Hope you had Al Hasan

If you didn't have Shakib Al Hasan you are probably sad today. He was the star for sure as Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 62 runs. In the opening inning he batted 51 (not the highest total - that was Mushfiqur Rahim with 83) and the in the second inning he put Afghanistan all out at 200, well below target, with 5 wickets. So, did you have him? I did.

Michael must have Al Hasan as he made a surge today overtaking the Nagels. But don't worry mom, I have insider knowledge that his trades will be running in shorter supply going forward.

Tomorrow should be a good match. England is currently #4 on the points table, Australia is currently #2. England lost their last match and are on a down turn with the loss of Roy, although word is he might be back sooner than originally thought. And Australia seems to be on the rise. What will happen? Who knows but it should be fun to watch.

Almost but not quite

2 games today and both pretty exciting.  To start Afghanistan almost beat India, but not quite. India only put up 224 to chase which Afghanistan nearly did, they went all out 11 runs shy.  4 wicket haul to Shami.

In the second match NZ almost crushed the opening innings with 291, but not quite as Cottrell got a 4 wicket haul. Then the Windies almost crushed NZ with Gayle getting 87, then NZ almost put the insurgence down, gaining lots of wickets, but not quite. The windies almost had a late overs surge with Braithwait getting 101, but not quite. NZ finally managed to get WI all out 5 runs short with a 4 wicket haul to Boult.

As for us, lots of folks gaining but not quite overtaking, where will it all end??

Tomorrow Pakistan v. South Africa

Feed on crumbs of comfort

Malinga! There you are

So Sri Lanka finally came to play much to the dismay of England.  They batted first and Matthews (85) helped them put up 232 to chase.  Seems like it should have been easy for England.  Stokes tried, he got 82 (not out) but it seems like he couldn't find a partner.  Malinga's 4 wickets had them all out at only 212. So,  Sri Lanka take the win. 

Tomorrow there's two matches,  Afghanistan v India and New Zealand v West Indies

Moira?  Michael? Did you make your trades??

May the worm rise to meet you

I'm slowing it down

Like Warner, I have surged. But now I think I need to slow things down lest I run out of trades.

So today Australia beat Bangladesh by 48 runs.  Seems like it was the Warner show, he got a whopping 166, what's the bonus points for going over 150??? Must be a lot.  Australia went 381/6 and Bangladesh just couldn't get that high, they reached 333/8, falling 48 runs shy.

There has been movement in our race. The top spot is still occupied by the trophy takers but the #2 slot is now occupied by a few political *unkies. While the cluster clucks may not be ****bleep****ed the crackpot rabbits sure seem to be. I think the nagels have been languishing in 5th the whole time. While stour was down but now up, the Panicky squids were up but now down. And our last place team, the muttermatters, may still matter but who knows.

Tomorrow England takes on Sri Lanka

And if haven't yet,  take a look at the points table on espncricinfo. Things are shaping up with Australia, New Zealand, England, and India taking the top spots, for now.....