I hope you all have been carefully contemplating your final set of trades. This is it, one last chance to make whatever move you can. Can Anna hang onto 2nd? Bob, Me, Suresh, Catherine? Who will get the highly coveted 6th place spot? Can Michael finish in the top 10? Can Lynda fall far enough down to get the Sweaty Teddy award? One more game, one more day of excitement.
Missy came over the other day to watch the India / Pakistan semi. Kinda a boring game. India batted first and played pretty pedestrian cricket, we all thought that Pakistan would have no trouble beating them. But then Pakistan batted and looked like crap, so India it is in the finals facing off against Sri Lanka. India will have to do better if they are to take home the title. We're all set around here for our finals party. Its to bad that we are spread all over the world because it would really be fun to have ALL of us together for the excitement. Lets hope its a real nail biter.
If memory serves me, Paul won the last World Cup and earned his name on the cricket bat trophy. Now it looks like we'll need to get the trophy to James (I'm not spoiling anything by naming James winner am I?) Catherine - could you bring it with you when you come? If not this trip then maybe in August. We'll engrave James on there and he can hold it for the next four years until I claim it in 2015! Thanks all for the fun and competition.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Get the Party Started
OK folks, the party starts Saturday at 10:30. We'll be watching the game taped delayed so try and hold off on your morning ritual of coffee and cric info. Since the game will be so damn long I am thinking we will want lots of snacky foods to munch on throughout rather than one big meal. I'm gonna make some sandwhiches, actually some wraps - a thai chicken wrap, a scampi wrap, and a hummus/veggie wrap. You guys bring anything that you think would be good to stuff our faces with. Who's in?
In Cricket news: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand today which surprised no one but New Zealand did put up a pretty good fight and can leave the tournament with the heads held high. Tomorrows game is India v. Pakistan. Should be a really good game. I'm cheering for India, well, Dhoni specifically. And Yuvraj, and Afridi, and the Haq, and ...........
In Cricket news: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand today which surprised no one but New Zealand did put up a pretty good fight and can leave the tournament with the heads held high. Tomorrows game is India v. Pakistan. Should be a really good game. I'm cheering for India, well, Dhoni specifically. And Yuvraj, and Afridi, and the Haq, and ...........
Saturday, March 26, 2011
It only takes two
Well, South Africa gave a huge gift to England when they beat Bangladesh and then choked while playing New Zealand. I guess it didn't pay to be so nice. Then England took that gift and promptly flushed in Aunt Katy's Outhouse this morning when they were trounced by Sri Lanka. This must be Odins way of righting the universe. So moving onto the Semis we have Sri Lanka who will face New Zealand on Tuesday and on Wednesday India will take on Pakistan.
We finally purchased the video feed of the cricket so Michael caught the end of this mornings game. He watched on with glee at seeing cricket on our new big TV. Giggling with joy as Dilshan apologized to Tharanga for hitting a 4 and then just stood there for the rest of the over. This allowed Tharanga to score not only the winning run but also earn his century. I'm not sure if Michael's glee was due to Dilshan's cheekiness or just being able to see cricket in general but he was dancing around like a ten year old girl at a Justin Bieber concert. So, if you are in the area on April 2nd come on over to watch the finals. We'll watch it delayed so don't go checking cricinfo that morning or you'll spoil the results. I'll get you more specifics soon about exact times and what you can bring.
Our competition is heating up. If you ignore James, and I try to, then there is some fierce competition in the upper ranks. Bob was in 2nd, then Katy S, then Suresh, and now Anna has jumped into that coveted position. There is lots of jockeying around. I was ahead of Bob - much to my glee, now he's ahead of me - much to my chagrin. Missy was down, now she's up. Cosmin has rocketed into the mix. It seems that anyone can shoot themselves into the top 5. Michael moved out of 11th only to get stuck in 10th, can he overcome and conquer 9th? Can Lynda and Moira at least break into the 8 thousands before all is said and done? Ok, James, we won't ignore you any longer, what is your world ranking these days? Ooh I just looked. You're sitting at 100 exactly - hang in there James! As much as I don't want to type this out loud It would be fun if you finished on the leader board.
OK, bit of break for the next few days. Next set of trades needs to be done by Monday night. Oh, a question: I have been thinking about strategy. do you think it best to split your squad in two and have half from each team playing, or to pick a side and load up on them? My strategy has been to split my team, I am thinking that may not be the best option. James, Anna, what does the almighty pivot say? Dad, does Odin have an opinion?
We finally purchased the video feed of the cricket so Michael caught the end of this mornings game. He watched on with glee at seeing cricket on our new big TV. Giggling with joy as Dilshan apologized to Tharanga for hitting a 4 and then just stood there for the rest of the over. This allowed Tharanga to score not only the winning run but also earn his century. I'm not sure if Michael's glee was due to Dilshan's cheekiness or just being able to see cricket in general but he was dancing around like a ten year old girl at a Justin Bieber concert. So, if you are in the area on April 2nd come on over to watch the finals. We'll watch it delayed so don't go checking cricinfo that morning or you'll spoil the results. I'll get you more specifics soon about exact times and what you can bring.
Our competition is heating up. If you ignore James, and I try to, then there is some fierce competition in the upper ranks. Bob was in 2nd, then Katy S, then Suresh, and now Anna has jumped into that coveted position. There is lots of jockeying around. I was ahead of Bob - much to my glee, now he's ahead of me - much to my chagrin. Missy was down, now she's up. Cosmin has rocketed into the mix. It seems that anyone can shoot themselves into the top 5. Michael moved out of 11th only to get stuck in 10th, can he overcome and conquer 9th? Can Lynda and Moira at least break into the 8 thousands before all is said and done? Ok, James, we won't ignore you any longer, what is your world ranking these days? Ooh I just looked. You're sitting at 100 exactly - hang in there James! As much as I don't want to type this out loud It would be fun if you finished on the leader board.
OK, bit of break for the next few days. Next set of trades needs to be done by Monday night. Oh, a question: I have been thinking about strategy. do you think it best to split your squad in two and have half from each team playing, or to pick a side and load up on them? My strategy has been to split my team, I am thinking that may not be the best option. James, Anna, what does the almighty pivot say? Dad, does Odin have an opinion?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Quarter Finals are Here
OK folks, we are getting down to the end of things. 8 teams left, and its win or go home time. Tonight we see Pakistan take on the WI, then tomorrow it will be India v. Australia, followed by New Zealand v. South Africa, and finally Sri Lanka v. England.
There are some tough battles heating up in our competition. I know lots of you have been saving up trades to have full teams in these later stages so it would seem that it may come down whether or not you can pick the one sneak attack player that earns big points. Everyone will have Afridi and Singh, so who will distinguish your team? And will they do enough? James figures you have to earn 200 more points than him in each game to beat him, can it be done? Don't know but I'll try. Bob and Katy S need to look at their collective rears again cause Anna and Cosmin are banging on the door, seems to be a bit of an urgent matter. I'm sandwiched between my Mom and my Mother in Law - hoping to leave them both in the dust. I know Michael just wants to finish higher than 11th, Henry? Moira? You both had brushes with fame and then sharp declines, can you fight you way back? Lynda???? Oooh Lynda....... we're playing cricket here, care to join us?
Get your trades on people, and goodness sake, HAVE FUN!!
There are some tough battles heating up in our competition. I know lots of you have been saving up trades to have full teams in these later stages so it would seem that it may come down whether or not you can pick the one sneak attack player that earns big points. Everyone will have Afridi and Singh, so who will distinguish your team? And will they do enough? James figures you have to earn 200 more points than him in each game to beat him, can it be done? Don't know but I'll try. Bob and Katy S need to look at their collective rears again cause Anna and Cosmin are banging on the door, seems to be a bit of an urgent matter. I'm sandwiched between my Mom and my Mother in Law - hoping to leave them both in the dust. I know Michael just wants to finish higher than 11th, Henry? Moira? You both had brushes with fame and then sharp declines, can you fight you way back? Lynda???? Oooh Lynda....... we're playing cricket here, care to join us?
Get your trades on people, and goodness sake, HAVE FUN!!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Pigs are flying and Hell is freezing over
No Catherine it is not due to global climate change or your recycling. Its due to the cheering support that England will be giving South Africa tonight! That's right, I said it, all over England you will hear the cheer "Go Proteas!!!" If South Africa beats Bangladesh then England makes it through to the next round. If not, Bangladesh goes through. The other match of the night pits Australia against Pakistan, both of whom are looking to come out on the top of group A.
The pigs aren't just flying over England but over our competition as well. I have been overtaken not only by Cosmin but by Missy as well - a mother should love her daughter more than that. Michael is out of 11th place, and what happened to Moira - you used to be in 4th girl! It's such a hard fall isn't it?
I'm working on our next worm so we can see it all in technicolor.
Have fun with your trades.
The pigs aren't just flying over England but over our competition as well. I have been overtaken not only by Cosmin but by Missy as well - a mother should love her daughter more than that. Michael is out of 11th place, and what happened to Moira - you used to be in 4th girl! It's such a hard fall isn't it?
I'm working on our next worm so we can see it all in technicolor.
Have fun with your trades.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Well, well, well
England has given everyone something to think about. Their win over the West Indies keeps them in contention for the next round. Top four teams from each group moves on. In group A things are pretty much settled, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka will be moving onto the quarter finals. But with England win things are up in the air in group B. Ireland and the Netherlands are out but everyone else still has a shot. So, should be an exciting few days.
How did England do it? They bowled liked mad in the waning innings. The West Indies were up and chasing 243. This seemed a surmountable task and everyone thought they'd do it right up until the 19th over. At this point West Indies were 118/4. Then Bresnen and Bopara collaborated to bowl 3 maiden overs in a row racking up a 4th wicket in the process. Then Sarwan and Pollard had a shot at coming back putting the pressure on England but Swann was able to take out Pollard leaving the West Indies at 150/6 with 22 overs remaining. They conceded only 5 runs in the next 3 overs. Then Sarwan and Russell started to get into a groove making it look good for WI again. By the 41st over England looked all but out. WI only needed 22 from 54 balls with 4 wickets remaining. Then England struck again knocking Russell out. Sarwan hung in for another 2 overs but as soon as he fell so did the rest of the team. England finally took the match by 18 runs.
What excitement - were you watching Catherine? Sure wish I could have been especially now that we've caught up with the Barnett's and Robinson's and scored ourselves a High Def TV. And the good news is we can stream willow.tv directly to it, so we can watch live cricket matches on the big screen in the future. We are thinking of ordering the finals if they offer a good deal. If that happens, Bay Area folk should expect a finals party to watch the game.
In other news, Suresh zoomed past Bob and Katy S and now is attacking James. He's gaining James........ and speaking of gaining, Cosmin is also soaring past a lot of folk. Who are these people Lynda? and why aren't they giving you better advice? Cosmin is hot on my tail but I have plans people, plans. So I expect to be leaving him in my dust.
3 days of double headers lead up to teh quarter finals next week. Tonight is Ireland/ Netherlands - nobody cares about that one. And New Zealand/ Sri Lanka - nobody cares about that one either as all those teams have either secured their pass into the next round or not. But, that doesn't mean there aren't points to be had, so trade early and trade often. Maybe consider changing your captain at this point..........
How did England do it? They bowled liked mad in the waning innings. The West Indies were up and chasing 243. This seemed a surmountable task and everyone thought they'd do it right up until the 19th over. At this point West Indies were 118/4. Then Bresnen and Bopara collaborated to bowl 3 maiden overs in a row racking up a 4th wicket in the process. Then Sarwan and Pollard had a shot at coming back putting the pressure on England but Swann was able to take out Pollard leaving the West Indies at 150/6 with 22 overs remaining. They conceded only 5 runs in the next 3 overs. Then Sarwan and Russell started to get into a groove making it look good for WI again. By the 41st over England looked all but out. WI only needed 22 from 54 balls with 4 wickets remaining. Then England struck again knocking Russell out. Sarwan hung in for another 2 overs but as soon as he fell so did the rest of the team. England finally took the match by 18 runs.
What excitement - were you watching Catherine? Sure wish I could have been especially now that we've caught up with the Barnett's and Robinson's and scored ourselves a High Def TV. And the good news is we can stream willow.tv directly to it, so we can watch live cricket matches on the big screen in the future. We are thinking of ordering the finals if they offer a good deal. If that happens, Bay Area folk should expect a finals party to watch the game.
In other news, Suresh zoomed past Bob and Katy S and now is attacking James. He's gaining James........ and speaking of gaining, Cosmin is also soaring past a lot of folk. Who are these people Lynda? and why aren't they giving you better advice? Cosmin is hot on my tail but I have plans people, plans. So I expect to be leaving him in my dust.
3 days of double headers lead up to teh quarter finals next week. Tonight is Ireland/ Netherlands - nobody cares about that one. And New Zealand/ Sri Lanka - nobody cares about that one either as all those teams have either secured their pass into the next round or not. But, that doesn't mean there aren't points to be had, so trade early and trade often. Maybe consider changing your captain at this point..........
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Things are winding down, or up depending on your point of view
So we've had a few worms - thanks Michael. And there are some interesting developments that have arisen. While Bob and Katy S were battling for second place Suresh snuck up on the both of them. Two weeks ago Suresh was wallowing in the bottom group and look at him now. He should be inspiration to all of us. James is not out of sight. We CAN catch him. So, set a goal for yourself and make it happen!
Tonight's game is Australia v. Canada. Then England / West Indies, followed by 3 days of double headers. Then its on to the quarter final matches. Its in the quarter finals that I plan to really surge, who's with me?
Tonight's game is Australia v. Canada. Then England / West Indies, followed by 3 days of double headers. Then its on to the quarter final matches. Its in the quarter finals that I plan to really surge, who's with me?
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
India win but it wasn't pretty
India beat the Netherlands by 5 wickets but according to the commentary it was more of a Netherlands loss than an Indian win. They went in as huge favorites but had a shoddy performance. The Netherlands batted first and put up a measly 189, no one really stood out for their batting except maybe Zuiderent who went out for a duck, -10 if you had him. It took India 36 overs to polish off the 189 with the highest numbers coming from Yuvraj Singh, he got a half century. So 2 points to India and they are currently at the top of the leader board for group B.
James in the lead blah, blah, blah. But look, Bob is on the move. In fact he was doing some boasting today and apparently will have a full set of Sri Lankans for tomorrows match - watch out James. But Bob should double check his rear-view mirror every now and again cause Katy S is only 42 points behind. Can you smell her? If we had a worm I am sure it would be very tense for Bob to see how that line is just closing in.......... Anna and Suresh are also continuing to climb so no one should feel to comfortable in their places. Except maybe Kathy who is graciously keeping an eye on our collective rears.
Next match, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Wouldn't it be fun if Zimbabwe surprised Bob with their first win of the tournament?
This just in, James made it to 94th place in the Global competition. If you want to show his name to your neighbor so that you can gloat that you know him.......hit the "home" button on the fantasy site - this takes you to the main page where you log in. Then in the top left corner you see a green box that says Top Managers. At the bottom of that box click on "more", select World Cup 2011 from the Current Global Competitions drop down menu. Scroll down to #94, see James, curse that its not you, call a friend and gloat, explain for 10 minutes what cricket is and why they should care, hang up feeling frustrated that they weren't as impressed as they should be, come back here and leave a comment.
James in the lead blah, blah, blah. But look, Bob is on the move. In fact he was doing some boasting today and apparently will have a full set of Sri Lankans for tomorrows match - watch out James. But Bob should double check his rear-view mirror every now and again cause Katy S is only 42 points behind. Can you smell her? If we had a worm I am sure it would be very tense for Bob to see how that line is just closing in.......... Anna and Suresh are also continuing to climb so no one should feel to comfortable in their places. Except maybe Kathy who is graciously keeping an eye on our collective rears.
Next match, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Wouldn't it be fun if Zimbabwe surprised Bob with their first win of the tournament?
This just in, James made it to 94th place in the Global competition. If you want to show his name to your neighbor so that you can gloat that you know him.......hit the "home" button on the fantasy site - this takes you to the main page where you log in. Then in the top left corner you see a green box that says Top Managers. At the bottom of that box click on "more", select World Cup 2011 from the Current Global Competitions drop down menu. Scroll down to #94, see James, curse that its not you, call a friend and gloat, explain for 10 minutes what cricket is and why they should care, hang up feeling frustrated that they weren't as impressed as they should be, come back here and leave a comment.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
New Zealand on a rampage
well, New Zealand kicked Pakistans butt today. Sorry Afridi. Did anyone have Ross Taylor? Cause he was doing alot of the kicking scoring 131 runs!! If you were a Pakistan fan then you should have had Gul, which unfortunately for me Anna did. And he's her captain so it rocked Anna right past me.
Yesterday saw Canada beat Kenya and the day before England triumphed over South Africa. Catherine was ecstatic, she even instant messaged Michael at 3am to tell him how exciting the game was. Michael was snoring peacefully in bed totally unaware of the cricket. I was up, I heard the message come in.....sorry I could respond Catherine I was feeding the baby. Try me again tonight at 3, you never know.
WORM WORM WE NEED A WORM. I know we need a worm and I've been recording results for Michael but he's been a little busy so you just have to wait. And besides it gets a little depressing seeing James line cruising along the top. But I know Bob wants to see his line surge as does Anna I am sure. And what about Suresh, he's coming up in the ranks as well. So hopefully some day soon we'll get another worm.
Tonight's match: India v. Netherlands
Go get your trades on.
Yesterday saw Canada beat Kenya and the day before England triumphed over South Africa. Catherine was ecstatic, she even instant messaged Michael at 3am to tell him how exciting the game was. Michael was snoring peacefully in bed totally unaware of the cricket. I was up, I heard the message come in.....sorry I could respond Catherine I was feeding the baby. Try me again tonight at 3, you never know.
WORM WORM WE NEED A WORM. I know we need a worm and I've been recording results for Michael but he's been a little busy so you just have to wait. And besides it gets a little depressing seeing James line cruising along the top. But I know Bob wants to see his line surge as does Anna I am sure. And what about Suresh, he's coming up in the ranks as well. So hopefully some day soon we'll get another worm.
Tonight's match: India v. Netherlands
Go get your trades on.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Its raining, its pouring
it makes the cricket boring......
Sri Lanka was suppose to play Australia today but got rained out after 14 overs. So no result there. We were awarded points for the few things that did happen. Sangakarra managed 73 runs and Smith and Tait racked up some points for their bowling/ fielding.
Not much changed with us. James in the lead, Bob in second followed closely by Katy S and Moira. Ok, for all you middle of the packers (me included) NOW is the time for us to make our moves, We can not let these folks get to far ahead. It would be shameful, so get to trading and make em good.
Next up (assuming no rain) another double header (I'm making trades now so as not to miss out!)England will battle South Africa (Moira, Catherine - you two play nice now) and India takes on Ireland. After Ireland's win over England India shouldn't get to cocky.
Sri Lanka was suppose to play Australia today but got rained out after 14 overs. So no result there. We were awarded points for the few things that did happen. Sangakarra managed 73 runs and Smith and Tait racked up some points for their bowling/ fielding.
Not much changed with us. James in the lead, Bob in second followed closely by Katy S and Moira. Ok, for all you middle of the packers (me included) NOW is the time for us to make our moves, We can not let these folks get to far ahead. It would be shameful, so get to trading and make em good.
Next up (assuming no rain) another double header (I'm making trades now so as not to miss out!)England will battle South Africa (Moira, Catherine - you two play nice now) and India takes on Ireland. After Ireland's win over England India shouldn't get to cocky.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Bob and the Irish surge
Well, well, Catherine's pessimism might not be so misplaced. England took a tough defeat to Ireland today. From what I've read their bowling and fielding was pretty shoddy. And apparently Kevin O'Brien was not to be stopped reaching a century in record time. SO Ireland beats England by 3 wickets.
In our humble tournament Bob is making big moves and has overtaken Katy S for second place! Watch out James your Dad is on the move. And check out Moira! Did you two have O'Brien??
baby crying.......gotta go.......two games tomorrow, get your trades in on time!
In our humble tournament Bob is making big moves and has overtaken Katy S for second place! Watch out James your Dad is on the move. And check out Moira! Did you two have O'Brien??
baby crying.......gotta go.......two games tomorrow, get your trades in on time!
Monday, February 28, 2011
The Roach Coach is the Hottest Ticket in Town!
So today there we two games whose outcomes were exactly as predicted. But amongst all the boring there was some spectacular stuff going on. First Zimbabwe took down the Canucks. Zimbabwe batted first and put up 298, Taibu was only 2 away from a century - anyone have Taibu? Anyone heard of Taibu? I bet next time they play someone will have Taibu. Canada needed to do something in the opening inning worth mention so they conspired to get their bowler Balaji Rao and his leg-break googly bowling style to rustle up 4 wickets! Go Balaji Rao! But sadly the Canadians couldn't answer with the runs and went all out 175 runs short.
The second match had the West Indies pummeling the Netherlands. The West Indies opened and put up a respectable 330 runs. But when the Netherlands tried to answer that they went all out 215 runs short. The real excitement came from Roach in the 31st over. At that point he already had an impressive 3 wickets under his belt. Then 31.1 Seelaar out, lbw. 31.2 Loots out, lbw. 31.3 Westdijk out, bowled. That's 3 outs off three balls - also known as a hat trick. 6th hat trick in World Cup history. And for those of you who are bad with math, he had a total of 6 wickets for the match. Anyone have Roach? "I did, I did"
And now for something completely different, James is in the lead! OK, so its not different at all. I gained a bit with the Roach Coach but James is still disgustingly in the lead. Does anyone have some weed killer, my big house has a lupine infestation. Congrats to Bob and Moira who both had some big jumps up this round.
Tomorrow Sri Lanka takes on Kenya, good luck.
The second match had the West Indies pummeling the Netherlands. The West Indies opened and put up a respectable 330 runs. But when the Netherlands tried to answer that they went all out 215 runs short. The real excitement came from Roach in the 31st over. At that point he already had an impressive 3 wickets under his belt. Then 31.1 Seelaar out, lbw. 31.2 Loots out, lbw. 31.3 Westdijk out, bowled. That's 3 outs off three balls - also known as a hat trick. 6th hat trick in World Cup history. And for those of you who are bad with math, he had a total of 6 wickets for the match. Anyone have Roach? "I did, I did"
And now for something completely different, James is in the lead! OK, so its not different at all. I gained a bit with the Roach Coach but James is still disgustingly in the lead. Does anyone have some weed killer, my big house has a lupine infestation. Congrats to Bob and Moira who both had some big jumps up this round.
Tomorrow Sri Lanka takes on Kenya, good luck.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
India and England tie!!!
After 100 overs, India and England tie with 338 runs a piece. Apparently this is only the 4th tie in World Cup history. Cric info summed it up like this:
Match tied Well well well. If it weren't for Munaf's short run from the last ball of India's innings India would have this game! Incredible match, Strauss's innings must rank as the best England ODI innings after Gooch's World Cup 115 in 1983. Fourth tied game in World Cup history. Breathless stuff, that game has twisted one way and another and again and another before ending up even. Ian Bell's Powerplay shot? India fluffing their last few overs with the bat? Misfields all round, all end up magnified.
What is left to say about it really. India were a bowler short, England a batsmen short and in the end it balanced to a perfect equilibrium.
Did you all see our worm? Thanks Michael. OOh by the way, after a few days of doing nothing with his team due to illness and work, he is back in action and has set his sites on beating Anna - watch out! (he just walked by and said, "I don't want to aim to high" - that is SO RUDE! Anna - I'd be pissed at him if I were you) Anyway, I have my sites set on James but he just seems to be getting further and further away, and where the heck did Henry come from???? I have to worry about him now?
Two games coming up next - neither of which should be as exciting as today's. Zimbabwe v. Canada and West Indies v. Netherlands
Match tied Well well well. If it weren't for Munaf's short run from the last ball of India's innings India would have this game! Incredible match, Strauss's innings must rank as the best England ODI innings after Gooch's World Cup 115 in 1983. Fourth tied game in World Cup history. Breathless stuff, that game has twisted one way and another and again and another before ending up even. Ian Bell's Powerplay shot? India fluffing their last few overs with the bat? Misfields all round, all end up magnified.
What is left to say about it really. India were a bowler short, England a batsmen short and in the end it balanced to a perfect equilibrium.
Did you all see our worm? Thanks Michael. OOh by the way, after a few days of doing nothing with his team due to illness and work, he is back in action and has set his sites on beating Anna - watch out! (he just walked by and said, "I don't want to aim to high" - that is SO RUDE! Anna - I'd be pissed at him if I were you) Anyway, I have my sites set on James but he just seems to be getting further and further away, and where the heck did Henry come from???? I have to worry about him now?
Two games coming up next - neither of which should be as exciting as today's. Zimbabwe v. Canada and West Indies v. Netherlands
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Big Moves
well there have been some big moves around here.
First I didn't blog yesterday, sorry. And I didn't get our scores recorded either. So....when the worm appears (probably this weekend) we will be missing one day - ooh well, to bad. But in other news, South Africa bested the West Indies and catapulted Moira into 3rd place. Figures shed back the Protea. I'm guessing she had the two stand outs that led the team to victory, AB de Villiers (107 runs) and Tahir (4wickets) she might also have padded her team with Steyn who got 3 wickets. Whatever her strategy was it worked and the rest of us couldn't compare.
James still holds the lead in our competition and I'm wondering when he'll run out of trades so the rest of us can get in on the action?
Welcome to the new player, Cosmin. We all hope you fail. I mean, we wish you well, good luck, have fun.
OK, gotta go get my trades in before the early deadline - two games tomorrow New Zealand v. Australia. and Bangladesh v. Ireland.
First I didn't blog yesterday, sorry. And I didn't get our scores recorded either. So....when the worm appears (probably this weekend) we will be missing one day - ooh well, to bad. But in other news, South Africa bested the West Indies and catapulted Moira into 3rd place. Figures shed back the Protea. I'm guessing she had the two stand outs that led the team to victory, AB de Villiers (107 runs) and Tahir (4wickets) she might also have padded her team with Steyn who got 3 wickets. Whatever her strategy was it worked and the rest of us couldn't compare.
James still holds the lead in our competition and I'm wondering when he'll run out of trades so the rest of us can get in on the action?
Welcome to the new player, Cosmin. We all hope you fail. I mean, we wish you well, good luck, have fun.
OK, gotta go get my trades in before the early deadline - two games tomorrow New Zealand v. Australia. and Bangladesh v. Ireland.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
England and James hang on for the win
The Netherlands batted first and ten Doeschate earned his century and a few more leaving 292 as the total for England to chase. The Cric Info summary of the opening inning was this, "Well, England have caught the Dutch disease again. Ryan ten Doeschate was magnificent, as inspirationally brilliant as England were dreadful. The fielding was shabby, the bowling all over the place but it was the pressure Netherlands put on them that backed them into that corner." I think the commentator must be English - note the pessimistic air. But as far as we are concerned Swann and Broad were good England bowler choices racking up 2 wickets a piece. Then England went up to bat and it was touch and go as ten Doeschates (the Man of the Match) racked up 2 wickets to go with his century. But in the end the Netherlands didn't have the bowling to keep England from taking home the win. So good for them.
James has increased his lead, again........I demand a drug test. I think he might be smoking that lupine to give him an edge. Anyway, there was much jostling with the rest of us. Katy S reclaimed 2nd place, I moved up into 3rd, Moira had huge gains, and Anna still languishes with 0 points. However, I had lunch with Anna today and she assures me that we should not count her out. She has a strategy, is working on the pivot, and will be making a surge soon........
Tomorrow Kenya returns to take on Pakistan. Lets see what the Haq and Afridi can come up with?
James has increased his lead, again........I demand a drug test. I think he might be smoking that lupine to give him an edge. Anyway, there was much jostling with the rest of us. Katy S reclaimed 2nd place, I moved up into 3rd, Moira had huge gains, and Anna still languishes with 0 points. However, I had lunch with Anna today and she assures me that we should not count her out. She has a strategy, is working on the pivot, and will be making a surge soon........
Tomorrow Kenya returns to take on Pakistan. Lets see what the Haq and Afridi can come up with?
Monday, February 21, 2011
James continues to soar
Well, Lynda has cleared up one mystery for us. Apparently we DO have to worry about Suresh and Jitesh. They are co workers of Lyndas, Welcome to you both. Since I was unaware of your connection before now your worm lines will only start on day 3 as I didn't record the first two days totals. But seeing as how we have a few months left a few days shouldn't matter.
OK, so what has been happening? Well Sunday New Zealand trounced Kenya. Kenya batted first and put a meager 69 runs going all out after only 23.5 overs. So when New Zealand took the pitch they quickly chased that down not dropping any wickets!
Also on Sunday Sri Lanka took down Canada. Sri Lanka was up first and put up a healthy 332 runs. Jayawardene got a century and Sangakkara didn't do to bad with 92. Canada was only able to answer with a 122 runs.
Then today Australia beat down Zimbabwe. Watson, Australia's opener, started things off with 79 runs helping them reach a total of 262. Australia's Johnson made sure Zimbabwe couldn't recover taking a 4 wicket haul in the process.
So far it seems that the favorites are favorites for a reason and we haven't really had to many surprises yet. Will tonight be the night for upset?? England will try and redeem themselves against the Netherlands. If you'll recall the Netherlands handed England a crushing defeat on the opening night of the last twenty 20 tournament. So, Pietersen has some face to save. Can they do it? I am sure that Catherine is cautiously pessimistic. That's right, I said pessimistic - those English never seem to have faith in their team.
As for us, James is still miles above the rest of us. He actually increased his lead slightly and is now 324 points ahead of Catherine in second place. Catherine had a surge of her own knocking Katy S back a spot. And while the top few places have been jostling about, the bottom have of our order seems to be kinda stagnant. Don't get comfortable people - fight, bring out your big guns and make some moves! Anna??? Are you there Anna??? Did your pivot table stop pivoting? Or do you just have some really sneaky strategy that will blow us all away in the end? And I suspect Moiras score didn't change cause she can't stand the Australians and probably refused to have them on her team. Well, so much the better for the rest of us.
OK, enough already, I need a nap.
OK, so what has been happening? Well Sunday New Zealand trounced Kenya. Kenya batted first and put a meager 69 runs going all out after only 23.5 overs. So when New Zealand took the pitch they quickly chased that down not dropping any wickets!
Also on Sunday Sri Lanka took down Canada. Sri Lanka was up first and put up a healthy 332 runs. Jayawardene got a century and Sangakkara didn't do to bad with 92. Canada was only able to answer with a 122 runs.
Then today Australia beat down Zimbabwe. Watson, Australia's opener, started things off with 79 runs helping them reach a total of 262. Australia's Johnson made sure Zimbabwe couldn't recover taking a 4 wicket haul in the process.
So far it seems that the favorites are favorites for a reason and we haven't really had to many surprises yet. Will tonight be the night for upset?? England will try and redeem themselves against the Netherlands. If you'll recall the Netherlands handed England a crushing defeat on the opening night of the last twenty 20 tournament. So, Pietersen has some face to save. Can they do it? I am sure that Catherine is cautiously pessimistic. That's right, I said pessimistic - those English never seem to have faith in their team.
As for us, James is still miles above the rest of us. He actually increased his lead slightly and is now 324 points ahead of Catherine in second place. Catherine had a surge of her own knocking Katy S back a spot. And while the top few places have been jostling about, the bottom have of our order seems to be kinda stagnant. Don't get comfortable people - fight, bring out your big guns and make some moves! Anna??? Are you there Anna??? Did your pivot table stop pivoting? Or do you just have some really sneaky strategy that will blow us all away in the end? And I suspect Moiras score didn't change cause she can't stand the Australians and probably refused to have them on her team. Well, so much the better for the rest of us.
OK, enough already, I need a nap.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Imposters amongst us....
So you may have noticed two new comers to our competition. NO, they are not Micheals coworkers, we don't know who they are or how they came to join us. SO, you should feel free to ignore "x2worlddream" and "Jitesh World Cup team".
Now, onto our competition. Good for James for picking the two day one stand outs, Sehwag and Kholi. They both batted like mad men for India. Kohli put up a nice even century only to be out shined by Sehwag who had the impressive total of 175!! Added in with the rest of the team India put up 370 (only conceding 3 wickets) for Bangladesh to chase. Bangladesh tried but went all out with only 283, so India takes the opening match. Is this a glimpse of the way the rest of the tournament will go? Many think India is a favorite. I personally am hoping they go far as I've made Dohni my captain, so I'd like to see him in the finals.
So James leads our group by 230 points but don't be dismayed there are many many games left to play. A few notes about this tourney:
First you may be wondering, will there be a worm???? Of course there will be a worm. What kind of rinky dink competition do you think we run around here? But, we have decided that it will not make an appearance everyday. We will post the worm a few times a week. And since one day does not a worm make, there is no worm today.
Second, keep in mind that this tourney is being played in India and surrounding regions so the times are way off from here in the states. Most games are being played at 12:30 am, but on days where there are two games the first one starts at 8pm the night before. So........There are two games scheduled for Sunday. The first match (Kenya V. New Zealand) will begin at 8pm Saturday night. So, you need to have changes made by like 6pm Saturday for the Sunday games. Got it? I don't want to hear any whining about "I tried to make changes to my team the night before and they wouldn't let me....I picked Sehwag as my captain, really I did" Too bad, so sad, keep the time changes straight.
Third, Paul has decided that he is to busy to grace us with a team. If you chat with him feel free to bust his chops!
Ok, so thats that. The fun has begun and we will have a nice long ride until April 2nd.
Now, onto our competition. Good for James for picking the two day one stand outs, Sehwag and Kholi. They both batted like mad men for India. Kohli put up a nice even century only to be out shined by Sehwag who had the impressive total of 175!! Added in with the rest of the team India put up 370 (only conceding 3 wickets) for Bangladesh to chase. Bangladesh tried but went all out with only 283, so India takes the opening match. Is this a glimpse of the way the rest of the tournament will go? Many think India is a favorite. I personally am hoping they go far as I've made Dohni my captain, so I'd like to see him in the finals.
So James leads our group by 230 points but don't be dismayed there are many many games left to play. A few notes about this tourney:
First you may be wondering, will there be a worm???? Of course there will be a worm. What kind of rinky dink competition do you think we run around here? But, we have decided that it will not make an appearance everyday. We will post the worm a few times a week. And since one day does not a worm make, there is no worm today.
Second, keep in mind that this tourney is being played in India and surrounding regions so the times are way off from here in the states. Most games are being played at 12:30 am, but on days where there are two games the first one starts at 8pm the night before. So........There are two games scheduled for Sunday. The first match (Kenya V. New Zealand) will begin at 8pm Saturday night. So, you need to have changes made by like 6pm Saturday for the Sunday games. Got it? I don't want to hear any whining about "I tried to make changes to my team the night before and they wouldn't let me....I picked Sehwag as my captain, really I did" Too bad, so sad, keep the time changes straight.
Third, Paul has decided that he is to busy to grace us with a team. If you chat with him feel free to bust his chops!
Ok, so thats that. The fun has begun and we will have a nice long ride until April 2nd.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Here we go again.....
OK, so here we go again. I have updated all the links on the right so don't hesitate to use them often. And don't hesitate to post comments - that's half the fun ya know?
To get us going I will put some questions out there for you to ponder and reply to:
1. What will your team name be? Does it have any special meanings?
2. What is your strategy for this tournament?
3. Other than yourself, who would you most like to see win our competition? Who would you like to see fail? (I know that's not nice but come on, there is someone you secretly want to be on the bottom) Who do you really want to make sure you are ahead of?
Discuss........
To get us going I will put some questions out there for you to ponder and reply to:
1. What will your team name be? Does it have any special meanings?
2. What is your strategy for this tournament?
3. Other than yourself, who would you most like to see win our competition? Who would you like to see fail? (I know that's not nice but come on, there is someone you secretly want to be on the bottom) Who do you really want to make sure you are ahead of?
Discuss........
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