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“Deal with the difficult while it is yet easy; deal with the great while it is yet small.”

— Tao Te Ching

Encouragement is the act of encouraging.

“Each person has an ideal, a hope, a dream which represents the soul. We must give to it the warmth of love, the light of understanding and the essence of encouragement.”

Colby Dorr Dam –

Success Will Make You Satisfied
Failure Will Make You Wiser

Success

Fools & Fanatics Close Eyes for Success

Since wise are doubtful, they Plan for Success

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The uncharacteristic dismissal

Misbah may be averse to triple-figure scores, but like a 21st century Allan Border, he has been the king of fifties in 2013 – particularly in losing causes. Having hit eight fifties in his last 11 ODI innings, Misbah was cruising towards another half-century, with almost no pressure enforced by the match situation. At 31, though, Misbah found an odd way to get out. Wayne Parnell delivered a wide half-volley and, instead of hitting it through the covers as he should have, he opened the face and lifted the ball straight into du Plessis’ hands at point.

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The omen

Madness often follows Shahid Afridi to the batting crease, but today, insanity ensued even before he faced his first ball. Umar Akmal had been batting well but, with Afridi now at the other end, played a ridiculous shot to a straight ball, to become the second victim in Pakistan’s six-wicket collapse. Shaping first to play a sweep, then backing out because the ball was too short, Akmal offered an awkward, angled prod that got nowhere near a ball that, by right, probably deserved to be whipped through the leg side. To make matters worse, although Akmal was struck flush on the pad in front of middle and off, he used a review, after conferring with Afridi, which of course, confirmed he was undoubtedly out.

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The wild slog

Afridi had hit Imran Tahir for four in his previous over, but in the 44th over, he played a shot that constituted Pakistan’s biggest step on the path to destruction. With only seven needed to win, and three wickets remaining, Afridi could probably have hit another Tahir long hop safely for four, but instead he attempted to tie the match with a six. Swinging wildly across the line, and connecting only with the top half of the bat, Afridi sent one straight into the hands of deep midwicket. The dismissal had South Africa truly believing they could win the match, for the first time.

The sole responsibility of repeated batting failures of the Pakistani batting lies on its head coach, who looks like the biggest nincompoop, PCB ever hired, as a head coach, for the Pakistani cricket team.

Pakistan just didn’t lose to South Africa, in fact, they have been shamefully defeated.