on 4 - yes, you read that right, 4! To add a plethora of insults to that injury worth 233 runs, that one-handed blinder by Vettori! In the bargain, Vettori gained a few TUI orange t-shirts :-)

The West Indies innings was fabulous and met the run-rate throughout. There was a small problem of losing wickets regularly and also in clusters! Gayle showed some spunk and that was it.

So, the semis are settled nicely - 1 vs 2 and 1 vs 2. About 1.2 billion populace and a few million sheep want it to be a '1 vs 1' next Sunday. Let us see.

Q-Section:

That was a gentle half-volley. 3 points to Bhuvana, AngelAsh and Raghav.

The pretty lady in question is Manorama, the evergreen humour queen of Tamil cinema. 

The quiz position seems to be quite steady.

No question until Monday evening before the semi-final#1.
Enjoy the respite!

G-Section:

Today's game was kind to Siva* and Rambo.
More changes in the positions.

You can send in the guesses for the semis. Each semi is 100 credits worth.

Guesses to the usual place.

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Day 31 - Warp Speed Wahabi!

Pakistan's batting gives you the creeps. Their fielding is a good case-study for lotteries. Their discipline is a joke. So are their birth certificates. But their bowling? Right at the top of the world along with similar faculties displayed by Barcelona, Yankees, New England Patriots...

In today's quarter-final, they had the good luck of winning the toss. Scored an almost-paltry 213 which would have been enough - just barely, if the lotteries are won and the jokes light up the audience.

Wahab Riaz continued with where he left off against SA. His pace is something that is an envy to everyone except the batsmen facing him; today Watson was so scarred that I will be surprised that had he been a cat, he would have lost eight of his nine lives already! (Well, the ninth one is reserved for Umesh Yadav ;-)

If Morkel roughed up Angelo the other day, today Riaz roughed up Watson so much he looked like a sandpaper at the end of it all. Spare a thought for this young man - who would have been on the winning side had that catch been taken.

And Smith seemed to be batting on the moon - one-sixth the gravity and practically had all the time he wanted!

That sets up a mouth-watering semi-final @ Sydney next Thursday.

Meanwhile, saw Rohit's no-ball controversy. Sipping tea & reclining comfortably at home, I could say that it wasn't a no-ball. Not when 50000 people are braying in a high-pressure game. Trust me, umpiring can be a very lonely profession. Read somewhere that Dar and Gould are considering legal action against that joker who is the ICC president. They should.

G-Section:

Tomorrow's game may be the ultimate banana-peel for New Zealand. West Indies could cause a fantastic upset - all they have to do is look for inspiration in their own dressing room. There is that seven-foot giant called Curtly Ambrose...

New Zealand vs West Indies @ Wellington Cake Tin by 0830 SGT

And the default entry is:

New Zealand wins by 31-60 runs / 1-3 wickets / NZ max wickets / 8-11 sixers

Status after today's quarter-final has shifted the positions around a bit.

Q-Section:

Raghav came back with the right answer.

Lee Kuan Yew - Singapore's founding father and the 1st Prime Minister of the island nation.

And for today's question.

Another personality. Who is this beautiful lady? [3 points]

Answers and guesses to the usual place.

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Day 30 - Blue Bouncers!

In an ideal world, you would expect the team batting first score a 300+ total; then restrict the opponent by taking early wickets and asphyxiate them with tight bowling and win the game.

India were in that ideal world, as much as Sri Lanka were not in at all yesterday and Bangladesh was that zone exactly for 18 overs right after the mandatory power-play. Then the Rohit & Raina Express took off to take the game away from the tigers. Rohit particularly was sublime and mature bundled together. As usual, he was like the drunken surgeon who on the rare occasions of sobriety will work miracles with his dexterity! (there, two -ty words in a sentence!)

As usual, the Indian bowling stepped up fabulously. The pitch at the G supposedly has a good dent around the short-of-length area! India dished up so many bouncers, that there is a scarcity of bouncers in all the bars of Melbourne tonight ;-)

So, India moves on to Sydney; no business class tickets for MSD and Co., for that short flight. At least they have a week to recover!

So long, Bangladesh! You did well. But Mashrafe need not have lost his cool so much during the game. Learn from the master in the opposite camp!

And a word about the commentary on Star. Continuous dirges by Sanjay & Nasser coupled with Dean Jones evidently plugging for an IPL slot...aaargh!

Q-Section:

Probably a tad too tough.

Think Chinese names but not a person from China. Still 3 points on.

G-Section:

Tomorrow's game:

Australia vs Pakistan @ Adelaide by 1100 SGT

And the default entry will be as follows.

Australia wins by 31-60 runs / 1-3 wickets / Australia takes max wickets / 12++ sixers in the game

So, if you don't want to follow my guess and lose points, send that guess now!

At the end of QF2, Raghav and Vishal (this guy is on such a roll - hard to catch him now IMHO!) cleaned up the pool.

Answers and guesses to the usual place.

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Day 29 - Ch... Ch... Ch... SA!

(c) Getty Images/espncricinfo

They CHallenged.
They CHased.
They CHoked - for a change not their own jugular, but the collective jugulars of 20 million and change Sri Lankans!

Everything that could go wrong, went wrong for SL.
Except for the bad neck that Steyn got after that Dilshan-dismissal-celebratioon, everything went right for SA! Quinton de Knocked today. Bowlers planned well. That over by Morkel to Angelo somewhere around the 30-over mark kind of summed up the entire effort from both teams.

And to top it all, SL lost out 70% of their batters to spinners. A Duminy hat-trick? What has the world come down to ??

Good-bye Sanga, Mahela and Dilshan! You entertained us all. Thank you very much!

Finally, SA got that monkey off their back - losing every knock-out game in a World Cup until today! Still feel that they are not yet ready for the final fling!

G-Section:

Someone told me that if I had taken part in the G-Section myself, I would have been -3000 credits just based on my Sri Lankan bias yesterday. He has a point though!

And the default entry worked ;-)

So for tomorrow's game:

India vs Bangladesh @ Melbourne by 1100 SGT

And the default entry will be as follows.

India wins by 1-30 runs / 1-3 wickets / India takes max wickets / 4-7 sixers in the game

So, if you don't want to follow my guess and lose points, send that guess now!

Q-Section:

That was an easy one. 

Schrodinger's Cat


Watch it. Quite interesting.


Of course Schrodinger's Cat is a Linux distribution code under Fedora (the hat!) Operating System. That version went out of support in Jan 2015. The yellow implement is a Gieger Counter and HCN is the deadly poison that the cat would be consuming if even an atom decays in that chamber!


AngelAsh, ManiacG and Raghav got it right. Good show folks.


Today's question:


Who is 'Plum Light Dazzle', orientally speaking? Famous personality. [ 3 points]

Answers and guesses to the usual place.

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Day 28a - Knock'em off!

There! I have jinxed them!

The first quarter-final of CWC15 is less than 18 hours away.

Sri Lanka vs South Africa @ Sydney by 1100 SGT

The guys from Tenerism are definitely that. Purveyors of delight! With a fantastic four at the top - Thirimanne, Dilshan, Sanga, Mahela to be the proverbial Galle fort wall, the green waves of Protean pace bowling will be safely negotiated to begin with and then conquered. Remember this was the team that gave the jitters to a 370-defending Ozzies a week ago at the same place.

Poor ABdV, he will again complain about playing away @ Sydney, which will turn blue tomorrow.

If anything, I will worry about the Lankan bowling, which is more than under-cooked after Malinga is negotiated. Herath's absence will be felt.

Intra-game jousts to salivate on: Dilshan vs Roussow; Sanga vs Morkel; Mahela vs Tahir; Malinga vs ABdV. Delicious!

So...

G-Section:

The default guess will be:

Sri Lanka wins / 1-3 wkts / 1-30 runs / SL takes max wickets / 8-11 sixers in the game

If you differ violently or otherwise, please send in your entry by 1100 SGT.

Q-Section:

Onto our next port of call in the quiz journey.

When did the animal (?) associated with the following pictures die?  I die when I stop using.

3 points.

Answers and guesses to the usual place.

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Day 28 - ¼ -- ½ --1!

Finally the marathon is over.

Pakistan, especially Umar Akmal, caught everything - 4 catches! Unbelievable!
Ireland started well but whimpered to the end. It was finally the Anniyan Pakistan that turned up!

West Indies played like zombies. Ate everything in sight for the first hour or so! After that went to sleep. Sammy fought - with Holder that is! Gayle was laughing from the pavilion. It is amazing that this cricket team is still in the competition!

Quote of the weekend: "Our employers are waiting for us!" by the UAE captain. Sets them apart, doesn't it?

At the end of the pool, ICC was probably right. Number of meaningless games from a standing perspective. Two upsets in 42 games! 8 out of 42, if you consider India's double hat-trick ;-)

Now onto the quarters.

G-Section:

We shall increase the credits at stake for the knock-outs as follows

Quarter-Finals: 75 credits

Semi-Finals: 100 credits

Finals: 150 credits

For the existing participants, NO additional money is involved.

If you want to join fresh for the knock-outs alone, you shall contribute SGD 20 to charity!

However, you are required to guess for ALL the knock-out games.

If I don't get a guess from a participant, then I will use a default entry that shall be published the day before the game! So, get your guessing hats on & don't be at my mercy!

Jabardastee? Of course!! ;-)

Current status of the points (including the effect of QF guesses!) is as follows:

(What happened in matches #41 and #42)

(What happened in the QF line up guesses!)

Q-Section:

AngelAsh is banging her head against the wall somewhere in East Europe for not answering this easy one earlier.

Well, an upside-down SUSAN (Boyle) = NASUS which is the medical term for nose, the organ that Surpanaka lost in her attempt to seduce Ram-Lakhan.

2 points scored.

Next question tomorrow. And the top-3 have opened up a nice little gap up there!

Enjoy the rest! Get rejuvenated. Seven more games to ultimate glory!!

Day 28 - MS 'Dhool' Dhoni!

My anarchist dictionary has this following entry for Dhool:

Dhool

adjective -  rocking, awesome; ety: Chennai Tamil slang

noun 

1. A block-buster Tamil movie from the noughties

2. A 'wannabe' reality Tamil dance competition show in Singapore Vasantham TV

So you know that MSD rocks, is awesome and belts out block-busters regularly! No, he is not a 'wannabe'. He is the real deal!

Within a span of a few seconds @ 4:45 pm SGT today, there were two sixers hit about 2500 km apart in Hobart and Auckland. Both the sixers sealed two high-pressure games for two very good teams who have the potential to go all the way - except that they are most likely to meet in the semis itself :-(

Australia had the bigger pressure to fight against nature - no, definitely not the Scots! That was needed as they probably wanted to avoid SA in the QF. Actually, I would have preferred to play SA rather than the mercurial Paks! You never know, which one would turn up on a given day - Anniyan or Ambi! (from another blockbuster by Vikram)

India did everything to the T. First allowed a dream batting finale for Taylor. Got a 6/6 in all-out stakes. Made sure that the top-order got out early to create the artificial pressure. Raina tried to give Sir Jadeja some batting practice (but volcano Masa did not oblige!). Pressured Taylor to set strange fields - fine-leg and third-man up for so long! Wrote another MSD-is-the-coolest chapter. 6/6 indeed!

Speaking of writing, Saurav was heard on air, "I hope that Dhoni writes about his field placements in his book!" This was in response to a bye-wicket-keeper position that MSD persisted with, when Taylor and Williams were whacking the spinners!

G-Section:

Look out for the knock-out G-Section approach on Monday!

Interesting that more people guessed for the Aus vs Sco game than the India game. Worried about jinxing the blues, perhaps?

Tomorrow's games are key for the final standings - naturally. West Indies has to fight against nature and Gayle's back. The battle of greenies (yet another one!) will be fun to watch!

UAE vs West Indies @ Napier by 0530 SGT 

(rain, rain, go away!)

Ireland vs Pakistan @ Adelaide by 1100 SGT 

(can't come again another day!)

Get your guesses for the last pool-stage games on!

Q-Section:

Was it so tough? 
Ok. Question open till tomorrow.
Here is the additional clue for 2 points.

What did Surpanaka lose that has a connection to the upside-down picture?

Answers and guesses to the usual place.

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