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review 2020-05-17 04:43
Some Adventure and A Lot of Science
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Walter James Miller (Translator), Frederick Paul Walter (Translator),Jules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues is science fiction in the sense that it is a work of fiction that is loaded with scientific details. Verne must have done a tremendous amount of research to prepare for this novel. He supplies so many classification details about sea life and underwater plant life and so many technical details about the oceans, seas, and currents that sometimes it starts to bog down the narrative. Verne was a great author of adventure stories, but if you want to read Twenty Thousand Leagues as an adventure you can read the first quarter of the novel and then skip to the last quarter. The middle section is a long scientific expedition, but when the action starts up again it is exciting.

 

The edition I read is an interesting one. Published in 1993 by the Naval Institute Press, the translator states that he restored a quarter of the 1870 French text that had been omitted from previous English translations. He says older editions emphasized the adventure aspects of the novel and edited out a lot of the scientific detail. As stated above, I have mixed feelings about the restoration. Rather than a hack translation, it may have represented some judicious editing of a text that kind of drags in the middle.

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text 2020-05-02 11:07
Fantasy Cricket – Forgotten History of Cricket in USA

We have given our heart to the cricket sport and daily fantasy cricket games. The new 11Wickets app proves our love for the cricket. This ancient sport, cricket shouts out loud its fascinating history from different corners of the planet. United States of America is one of them.

It is widely believed that England has popularized cricket as a sport and has taken over to other nations. It is normally believed that United States of America does not take active part in this sport or play fantasy cricket. However, United States of America has a cricket team which is an associate of ICC.

Since United States of America was also a colony of British Empire, Cricket was played by British colonists in North America by the start of the 18th century. It is often called the first arranged team sport and the 1st major team game in America.

Cricket in America

Cricket in America operates by the United States of America Cricket Association, whose performance is lessened by modest funds due to cricket’s insufficient popularity compared to other American sports. Cricket in America is not as popular as baseball and is the least popular in all commonwealth nations. A few reasons for this are –

Baseball is a bit very much like cricket as it is likewise played with bat and ball. However it is brief and from 20th century it has eclipsed cricket and its recognition is increasing. An additional reason was that in 1909 when the ICC was actually organized as the Imperial Cricket Conference it had been open only to Commonwealth nations and therefore ruled out the US from taking part in the sport at the greatest level.

The U.S. presented its international tournament debut at the 1979 World Cup qualifier in England.

Lately in April 2018, the ICC granted complete Twenty20 International (T20I) status to every one of its members. For that reason, all Twenty20 games played between the United States of America and another international side after 1 January 2019 would have been a full T20I.

Therefore, from January 2019, the last year, US cricket team are even arranging international T20 games and hope we can see it and play fantasy cricket at 11wickets App with its best performing players.

Thanks for reading! Play fantasy sports and enjoy!

Source: www.11wickets.com
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text 2020-04-25 11:15
Throwback Records of Indian Team in Asia Cup Hey, cricket fans!

Hey, cricket fans! We know you've got followed the last England – India series and are disappointed. But we all know that India is presented with a number of the best batsmen and bowlers, who will fight back to regain the glory. The fantasy cricket leagues matches are going to be at a replacement level with India playing in Asia Cup 2018.

Are you reading together with your fantasy games team to play and watch the Asia cup? But before that, kno about the performance details of Indian team at Asia Cup.

Most runs in the tournament

The first Indian cricketer having most runs within the tournament is India skipper Virat Kohli with 357 runs during 2012.

The second Indian cricketer having most runs within the tournament is master blaster Sachin Tendulkar with 205 runs during 1995.

The third Indian cricketer having most runs within the tournament is Surinder Khanna with 107 runs during Asia Cup 1984. Khanna mostly played in domestic cricket and played ten ODI for India. He played the role of wicketkeeper in Indian team.

Most wickets in the tournament

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The list of most wickets within the tournament starts with Ravi Shastri with a record of taking 4 wickets during Asia Cup 1984.

During Asia Cup 1988, Arshad Ayub has the record of taking 9 wickets at the tournament.

During Asia Cup 1990-91 Kapil Dev, the shining all-rounder of India has taken 9 wickets at the tournament.

One of the foremost talented former bowlers of Indian team, Anil Kumble holds the record of taking 7 wickets during Asia Cup 1995.

At 1997 Asia Cup, Venkatesh Prasad holds the record of seven wickets within the tournament.

Irfan Pathan holds the record of taking 14 wickets, during the Asia Cup. 2004

Man of the tournament

In Asia Cup 1984, Surinder Khanna became Man of the Tournament for his 107 runs.

In Asia Cup 1988 and in 1995, Navjot Sidhu became Man of the Tournament for his 179 runs and 116 runs respectively.

Man of the match (in final)

During Asia Cup 1988, Navjot Sidhu became Man of the match for the finals scoring 76 runs.

At Asia Cup 1990-91 and in 1995, Mohammad Azharuddin became Man of the match for the finals scoring54 runs and 90 runs respectively.

In Asia Cup 2010, Dinesh Karthik became Man of the match for the finals scoring 66 runs.

Now, enjoy reading and playing fantasy cricket!

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url 2020-04-18 09:38
Fantasy Football – 4 Facts About Atlético Madrid

Playing fantasy football games at 11Wickets App for Atlético Madrid is a dream come true for the football fans. La Liga giants Atlético Madrid will be taking the pitch at Orlando City Stadium to battle the best of Major League Soccer.

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url 2020-04-16 14:13
Fantasy Cricket – Top 5 Longest Playing Current Cricketers

In online fantasy cricket, it is not always bat and ball. There are a lot of things that go hand in hand with this sport. One of the major one is fitness! It is not about having the best physique; a cricketer needs more stamina to survive during the fantasy cricket leagues to offer decent winning points for the 11wickets App users.

The Windies run maker, Chris Gayle once said that T20 cricket is the most difficult format in daily fantasy cricketThis is because of the intensity of the game. Tests are strenuous because of their long 5-day format. And even though ODIs were meant to be a way to reduce the strain of Test cricket, they still require a lot of patience particularly from players who have crossed the age of 35.

Here are five current players who have been playing cricket and entertaining the fantasy cricket fans for the longest time.

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