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