S12D8: T20 minus 20!

 

"Please Jos Buttler! Leave us Ozzies alone!"
(c) John Singleton Copley (Tate museum)
The Death of Major Pierson 1783

There is something beastish about this England team. So much aggression. So much don't-even-think-of-it attitude! And on top of it, I think they have embraced the fact that a game must be finished in 100 balls and not 120! #StickToTheHundred

"Don't worry! Swim with me; I shall get you food!"

(c) Ocean Wanderers, Blue Shark and Pilot Fish

While the Sri Lankans faffed around (no, not that Faf!), David Miller and Shamsi sharked them nicely to finish in the end. Well, he did follow MSD's template to the T - bad pitch or not, 16 of the last over is well and truly possible. #Shar(k)jahAttack

Guess Section

We had a healthy set of guesses. Funnily, the options are so varied, that only a couple usually get all the picks right.

Here is the current status summary.

Today's matches:

AFG vs NAM @ Abu Dhabi
IND vs NZL @ Dubai 

(Sir, what is the procedure to book a flight to Mumbai/Auckland by 8th Nov?)

Quiz Section

I realised that a lot of us had good fun in attempting the Suko puzzles.

Puzzle 1 answer:

Puzzle 2 answer:

Many got it.

SivaG, Hardy, Sivamani, Guru (thanks for the photos), Anand Re, Shankar Tugga, Arjun, Raghav, Maanasa, Adarsh got both the solutions. 20 points each.

Ajay could get the first one only. And was just a flip away from getting the second one. 10 points.

As promised the quiz position after the above Sukos is:

Now for today's question.

A logic puzzle.

A teacher shares the following 6 words with three of her students: Ahmad, Bala and Christina. (We are from a racially harmonious Singapore, you see!)

ACT GOD LAM MID TAG ASH

She then picks out a word and shares only one alphabet of that word with each of the three students. Obviously, the children do not know which word she has picked up. They have only a chit with an alphbet written on it.

The teacher then asked Ahmad whether he knew the word. He said, 'Yes!'

She then asked Bala whether he knew the word. He said after hesitating a bit, 'Yes!'

Shen then asked Christina whether she knew the word. She said after a bit more hesitation, 'Yes!'

What is the word?

[10 points]

I need clear explanation of how you deduced it. The clearest explanation gets 3 bonus points.

Keep them cells working.

Have fun!