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Krishna Kumar's avatar

Of the many bizarre things in Malayalam this takes the cake. You wrote: Shamar Joseph didn’t get the hat trick because he bowled to Steve Smith, who paddled him away for a run.

The translator rendered:

സ്റ്റീവ് സ്മിത്ത് ആ പന്ത് പാഡ് ചെയ്യുകയും ഒരു ലെഗ്ബൈ നേടുകയും ചെയ്തു.

If I reverse-translate, it reads thus:

Steve Smith padded that ball and took a leg bye.

That apart, your column is eminently useless. This is no cricketing lore, nor cricketing wisdom. Just tidbits collected from online sources with some fabulation thrown in.

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Vijay Prashad's avatar

If you don't like it, don't read it. Thanks for your feedback.

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