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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Draws to a close, off-spring
As the year draws to a close, the Indian team has just been guaranteed an extended stay at the top of the Test rankings table, with their closest challenger South Africa collapsing in a heap against England.
It is a development that might gladden hearts at first glance, but it's a dubious position to be in - to have to depend on other results going your way to maintain your rank. In 2009, India played just 6 Test matches, 3 early in the year against New Zealand and 3 late in the year against Sri Lanka. In between there were 31 ODIs and 10 T20 Internationals, along with the monster called IPL and its off-spring, the Champions League.
It was more than somewhat ironic therefore, when with such a preponderance of limited-overs cricket, the Test team was the one that shone the brightest by a distance.
In a year when India won an away series against New Zealand, a tri-series in Sri Lanka, a home series against Sri Lanka and four bilateral ODI series, the high point was quite definitely achieving the Number One ranking in Test cricket.
Source - http://cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/22880/Indian-cricket--More-highs-than-lows
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
I, though, guess "year draws to a close" means "at the end of the year".
It is a development that might gladden hearts at first glance, but it's a dubious position to be in - to have to depend on other results going your way to maintain your rank. In 2009, India played just 6 Test matches, 3 early in the year against New Zealand and 3 late in the year against Sri Lanka. In between there were 31 ODIs and 10 T20 Internationals, along with the monster called IPL and its off-spring, the Champions League.
It was more than somewhat ironic therefore, when with such a preponderance of limited-overs cricket, the Test team was the one that shone the brightest by a distance.
In a year when India won an away series against New Zealand, a tri-series in Sri Lanka, a home series against Sri Lanka and four bilateral ODI series, the high point was quite definitely achieving the Number One ranking in Test cricket.
Source - http://cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/22880/Indian-cricket--More-highs-than-lows
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
I, though, guess "year draws to a close" means "at the end of the year".
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"the year draws to a close ": it is near the end of the year; the year is approaching its end. "off-spring": a branch growing out of an organization or event, in this context. for instance, we have an action movie, and an "off-spring" of the movie can be a video game employing the same plot of the movie.
- "the year draws to a close ": it is near the end of the year; the year is approaching its end.
- "off-spring": a branch growing out of an organization or event, in this context.
- for instance, we have an action movie, and an "off-spring" of the movie can be a video game employing the same plot of the movie.
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"the year draws to a close": it is near the end of the year; the year is approaching its end.
"off-spring": a branch growing out of an organization or event, in this context. for instance, we have an action movie, and an "off-spring" of the movie can be a video game employing the same plot of the movie.
"off-spring": a branch growing out of an organization or event, in this context. for instance, we have an action movie, and an "off-spring" of the movie can be a video game employing the same plot of the movie.
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