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!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Bangladesh puts Nepal in their place
among other news. So before I get to my match analysis let me just review the format of this tournament. There are 16 teams that were seeded before the tourney began. The bottom 8 teams were forced to play in a preliminary round (the top 8 given automatic berths to the second round). In this initial round the 8 teams have been divided into 2 groups A and B. they will play each team in their group - so 3 matches. They top team from each group moves on, the other 6 go home. The two teams that move on are then slotted into new groups along with 4 of the other top 8. So again we will have two groups (1 and 2 this time) that will all play each other within the group (so 4 matches this time) and the top 2 teams from each group will move on to the semifinals. So, there you have it. That's why all the best teams don't start playing until next week.
So, today Bangladesh crushed Nepal. They won by 8 wickets. Nepal batted first and put up a mere 126 to chase. Khadka and Vesawkar were able to hit the 40 mark but little else happened. They did bat for the full 20 overs, only dropping 5 wickets, so apparently the runs were coming in pretty slow. Bangladesh only needed 15.3 overs to crush Nepal's tournament dreams. The highest run total came from Anamul Haque (42).
The other group A game today was Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Afghanistan won by 7 wickets. Hong Kong were out (or is it in?) first and hit 153. Their opener went out with a duck, I of course had him on my team - lesson learned. The next three guys did most of the work and Hong Kong hung in for all 20 overs, so well done for that. On the bowling side, 2 wickets a piece to Zadran, Hotak, and Nabi. Then Afghanistan were up and their early order went to town chasing down the 153 in 18 overs losing only 3 wickets. Shahzad and Shafiqullah both hit half centuries.
Despite Afghanistnas win today it seems unlikely they will advance, that privileged will most likely go to Bangladesh.
How about us??
Missy retook the top spot from her adoring husband but Bob and Katy S are hot on her heals. Anna and James must be shy on some pivot data cause they are both around 400 points back with Moira close behind. Henry left me at the ice cream shop and is leading the laggers followed by his adoring wife and daughter in law. Michael? well lets just say he didn't drag his butt out of bed in order to make his trades, so........... he's in last.
WORM?? Yes! We need a worm. Anna? would you take over worm duty? Come on, I know you already have one started.
Tomorrow will be group B with Netherlands taking on Zimbabwe and Ireland vs. the UAE.
So, today Bangladesh crushed Nepal. They won by 8 wickets. Nepal batted first and put up a mere 126 to chase. Khadka and Vesawkar were able to hit the 40 mark but little else happened. They did bat for the full 20 overs, only dropping 5 wickets, so apparently the runs were coming in pretty slow. Bangladesh only needed 15.3 overs to crush Nepal's tournament dreams. The highest run total came from Anamul Haque (42).
The other group A game today was Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Afghanistan won by 7 wickets. Hong Kong were out (or is it in?) first and hit 153. Their opener went out with a duck, I of course had him on my team - lesson learned. The next three guys did most of the work and Hong Kong hung in for all 20 overs, so well done for that. On the bowling side, 2 wickets a piece to Zadran, Hotak, and Nabi. Then Afghanistan were up and their early order went to town chasing down the 153 in 18 overs losing only 3 wickets. Shahzad and Shafiqullah both hit half centuries.
Despite Afghanistnas win today it seems unlikely they will advance, that privileged will most likely go to Bangladesh.
How about us??
Missy retook the top spot from her adoring husband but Bob and Katy S are hot on her heals. Anna and James must be shy on some pivot data cause they are both around 400 points back with Moira close behind. Henry left me at the ice cream shop and is leading the laggers followed by his adoring wife and daughter in law. Michael? well lets just say he didn't drag his butt out of bed in order to make his trades, so........... he's in last.
WORM?? Yes! We need a worm. Anna? would you take over worm duty? Come on, I know you already have one started.
Tomorrow will be group B with Netherlands taking on Zimbabwe and Ireland vs. the UAE.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Twenty20 2014
Hi all you cricketers! Welcome back to another exciting tournament. Matches started to day and I quickly fell to the bottom. To be honest I gave my team zero thought. I randomly put in players for the 4 teams playing. And my lack of preparation shows. BUT, Sean's party is over and so I can now focus. I will make a surge. As for the rest of you, well I was going to make some smart comment about how Missy was feeling pretty good about herself calling herself a super hero and all, but then.....well.........yeah, she pretty much kicked our collective butts. So, you go Mom! Bob and Katy Soucy also got off to strong starts. In fact everyone racked up some good points aside from myself and Henry. Hey Henry, maybe you and I should just go get some ice cream and let the rest of them battle this out?
Tomorrow is Ireland V. Zimbabwe and Netherlands V. U.A.E.
I promise more complete cover as the tournament progresses.
Katy
Tomorrow is Ireland V. Zimbabwe and Netherlands V. U.A.E.
I promise more complete cover as the tournament progresses.
Katy
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Final Worm
I created a beautiful movie showing all the worms linked together. It even has music. But for some reason it doesn't upload. So if you are ever in Walnut Creek, come by and I'll screen it for you.
And just for Moira:
Oh - figured it out. Enjoy!
Friday, June 21, 2013
India in the finals
India seem to be the golden children of this tournament. They are looking goooooooood. Will England be able to disrupt their run? I think England may be the only team that could. I think both teams have had great tournaments so far, and well deserved their places in the final. I am looking forward to Sundays match.
As for India/ Sri Lanka? What happened to Sri Lanka? They just didn't seem to get anything going on the pitch or off. Sri Lanka batted first and while they hung in for all 50 overs they only put up 181. The highest total was from Mathews with 51. Jayawardene? Sangakkara? Dilshan? Nothing to write here about. 3 wickets a piece for Sharma and Ashwin. But if you were disappointed in Sri Lankas batting you were probably more disappointed in their bowling. India easily surpassed the target in 35 overs with 8 wickets remaining. 68 for Dhawan and 58 for Kohli. No one got near a 3 wicket haul as there weren't 3 wickets to be had!
Red Watch has seen their way back in the top 100, claiming #73 in the world! They have also given themselves a bit of distance from the Red Foxes. 3rd place has been claimed (at least temporarily) by Outhousers 2. But watch out for the Balls of Thunder cause they're knocking at the door (I think they really need to go - to much fruit you know?!) There seems to be Clear Weather ahead but the Rainbow Horses are making a play for rain. If Olga Brietenfoulers kids are planning to fly the coop they should watch out for The Dragons on their tails. They don't want to be crying "My Leg Hurts" like some. Chartham Aces are being held up Henry's sleeve but be careful the ST Stars are trying for a late game shine. Meanwhile, Jr. Siren's Crabs are hoping to make it to the varsity level next year.
Enjoy a few days off and don't forget to watch the big match on Sunday!
As for India/ Sri Lanka? What happened to Sri Lanka? They just didn't seem to get anything going on the pitch or off. Sri Lanka batted first and while they hung in for all 50 overs they only put up 181. The highest total was from Mathews with 51. Jayawardene? Sangakkara? Dilshan? Nothing to write here about. 3 wickets a piece for Sharma and Ashwin. But if you were disappointed in Sri Lankas batting you were probably more disappointed in their bowling. India easily surpassed the target in 35 overs with 8 wickets remaining. 68 for Dhawan and 58 for Kohli. No one got near a 3 wicket haul as there weren't 3 wickets to be had!
Red Watch has seen their way back in the top 100, claiming #73 in the world! They have also given themselves a bit of distance from the Red Foxes. 3rd place has been claimed (at least temporarily) by Outhousers 2. But watch out for the Balls of Thunder cause they're knocking at the door (I think they really need to go - to much fruit you know?!) There seems to be Clear Weather ahead but the Rainbow Horses are making a play for rain. If Olga Brietenfoulers kids are planning to fly the coop they should watch out for The Dragons on their tails. They don't want to be crying "My Leg Hurts" like some. Chartham Aces are being held up Henry's sleeve but be careful the ST Stars are trying for a late game shine. Meanwhile, Jr. Siren's Crabs are hoping to make it to the varsity level next year.
Enjoy a few days off and don't forget to watch the big match on Sunday!
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