[nidokidos] Sanath Jayasuriya, the great cricketer....

 

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Jayasuriya sets his sights on 2011 World Cup Cricinfo staff "Age is not a problem, it is how you stay mentally and physically fit to remain on top of the game..." © AFP Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya , who turned 40 on Tuesday, has said he wants to carry on until the 2011 World Cup. "I would love to. I am taking each series at a time. Hopefully I will get there. Age is not a problem, it is how you stay mentally and physically fit to remain on top of the game, to try out new variations in the bat and ball," Jayasuriya told AFP. The hard-hitting batsman, who also bowls left-arm spin, made his one-day debut against Australia in Melbourne in 1989 and was impressive as an allrounder during Sri Lanka's victorious World Cup campaign in 1996. He is the second batsman after India's Sachin Tendulkar to pass 13,000 runs in ODIs and also holds the record for being the oldest batsman to score a one-day century, at 39 years and 212 days against India in Colombo . "I don't really worry about records any more these days," Jayasuriya said. "I focus on putting runs on the board, to help the team win matches." Jayasuriya retired from Tests in 2007, but continues to shine in the shorter versions of the game. He scored freely during the recent World Twenty20 in England where Sri Lanka finished runners-up, and ended as their joint second-highest run-getter with 177 at 25.28. He said the emergence of talented young players meant he could never take his place for granted in the national team. "Playing with youngsters is extra hard these days," Jayasuriya said. "There is an abundance of raw talent constantly knocking at the door for a berth in the team. And that puts pressure on me. I have to perform to retain my place." Jayasuriya, who captained Sri Lanka from 1999 to April 2003, knows that life is not easy for youngsters either. "They also need to live up to expectations, sometimes the pressure on them is much more than what it was when I was starting out." Jayasuriya announced his retirement in 2006, but made a comeback during Sri Lanka's tour of England in the same year. His next outing will be the home series against world Twenty20 champions Pakistan, who will play five ODIs and a Twenty20 game after the three-Test series that begins on July 4. "Pakistan has variety in batting and bowling and we are also working on a few things. Let's see, it should be an interesting contest," Jayasuriya said.

Sanath Jayasuriya On Fire

Sanath Jayasuriya get his maiden T20 centery in IPL VS Chennai

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[nidokidos] The World Beneath the World!

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....................................................... Caves: The World Beneath the World! If you are stretched and squeezed by everyday life, then you might be in perfect shape to explore caves. Enter a narrow natural passageway that may lead to simply mind-boggling underground world. Caves may lurk right under your feet: a fascinating and unexpected environment, which is often known only to spelunkers and dedicated Gollum-seekers.   Back to the Cave! "Symphony of Stones" (how aptly named) - Garni caves in Armenia . (photo by eco culture) Fairyland Cave Formations Caves are a fairyland of delight, from the burning hot enclaves to the glacial ice mazes. Thousands of years of dripping water, eroding stone and budding minerals create a silent world of mystery and beauty... Graceful arches, giant crystals... silent but for the sound of water dripping and bubbling through. A "Wishing Well" at Luray Caverns in Virginia (photo by Declan McCullagh) The most common type of caves form when slightly acidic rainwater trickles into the crevices of limestone and gradually widens the cracks as it dissolves the stone... Centuries of water, supersaturated with minerals, dripping from cave roofs cause stalagmites and stalactites to form (see here). One thing to keep in mind during cave exploration: though these structures are made of minerals, they are generally extremely thin and fragile, many of them are quite rare, and can be damaged or destroyed by touch alone. Calcite (the mineral which forms many cave structures), for example, is soft enough to be scratched by a fingernail. Some of the cave and rock formations: - Flowstone (also known as a Bacon formation) - Cave Pearls - Soda Straws - Helictites - Anthodites (or Aragonite) - Bottlebrush formation (image credit: Dave Bunnell) Probably the most comprehensive cave-exploration site on the net is that of Dave Bunnell... You can spend hours there, wandering around pages, cataloging whimsical underground structures, oozing rock and dripping stone. (Gruta do Mimoso , Brazil ) Largest Cave Systems We mentioned the Jeita Grotto - the largest cave system in the Middle East- in our recent Lebanon article. The longest known stalactite in the world is found there at 8.2 meters long. - The deepest known cave is Voronya Cave in Abkhazia , Georgia and has been explored to a depth of 2191 meters. - The longest continuous cave system yet explored is Mammoth Cave in Kentucky , covering 591 kilometers. Let's have a short world tour of the most interesting caves, why don't we? We'll start with North America - Already mentioned Luray Caverns in Virginia are full of celebrated speleothems formations, calcite crystals of abnormal shapes - all formed when the chambers were completely filled with water, highly charged with acid. The acid began to eat away the softer material, resulting in ornate pinnacles and arches... (image credit: Alejocrux) (image credit: Declan McCullagh) One of the deepest known cave pits, Fantastic Pit in Georgia 's Ellison's Cave descends 586 feet (179 meters) in a straight tunnel: (image credit: Michael Nichols, National Geographic) Glacial Caves and Ice Caverns Some ice caves must rather be called "glacier caves", which can simply astound with the intensity of ice color: (image credit: Jenna and Tim Dickinson) Here is a wonderful page of ice caves photography by Jason Gulley: (images credit: Jason Gulley) No sign of Superman or Megatron there yet: Mount Kenya's Ice Cave Bobby Model, National Georgaphic) Ice Cave in Matanuska Glacier , Alaska - photo by George F. Mobley, National Geographic A lot of ice caves grow "hair" - ice extrusions, some are quite strange-looking: (image credit: Ian Mckenzie) Brazil: Crystalline Underground Waters Mato Grosso do Sul region in Brazil (and especially the quiet town of Bonito ) boasts many marvelous underground lakes: Gruta do Lago Azul, Gruta do Mimoso, Aquário Natural. Intricate limestone formations and grottos hide the intensely-colored pools and waterfalls (many adventure tours there feature diving, some pools are more than 100 meters deep): (images via) Limestone caves in the same region offer fantastic exploration: (images via) Venezuela: Cave of the Ghost Cueva del Fantasma is big enough for two helicopters to fly into it, but it's not technically a cave - rather, a collapsed gorge. It does, however, sport a huge waterfall right inside of it: (image via) Iran: tremendous cave system Katale Khor is a cave dating back to the Jurassic period. It's one of the "snow caves" in the Southwest Zanjan province and connects to other caves - a huge underground infra-structure which can hide who knows what (definitely anti-American... wink wink). See more pictures here (images credit: Ali Majdfar) Can't get enough images of Iran 's natural beauty? See our previous articles... a country full of great sights and dubious politics. Vietnam: Hang Thien Cung cave There are plenty of caves in Vietnam , and just like in China , many are illuminated with garish colors. (see here). But sometimes even artificial light takes back stage to the incredible rock textures: (image credit: Tai Vo) Mexico: Giant Selenite Crystals ! In 2000, one of the most unusual and splendid caves was found in Mexico by miners. Located only a mile from an upthrust of magma, this cave is 112 degrees Farenheit and at 90-100% humidity, limiting greatly the amount of time explorers can spend in it. It is a spectacular cave, with gigantic crystal formations thought to be 600,000 years old. (photos by Javier Trueba / Madrid Scientific Films, image via) The crystals formed underwater; as water saturated with calcium sulfate heated in the cavern selenite molecules crystallized and grew, undisturbed, to giant proportions. The cave was drained (by unknowing miners) in the 1980's and stopped the process of growth... Who knows what we may find further on, in the heat and water? A description of one photographer's attempt to document this cave is here. (images credit: Richard Fisher) "It is unquestionably magical that the cool white rays of moonlight can originate deep underground in a black chamber that is, at least in my perception, white hot." (Richard Fisher, photographer, comments on the huge selenite crystals.) A Giant Geode Geodes are normally formed by volcanic or sedimentary geologic activity - a cavity in the rock is formed, inside which crystals begin to grow, such as amethyst, quartz or a number of others. Most geodes are small enough to fit in your hand, but this one is large enough to climb inside. The crystals found here are gypsum. - More info. (image credit: 18:18) ( : (: "Metro on Mars":

Florida Cave Diving off-beaten path

The southern section of B-cave starts with H-sump having a few underwater leads that were not yet followed

due to a difficult access with scuba equipment to the sump via the dry part of the cave. The pathway only opens when local aquifer is drained.

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