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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
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.
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