Thanks for the Worm

Michael I would like to say Thank you on behalf of everyone for the worm - much needed bit of insight.

Today? There was cricket? Seems sort of wrong that I spent all those precious trades stacking my team with West Indians and then they don't even get the chance to bat, this includes my captain, shame. Any who, the game was rained out, they called it a no game and sent the West Indies through to the super eight round anyway.

So, tomorrow we have the last of the group stage matches this one between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Then no game on Wed. and the super eights start on Thursday. So, the super eights shape up as follows:

A1 England B1 Australia C1 Sri lanka D1 TBD (Pakistan)
A2 India B2 West Indies C2 South Africa D2 New Zealand

D1 is to be determined but Pakistan will go through unless they lose by more than 36 runs.

So your first super eight games on Thursday will be SL v NZ and E v WI


Since not much cricket happened today not much changed on the worm except the Thought Pads didn't think to put any Irish or West Indians on their team so the Fours and Sixes along with Ashland surpassed them.

Lets see what fun tomorrow brings

The worm

Ok ok already, here is the worm.

We're back

What happened to yesterdays blog? It got rained out just like the two games. South Africa beat Sri Lanka in a 7 over aside game. What the hell happened to the Sri Lankans? Did they forget to bat? Sorry Bob but your Thought Pads were squashed. And then Australia beat the West Indies in a game decided by Duckworth Lewis. What is Duckworth Lewis? Who knows, I don't even think the ICC people know. Google it if you care that much but the end result is a win for Australia.

OK, so today- India beat England by 90 runs. India batted first and put up a respectable 170 for England to chase. batters of note: Sharma earned himself a half century with 55 runs. and where was Yuvraj? Listen up Yuvraj, I spent a lot of points on you for today and you got me a big fat zero. What's Up? Next time I'll stick to the E players like England's bowler Finn who got two wickets. Anyway, England was only able to answer with a meager 80 runs! again, what's up? Kieswetter did ok with 35 but then................wickets falling all around. They went all out after only 14.4 overs. I guess they were stymied by H. Singh's spin. He got 4 wickets - well done to the man highlighted in orange - this by the way propelled Sean past his grandmother once again. Catherine, at least he has one granny he can look up to.

As for Pakistan and New Zealand, Pakistan won by 13 runs. Close match. Jamshed got a half century and propelled Pakistan to 177 runs. New Zealand fought back but could only answer 164 of them. And a big well done to Saeed Ajmal for a 4 wicket haul. Now that was an A player worth his budget.

In our competition there seems to be three packs forming. I am sure it would all be super clear if we had a worm......................................... anyway, the HoGs got Bazinga'd and it is starting to look like it will be a duel of the pivots with the rest of us battling for 3rd. I think i need to Google "pivot table"...... in my spare time I'll get right on that.

Tomorrow only one match that no one cares about - Ireland will be trounced by the West Indies. Go Pollard!!!!

And a very Happy Birthday to You

Did you all hear the sonic boom as Bazinga soared to the top of the charts? Well done Anna and a Happy Birthday to you. First place is your gift - enjoy! Do to Birthday festivities I am going to keep this short. Anna is in the lead, Missy in the bottom - outdone by her 3 year old grandson who picked his captain because his name was highlighted in orange.

No surprises in today's games. England trounced Afghanistan knocking them out of the competition and New Zealand trounced Bangladesh. Tomorrow we have Sri Lanka v. South Africa and Australia v. West Indies. Finally my captain gets to play - lets hope he plays well.

That's all for now, Katy

Was that a game?

Or just a South African practice session? Seriously did Zimbabwe leave their players on the plane? I knew they were underdogs but really, they didn't even show up to this match. And my only Zimbabwian got me a golden duck. Lucky for me I had some Proteas to get me a few points which I sorely need since my captain has yet to play a game.

Not much changed in our little comp except Catherine seems to have had a bit of a surge. Now that we have a few data points maybe I can convince Michael to break out the worm. What do say Michael? We need a worm! I mean, we need a worm please!

Tomorrow my captain will still not be playing, but other folks will. Folks like the Kiwis and the Bangladeshis. Also the Afghans and the Brits. Good luck to all.

The Helicopter Shot

Did you see it? The helicopter shot was all the rage on the commentary in the India Afghanistan game. Personally I fell asleep without seeing much. This was not due to the cricket but rather two small helicopters that live in my house. Anyway, India did indeed beat Afghanistan but not by much. It was actually a semi close game and Afghanistan definately held their own there. As for Australia and Ireland. Australia pretty easily shut Ireland down. Apparently in a not so sportsman like fashion as the umpires had to squash the taunting more than once. But that's OK, we all know the Aussies are low class - just ask Moira.

As for our verbal lashings? Here goes: Sorry Moira but I love me the Aussies and they hit plenty of balls to the walls for me. Unfortunately some of my Indians fell short and lost a few points. Leaving me in much the same place as before. James seems to have HoGged all the points for the day while The Superheroes stopped the Balehouse Busters from doing any damage. Michael's Boomstick sounds more like a dink and the Thought Pads must still be thinking cause they didn't do much. All in all, except for James the rest of us are pretty much in the same place as yesterday. Sorry, Missy you are right, The Winners did win a few. But its early folks, really early. So, as the tourney goes on it will be critical to manage your trades. Don't spend them all to soon.

Tomorrow its just South Africa against Zimbabwe. I have high hopes for Zimbabwe, so I stacked my team with South Africans. good night.