de Villiers Anyone?

Things are starting to shake up as people begin to get their strategies inline. Anyone with AB DeVilliers really racked up the points today - anyone lucky enough to have him as their captain?? Henry's Hobos and the Flying Toasters both jumped way up in the standings while Team Jiminy took a hit despite huge marketing efforts on their behalf. And the Smashing Windows have smashed into the bottom. I am still in the lead and I credit the ardent support of Sean for my success. So, here's the worm:



Well, Sean and I didn't make it up to see South Africa put up their 211 runs but we did catch them shutting Scotland down after 81 runs! I read they beat them by the second highest margin for this format ever! I have to say I feel a little bad for Scotland as they really got themselves slaughtered. So Scotland is out of the tournament, time to trade your Scots - anyone have Scots?

Then England kept their dream alive by beating Pakistan by 48 runs. Even though England has only won one match they are through to the next round so it is up to Pakistan and Netherlands to slog it out for the other spot. We had a small crowd here at the Robinson home for a cricket tutorial. It was quite a good time with good food and good folk. By the end of the match everyone was saying things like, "Bopara's dropped a dolly at point! He's blaming the lights, but really... " and "He just planted his feet and flogged it for a flat six wide of long-on!". So now that everyone knows what a yorker is and where silly mid off is I think we'll see a lot more thoughtful strategies coming out of California.

Tomorrow we see two must win games. Australia must beat Sri Lanka while Bangladesh need to rout Ireland to make it through to the super 8. Stay tuned........now go make some trades already!