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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Hubris around, short of remarkable
India was the older kid today, while Afghanistan was the younger one. However, if the spirit Afghanistan have shown while getting to a stage where they are playing in the big league is anything to go by, a "well tried" is not going to be good enough for them. Not by a long shot.
On a pitch where 140 was considered a winning score, they had set themselves up to get 130 after a bad start. Having lost three top-order batsmen inside the power-plays, Afghanistan were in danger of not reaching 100 at 29/3 after 6 overs.
However, Noor Ali - whose name makes you think a poet has wandered onto a cricket field by mistake - and Asghar Stanikzai - whose name could easily pass off as a villain in a Bond movie featuring Mithun Chakravarthy - came together to produce a 68 run partnership off just 11 overs, at better than a run-a-ball.
Considering the situation the two batsmen found themselves in, and the hubris around the side they were up against, it was nothing short of remarkable. After 16 overs, Afghanistan were 95/3, and with 7 wickets in hand, two set batsmen at the crease and the last four overs of the innings coming up, it was not a stretch to imagine them getting another 35 runs to get their score to the 130-mark.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know "hubris" means "being very proud" and "remarkable" means "a thing which can be remembered for a long time".
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/25824/Rooting-for-Afghanistan
On a pitch where 140 was considered a winning score, they had set themselves up to get 130 after a bad start. Having lost three top-order batsmen inside the power-plays, Afghanistan were in danger of not reaching 100 at 29/3 after 6 overs.
However, Noor Ali - whose name makes you think a poet has wandered onto a cricket field by mistake - and Asghar Stanikzai - whose name could easily pass off as a villain in a Bond movie featuring Mithun Chakravarthy - came together to produce a 68 run partnership off just 11 overs, at better than a run-a-ball.
Considering the situation the two batsmen found themselves in, and the hubris around the side they were up against, it was nothing short of remarkable. After 16 overs, Afghanistan were 95/3, and with 7 wickets in hand, two set batsmen at the crease and the last four overs of the innings coming up, it was not a stretch to imagine them getting another 35 runs to get their score to the 130-mark.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know "hubris" means "being very proud" and "remarkable" means "a thing which can be remembered for a long time".
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/25824/Rooting-for-Afghanistan
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"the hubris around the side they were up against" = the hubris that was associated with ("around") the team ("side") that they were playing against ("up against"). "nothing short of remarkable" essentially means remarkable; "nothing short of" builds up the description a bit more dramatically, and makes it sound like more of a big deal. User_gary "remarkable" means "a thing which can be remembered for a long time".
- "the hubris around the side they were up against" = the hubris that was associated with ("around") the team ("side") that they were playing against ("up against").
- "nothing short of remarkable" essentially means remarkable; "nothing short of" builds up the description a bit more dramatically, and makes it sound like more of a big deal.
- User_gary "remarkable" means "a thing which can be remembered for a long time".
- Although something remarkable might well be remembered for a long time, that's not really its central meaning.
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"the hubris around the side they were up against" = the hubris that was associated with ("around") the team ("side") that they were playing against ("up against").
"nothing short of remarkable" essentially means remarkable; "nothing short of" builds up the description a bit more dramatically, and makes it sound like more of a big deal.
"nothing short of remarkable" essentially means remarkable; "nothing short of" builds up the description a bit more dramatically, and makes it sound like more of a big deal.
User_gary"remarkable" means
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