OK, so lets see what happened in cricket today? The final matches for group B were on and Ireland, Zimbabwe, and the Netherlands all had potential to make it through. Ireland being the favorite. So what happened? Hang on a minute and let me read................ Looks like Zimbabwe beat the UAE by 5 wickets. There was a 3 wicket haul for SC WIlliams and a half century for Chigumbura. Their win gave them the top slot, for the moment since they had a better run rate than Ireland. So, with that Ireland needed to win. Did they????
patience, I'm reading................
NO! Netherlands won by 6 wickets. with a half century for Poynter and 47/42 for Porterfiled /O'Brien Ireland put up a huge 189 to chase. Well done to them. That should have been enough. They can lose so long as they don't lose big. And with 189, surely they can't lose big. Lets see.......... Netherlands bats and we see a half century for Myburgh, and 40/45 for Barresi/Cooper. 2 wickets a piece for Jamil and O'Brien. So......did Netherlands go through or Zimbabwe?? Let's see....Netherlands had to win BIG and with 189 to chase they needed to neat that in 14.2 overs. Tall order. checking...........uh huh.......ooh I see..........WOW! They did it in a mere 13.5 overs!! Netherlands go through!! Netherlands into the Super 10!!
That was some damn exciting cricket.
Here's how the Super 10 round looks: Group 1 is Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, New Zealand, and Netherlands. Group 2 is West Indies, India, Pakistan, Australia, and Bangladesh. everybody plays everbody else in their group. Top two from each group go through to the semis.
the first match was India / Pakistan. Always a battle. here's what the pros said, "You don't often know what to expect in big India-Pakistan matches, but Pakistan are on to a disturbing trend of predictability of late. They work themselves up into a frenzy, try too many things, make too many mistakes, and India coolly stand in a corner doing little things right and stroll their way to a win." And this is apparently exactly what happened. India won by 7 wickets. Pakistan put up 130 which India answered with 7 wickets to spare. So, India off to a good start.
How about us? Well, I did nothing. Aunt Katy's captain got her negative points, and lets see what else? James had a surge, and as Anna so nicely points out, "Robinsons in America make no move" Just you wait dear sister, just you wait.
Tomorrow its South Africa against Sri Lanka (expect a surge from Moira) and England up against New Zealand (expect a surge from Catherine - unless England disappoint which she says they are always doing, so who knows)
Enjoy!
Friday, March 21, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
short and sweet
Ok, so Ms. Page is coming tomorrow and I have to clean this house. Here is the days events in summary. Nepal beat Afghanistan giving them a slim hope of making it through. Half century to Khakurel and 3 wicket haul to Mikhiya. Then Bangladesh took the field against Hong Kong. It was sad. they put up 108 and 4 wickets to N. Ahmed - well done Hong Kong! This really opened the door for Hong Kong as well as Nepal. And Hong Kong did come through - at least for themselves. They BEAT Bangladesh by 2 wickets with 2 balls remaining! WELL DONE HONG KONG! but, the net run rate wasn't enough to get Nepal through so Bangladesh still advance to the super 10's. 3 wicket haul to Shakib Al Hasan.
No change in the top of our game but did you see those Gryllidae? They swarmed!
Tomorrow its the last game in group B and the first matched of the Super 10. Have fun!
No change in the top of our game but did you see those Gryllidae? They swarmed!
Tomorrow its the last game in group B and the first matched of the Super 10. Have fun!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Happy Birthday to Missy and Katy!
while it might be the twins birthday it was not their cricket day. Seriously Bob, its kinda rude to overtake them on their big day. In other news, Moira surged above Anna and James and Henry had a massive gain as well, putting himself right in the mix. I think Michael is still on the toilet, let's hope he doesn't get to dehydrated.
In the real cricket tournament, Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 5 wickets on the last ball. In contrast to their last ball defeat to Ireland on Monday. Well done Zimbabwe. Netherlands put up 140 with 70 coming from T. Cooper. And of course P. Utseya earned 2 wickets - I say of course since last time he earned me negative points and I benched him - but anyway..... Zimbabwe's chase was a little more spread around and B. Taylor was 1 run shy of a half century. P. Seelar earned 2 wickets for his efforts.
In the second match Ireland beat the UAE by 21 runs using the D/L Method (look it up on cricket 101 if you care). UAE batted first and put up 123, dropping 6 wickets. There were 2 wickets a piece for Stirling and KJ OBrien. Then Ireland went to chase. Porterfield did well opening with Sterling who left the field due to injury after 8 runs. But EC Joyce came on and crancked out 40 more runs. Then in the 15th over the lights went out....came on....went out.....and it started to rain hard, so they called it. The win puts Ireland in the top slot so far for group B.
Tomorrow we have the last games for group A. Afghanistan / Nepal and Bangladesh/ Hong Kong. Bangladesh will go through from that group unless they lose by a lot to Hong Kong, which no one is expecting. On Friday we will see the last two games from Group B as well as the first match for the round of 10. So go, get cracking!
In the real cricket tournament, Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 5 wickets on the last ball. In contrast to their last ball defeat to Ireland on Monday. Well done Zimbabwe. Netherlands put up 140 with 70 coming from T. Cooper. And of course P. Utseya earned 2 wickets - I say of course since last time he earned me negative points and I benched him - but anyway..... Zimbabwe's chase was a little more spread around and B. Taylor was 1 run shy of a half century. P. Seelar earned 2 wickets for his efforts.
In the second match Ireland beat the UAE by 21 runs using the D/L Method (look it up on cricket 101 if you care). UAE batted first and put up 123, dropping 6 wickets. There were 2 wickets a piece for Stirling and KJ OBrien. Then Ireland went to chase. Porterfield did well opening with Sterling who left the field due to injury after 8 runs. But EC Joyce came on and crancked out 40 more runs. Then in the 15th over the lights went out....came on....went out.....and it started to rain hard, so they called it. The win puts Ireland in the top slot so far for group B.
Tomorrow we have the last games for group A. Afghanistan / Nepal and Bangladesh/ Hong Kong. Bangladesh will go through from that group unless they lose by a lot to Hong Kong, which no one is expecting. On Friday we will see the last two games from Group B as well as the first match for the round of 10. So go, get cracking!
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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