And we're off to a roaring start. At least some of us are. Today's first match saw Oman completely rout Papa New Guinea with 10 wickets to spare. PNG batted first and got off to a slow start, a SLOW START. They dropped 2 wickets in the 1st 2 overs and only put up 1 run. Hell, I could played for them and done just as well. but then they settled in and started putting some decent runs on the board getting to 103 for 3 in the first 14 overs. Then it went bad, IT WENT BAD. With the next 20 balls they lost 6 wickets, 4 of them coming from Maqsood (one of Michael's stars - do you think Missy also had him? We may never know). PNG ended their turn with 129/9. Oman capitalized on the home court advantage, using only their two openers to chase down those 129 runs. Signh got 73 off 42 balls and Ilyas 50 off 43. So without dropping any wickets they handily handed PNG a welcome basket filled with regret.
Then Scotland gave Bangladesh a wake up call, "Hey Bangladesh! If you want to progress in the tournament you have to play better!" Scotland started a little slow but as soon as Greaves entered things picked up. I think we'll be hearing a lot from Greaves in the coming month. He put up 45 of Scotlands 140 /9. Then Bangladesh started their chase, but it seems that wake up call was little late and they skipped breakfast cause they just couldn't get the numbers high enough. They only made it to 134 after their 20 overs. I bet they wish they could go back and have a do over.
So that was that. We don't know what shot Missy so far ahead but she must have made some good choices. It can't last can it? Missy (951) and Michael (924) were both 400 points ahead of most of us. In fact Missy is currently ranked 42 world wide with Michael not far behind at 53. Sean said his Chuddley Cannons missed the mark but are now loaded with players who will actually be playing, so watch out!
Tomorrow is Ireland v. Netherlands and Sri Lanka v. Namibia
For those local, we can get the games streaming on ESPN+ through HULU. Seems for now that we can only see them live, not taped delayed. So, come on over bright and early and catch the second match any time you want.
