Review of BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match

An ODI(One Day International) was held to memorize occasion of Platinum Jubilee of BCCI,75 years of achievement of making cricket in India what it is now. The 2192th ODI was held in Eden Garden,Kolkata between arch-rivals and cricketing giants 1983 champions India and 1992 champions Pakistan in front of thousands of Indian supporters. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly won toss and decided to bat despite clear indications of dew factor.India started with star batsman Sachin Tendulkar and free flowing Virendar Sehwag facing speedstar Shoaib Akhtar and Rana Naved.They suffered an early setback when Tendulkar was dismissed due to a brilliant effort of Younis Khan running him out but Pakistan fail to consolidate on their position as VVS Laxman and Sehwag put 82 in partnership.Things turned when Shahid Khan Afridi dismissed both partners simultaneously and proved to be Pakistan most lethal weapon as he picked 2-29,Rahul Dravid continued his bad form and scored 18, skipper Ganguly and Yuvrag Singh gave Indian innings life when they added 74 before Ganguly went two short of a half century but real star of Indian innings turned out to be young Yuvrag who blasted Pakistani attack all over pitch before getting out in last over or second last ball scoring a magnificent 78 of 62 balls.Kaif added 14 .India put a gigantic total of 292 much to pleasure of home fans.Only 23 times in 2192 matches that scores of being 290 plus have being chased by side batting second. Pakistan started with young Salman Butt (6th ODI)and Younis Khan a middle order batsmen as Pakistan opening problems continues.The ploy didn't work as he went on a duck making crowd go wild but India like Pakistan failed to take advantage of situation and Shoaib Malik and Butt put on a century partnership.By this time dew factor was really affecting game and Indian spinners were unable to grip ball.Shoaib was out in a strange manner ball after ball was changed.Butt got injured and retired hurt shortly,the responsibilty of taking Pakistan home rested on strong shoulders of captain and

The Mayfly Adult

In our last article titled Mayfly Nymph. We covered basics of nymph stage of this crucial insect in world of freshwater game fish and fly fisherman. We now will cover adult phases of mayfly. Although most of its life is indeed spent as a nymph dwelling at river or lake bottom. It is adult insect that has truly captured fancy of fly fisherman. It’s adults that were given colorful names that we listed in Mayfly Nymph article. And it is adult that fly fishing elitists consider only form worthy of imitation.

After spending a year or so as a nymph, mayfly emerges to surface. On way, it shucks its outer skin, and pumps fluids into it’s wings. This emerging stage has caught on in popularity in fly fishing world, as mayfly emerger is extremely vulnerable. Many mayfly species are clumsy swimmers at best, and combine that with shucking their outer nymph skin, they become a flailing treat for waiting trout.

Upon emerging they need to dry their wings. There they sit on top of water, with their sailboat wings upright. The mayfly cannot fold their wings down, which also lend to their visibility for waiting trout. At this stage they are called ‘duns’. Usually duller in color, they can spend anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes on top of water. This is stage where fly fisherman typically use dry flies to imitate mayfly. Although each individual insect is only in this stage for a short time, mayflies can emerge by thousands with hatches lasting for several hours at a time. It is joy of every fly angler to witness and participate in one of these hatches.