This cricket stuff is exciting!!

No Blog last night as I barely made my trades in time in between Immy waking up with nightmares. But New Zealand beat Australia and are looking strong over all. And in a major comeback move England beat SA. The opening inning was so bad for England Catherine gave up and went to Patisserie Valerie. But she took her tea to soon and she missed watching England rally and pull off a huge chase. So well done England. They needed that. Sure hope that Mille-Feuille was worth it Catherine.

Happy Birthday Mom! I am sure Missy was glued to the TV today, she probably brought her tea to the couch. I saw that golf was on.

As for the cricket. Only one game. India beat Pakistan in a much anticipated game. I guess there were security questions and venue changes and everything. But, a game happened, shortened due to weather - 18 overs a side. Pakistan managed only 118 in their innings and the wickets were spread around, not much of note. Then India went in and Kohli led the charge with 55 not out. So well done Kohli. Sami got 2 wickets. India won in 15.5 overs with 6 wickets to spare.

As for us, the worms tell it all.
Catherine has a major lead - on both worms. I overtook James and Anna took a massive dive. What happened Anna?

Tomorrow its Afghanistan and South Africa first followed by Sri Lanka and the Windies. Have fun

We're gonna need a bigger chart.

Off the charts

Perrrrrreeerrrrreraaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!! Shakes fist!

So my dear MIL sent me message this morning to tell me how well Dilshan was doing. I was overjoyed. Anna did not have him on her team - this was looking good for me. I was drafting my victory speech. What my dear MIL did not tell me was that not only did she have Dilshan, I believe he was her captain. And she quietly did not mention that she also had Perera. His 3 wicket haul was my demise. Well done Catherine, well done. Enjoy your time, I'm coming for you.

Bob also had a nice soar today and I see Kathy has joined us! Yeah! Moira? Moira? I see your trade number there as 92 - don't let your Big Mistake, Huge be Humongous, make your trades.

Afghanistan lost to Dilshan, Perera, and the rest of the Sri Lankans. Dilshan got 83 from 56 balls and was not out with a strike rate of 148.21. So well done Sri Lanka.

Two good rivalries tomorrow, New Zealand and Australia (although rain threatens) and England try to save face against South Africa.

Now I don't like either version.  But well done Catherine!

Boom Boom Afridi and the Window Smasher Gayle

The day began with Pakistan showing Bangladesh why they didn't have to bother with the qualifying rounds. Pakistan batted first and 2 guys got half centuries (Shehzad and Hafeez) with Afridi only 1 run away, all of that led to an impressive innings total of 201. Pakistan only dropped 5 wickets with 2 going to both Ahmed and Sunny. And despite Al Hasans 50, Bangladesh came up 55 runs short. 2 wickets each for Amir and Afridi.

The second game was truly something. England opened things up with 182 runs for their effort - a highly respectable total, nothing to sneeze at for sure. Root was close to a half century and they only dropped 6 wickets. And when the West Indian inning opened there was a brief flicker of a win for England. The 1st batsmen fell on ball 2 with a duck. But the second batsman was Gayle, and Gayle did not fall with a duck, in fact he did not fall at all. Gayle earned the first century of the tournament and was not out. He hit the 100 mark with only 48 balls, he had 5 4's and 11 6's for a strike rate of 208.33! Amazing! It only took 18.1 overs for the Windies to shut it down for England.

I know Catherine is home thinking, "that was some fun Cricket, and isn't it just like the English to choke?"

Well, I be hoping some Americans choke........

Tomorrow, or actually today since I am writing this after midnight - don't tell Michael I staid up so late.... there is only one game, Afghanistan v. Sri Lanka. Can Afghanistan build on their momentum?? Can Sri Lank break their losing streak?? Who knows.....