Hard Work‚ Luck and Dedication Malcolm Gladwell‚ a writer for the magazine New Yorker‚ once stated an important point. “It isn’t sheer talent that distinguishes most super achievers…” he said. He also went on to say ‚ “The Beatles rocked‚ but they might never have achieved stardom if they hadn’t lucked into a Hamburg gig that forced them to play together for hundreds of hours a month…” Mr. Gladwell is right in my mind in the sense that some people do not reach the success they could achieve‚ simply
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“Thanks for the ride Dad‚” I said as I grabbed my flag bag and my luminescent orange water jug‚ slamming the car door behind me. As his car sped off‚ I realized that it really wasn’t very cold out‚ considering it was almost November. I was glad that I had decided to wear a T-shirt and leggings. I dropped my flag bag into its usual spot‚ between the white parking line and our junior captain’s bags. I was one of the first ones there‚ which was pretty unusual‚ considering I was normally late most of
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Indies during the first half of the 20th century. Cricket today‚ as it has been said many times‚ is not what it used to be. Unfortunately many young West Indians know very little of what is once was and what it stood for‚ they take for granted the techniques and its origins. The level of West Indies cricket has been diluted due to the increase of tourism and fast paced games. However there are many West Indians who hold strong to the fact that cricket is part of our culture and heritage. This archipelago
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Far from marking the end of nationalism‚ the IPL is the ultimate triumph of that principle: a global tournament in which the same nation always wins.” ― Gideon Haigh Good morning dear teachers and my dear friends. The topic that has been given to me for the ICSE English language orals is: Have the foreign players restricted the inclusion of rising Indian players in the IPL? All of us know that the Indian Premier League comprises eight teams. In each team‚ out of the eleven cricketers‚ four
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Test cricket is the longest form of sport of cricket.It consists of four innings‚which now a days last upto five days.The origin of the name test stems from long‚gruelling match being a test of the relative strength of both oi sides.The indian preimere league is a proffesional league for twenty20 cricket.It is cureently contested by nine teams‚consisting players from all around the world.Top indian and international players take part in ipl‚contributing to world’s richest tournament • indian
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Sister Nivedita‚ he used to be the finest writer on cricket in Bengali. Basu can be described in the same vein as John Arlott evaluated Neville Cardus– as ‘the first writer to evoke cricket; to create a mythology out of the folk hero players; essentially to put the feelings of ordinary cricket watchers into words’.[1] Basu joined Shibpur Dinabandhu College as a lecturer in Bengali literature in 1953 and soon started coaching the college cricket team.[2] His next workplace was the University of Calcutta
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To what extent has advertising and merchandising changed the face of cricket? Introduction Advertising now days has reached its peak‚ to a level that brands are being associated with products or services which may not even relate their identity. For example products today‚ such as shampoo‚ biscuits and even beauty creams have stared associating themselves with sports. Considering that‚ cricket plays a major role in endorsement of these products as the following and viewership of cricketing events
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Garrett Lones Lones-1 My Hobby Bowling‚ bowling‚ bowling‚ my only alternative to life. I love to bowl. Nobody on the face of this Earth can stop me from picking up a bowling ball. That would be like trying to stop a hurricane. Bowling is a very tough sport. Bowling involves hand and eye coordination‚ timing‚ speed and most of all the law of physics. To be a good bowler you must include
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When I first received this assignment‚ I had no clue on who I admired enough to profile‚ especially since family members and friends were off limits. Just thinking about focusing my time and energy into one person made me stressed out beyond my limits. I always felt that people were nothing special; from one person to the next everyone is equal. Then I started recalling memories from this past summer and how one person changed my view on the sport that I love and ultimately life. On June 2-3rd
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I belong to that classification of people known as husbands. I am a husband. Not too long ago‚ while I was mowing the lawn‚ I was thinking about it and decided that I too‚ want a husband. Why do I want a husband? I want a husband whose whole life revolves around me. Everything he does or says should have some significance to me in one way or another. He should put me at the center of his life and I should always be first on his list. Not his friends‚ not his siblings‚ and definitely not his
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