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Quotation of the Day for April 30, 2011"The necessity of moderation in drink is happily a thing few cricketers need to be reminded of. There are many opinions as to what is the best drink for men when actually playing. By best we mean that which does least harm to the eye. In hot weather something must be drunk, the question is what? Our experience is that beer and stout are both too heady and heavy, gin and ginger beer are too sticky and sweet to the palate, ouzo is alright if playing in Corfu. In our opinion, shandy-gaff, sherry, or claret and soda are the most thirst quenching, the lightest and the cleanest to the palate. In a long innings the heat and dust are apt to make the mouth very dry and parched and a clean drink is especially desirable." - A.G. Steel and Alfred Lyttelton, from Cricket. Quoted in Batting On The Bosphorus by writer and cricket tourist, Angus Bell. [http://www.angusjjbell.com/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Apr. 18, 2011  |
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