Netherlands! Who Knew?

Well, Englands overthrow allowed the Dutch to overthrow England. What an upset. Catherine is certainly "Agnomaning" all over Cantebury. England batted first and put up 162 for 5. Wright was the big hitter for England putting up 71 of those runs. Bopara almost got bonus points but fell to a wicket by my man ten Doeschates after 46 runs. With Pieterson out I was a bit disappointed with England at this point. I mean, Shah, Morgan, and Collingwood (all on my team) collectively only scored 22 runs! no points from those folks. So then the Dutch went in. They played some good solid cricket and made for a most exciting final over - they needed 7 runs from 6 balls. Each ball they ran a single. Last ball they needed 2 to win. "Broad to Schiferli, 2 runs, goes for a club, Broad again fields - they run, and Broad has all three stumps as he collects it in his follow through. But he misses, and they run an overthrow. They're through and Netherlands have scored a brilliantly, outstanding upset here for the first match at Lord's!"

So, with one match down we await OUR scores. Will past favorites take an early lead or will The Netherlands win bring tidings of joy to someone new? Rumor has it that Paul has programmed a new and improved worm - I look forward to watching my line climb on the steepest of slopes.

Tomorrow: India V. Bangladesh, Australia V. West Indies, and New Zealand V. Scotland. So get to making your trades already.

As a side note to those folks joining Michael and I on Sunday: The game begins at 9:30 not 8:30 as previously mentioned. SO, come at 8:30 or 9:30 or whenever it suits you best. We will be watching the match LIVE! And, seriously, if you want to catch the earlier 5:30 match Sean and I will be up - feel free to join us.