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Silly Notions

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Yesterday was a usual day at work. I boarded the bus back home at my regular timing and reached my stop quite happily. Sometimes when you are being squashed between people and traffic adds to your misery, you tend to get sad. Well, it didn’t happen yesterday. There’s a small walk from the stop to my place (some call it a long walk, I guess it depends!). While walking back, I had my earphones plugged-in with music playing at 70% volume. Just like it routinely is, every day. Source - Whoa.in All of a sudden, my eyes picked a stubby black kitten on the left side of the road. In a flash, it went to the other side. The “known fiend” had crossed my path! Sadly, there’s no book which compares the efficacy of the evil powers of cats and kittens. I am assuming they are equally powerful. I am not someone who’d wait for someone else to pass such a scenario. I kept walking. I must admit, the cat thing was still in my head. Computational scientists estimate human storage capacity...

Non-Striker's End

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We all witnessed a spectacle this year. Arguably, the best one day international in history of cricket. Though the competitors were Englishmen and Kiwis, in the nick of time, it was nerve wrecking for the entire world. When I call the game to mind, I remember Ben stokes and Mark Wood at the crease, Ben taking stance and two runs to be scored of the last delivery.  Match Day :  Jul 14, 2019 23:30 IST Pic coutesy : Sports News XYZ Stress level up to  200% Trent Boult grips the ball and starts running with  serious pace. Two runs needed of the last ball. Boult delivers a full-toss (anti-climax :p) “That's knocked towards long-on. 1 run – completed. Neesham collects and throws the ball, Wood running towards the danger end, Boult whips off the bails. Out!” Hearts stopped! The game too. Not for long though. A thrilling super over was on its way! The game did go right down the wire and as we all know, England prevailed in t...