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..........