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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Demons

Sachin Tendulkar blamed India's batting collapse against Bangladesh in the first Test on his teammates' poor shot selection but asserted that the match was not over yet.
On a track that had no demons in it, the Indians got off to a flying start before losing six wickets in the post-lunch session. Tendulkar's unbeaten 76 saved India the blushes as the visitors reached 213 for eight at stumps.

Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/23328/match-not-over-yet-tendulkar

Could you please explain to me what "demons" means in this context?
  

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e. pitch) had no nasty properties that might trouble the batsmen -- such as uneven or very fast bounce. A "demon" is literally an evil spirit, but the connection with "real" evil spirits is not likely to be strong in the reader's mind when "demon" is used figuratively like this.

— Mr Wordy

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  • pitch) had no nasty properties that might trouble the batsmen -- such as uneven or very fast bounce.
  • A "demon" is literally an evil spirit, but the connection with "real" evil spirits is not likely to be strong in the reader's mind when "demon" is used figuratively like this.
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It means that the track (i.e. pitch) had no nasty properties that might trouble the batsmen -- such as uneven or very fast bounce.

A "demon" is literally an evil spirit, but the connection with "real" evil spirits is not likely to be strong in the reader's mind when "demon" is used figuratively like this.
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