Mistakes have already been made, mistakes have been made

So, let me share with you a lesson I have had to learn the hard way in just about every competition we have done: When you make a trade, make sure you hit the "confirm changes" button on the second page. You will make trades and at the bottom it will say "make changes", then it will show you the changes you've picked and you have to click the "confirm changes" button! You MUST click TWO buttons before the trade is actually made. Otherwise you will think you have made a change, go about your day, sit down to check in on your players progress only to find the guy with the 5 wicket haul is not actually on your team.

Anyway, well done every one on the first day of matches. Anna and James soared to the top - I suspect well picked captains. I am in third - my captain earned me a duck! This is mistake number two for me, pick a good captain. Michael doesn't seem to know what game he is playing, and for most of us we are just getting our feet wet.

So what happened? Well, For starters New Zealand beat Sri Lanka. NZ went in to bat first and put up a respectable score of 331. Half centuries to B. McCullum, Williamson, and Anderson. They only dropped 6 wickets and Sri Lanka didn't seem to have any stand out bowlers. Then Sri Lanka went in and went all out only answering 233 of the runs after 46.1 overs. Thirimanne got 65 but he was the only one do to much. The Kiwis like to share the love so Southeem Boult, Milne, Vettori, and Anderson all got 2 wickets a piece.

The second match was Australia v. England and I am sorry to say for Moira, Catherine and Henry that Australia seemed to kick a little English tail. Australia batted first and with half centuries for Bailey and Maxwell to add to Finch's 135, they racked up 342 runs for England to chase. But it wasn't a blow out, England's bowlers did get 9 wickets with a 5 wicket haul going to Finn. England then went in to bat and Taylor was their all star with 98 runs, he was not out so bummer for him that he couldn't have snuck a few extras in to reach the 100. But with 2 wickets a piece for Starc and Johnson and another 5 wicket haul going to Marsh, England just could not reach the mark and fell 111 runs short.

So this evening, or in the wee hours of tomorrow, South Africa will take on Zimbabwe (the only two African nations in the tournament) and India will battle Pakistan, always a heated battle.

For those of us in California it seems like morning is the best time to make your trades, I guess that means in the evening for those in England. And Moira?? Well, that is one to many time zones for me to figure out just now.

Good Luck All!