Wriggly Field

 

As The Worm Turns

 

The Bright Sun is shining on the 805 Strikers as they both soar

 Today's first match saw Scotland continue their domination of group B, beating PNG by 17runs.  Scotland batted first ans put up a formidable 165/9.  Berrington passed the half century mark and was cruising toward a full century but went out at 70.  He had the most help by Cross with 45.  PNG did manage a few wickets though, 4 credited to Morea and a 3 wicket haul for Cross.  So PNG was chasing 165, PNG was playing no good and may just end up as personas no gratas if they are booted from this tournament with nothing to show.  Vanua managed 47 but was caught out while trying to hit a boundary for his half century, other than that, meh, they went all out with 3 balls remaining.  4 wickets to Davey.  Scotland top group B with 4 points, PNG 0

Bangladesh also seem to have shrugged off the sleep and beat Oman by 26 runs.  Bangladesh put up 153 for Oman to chase.  64 coming from Naim and 42 from Al Hasan.  3 wickets a piece to B Khan and Butt.  Heee heeee, I typed Butt, hee hee.  Come on, a little giggle with your cricket news is good.  I know Anna was chuckling. Anyway, I'm sure its a fine upstanding Omani name.  Speaking of Oman, they tried to chase that 153 but couldn't.  The only Omani of note in the batting department was J. Singh with 40.  But 4 wicket haul to my captain Rahman.  I was really excited about that till I realised everyone else was soaring past my with the captain choice of Al Hasan - he had a great day, 3 wickets to add to his 42 runs.

Tomorrow its back to group A action with a losers table (Namibia and the Netherlands) and a winners table (Sri Lanka and Ireland)

As for use, in addition to the Al Hasan crowd doing quite well, Sean's Chuddley Cannons have overtaken Henry's Chartham Strikers.  Lots of cricket left to play.

We have a worm!!

 Did you all see the worm?  Thanks to Anna for maintaing our worm for us.  As you can see, Anna's line crossed mine - sad.  Missy is still on  top followed by Michael.  I checked my team against Missys, she gone for the front runners.  I'm hoping my few not front runners will really help me be outstanding in my cows corner.  

I have to start doing these blogs during the day cause frankly I don't have the energy right now, my Erasmus B Draggin. A little shout out to Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.

Tomorrow its the same as day one only opposite.  Scotland will try to knock out PNG, and Oman will see if Bangladesh got a better nights sleep.

For those local - we've figured out how to see the games tape delayed. So, we'll have to pick some for an in person watch session.

The Daily Worm

 

A roaring start for Scotland, Oman, Missy and Michael

 And we're off to a roaring start.  At least some of us are.  Today's first match saw Oman completely rout Papa New Guinea with 10 wickets to spare.  PNG batted first and got off to a slow start, a SLOW START.  They dropped 2 wickets in the 1st 2 overs and only put up 1 run.  Hell, I could played for them and done just as well.  but then they settled in and started putting some decent runs on the board getting to 103 for 3 in the first 14 overs.  Then it went bad, IT WENT BAD.  With the next 20 balls they lost 6 wickets, 4 of them coming from Maqsood (one of Michael's stars - do you think Missy also had him?  We may never know).  PNG ended their turn with 129/9.  Oman capitalized on the home court advantage, using only their two openers to chase down those 129 runs.  Signh got 73 off 42 balls and Ilyas 50 off 43.  So without dropping any wickets they handily handed PNG a welcome basket filled with regret.

Then Scotland gave Bangladesh a wake up call, "Hey Bangladesh!  If you want to progress in the tournament you have to play better!"  Scotland started a little slow but as soon as Greaves entered things picked up.  I think we'll be hearing a lot from Greaves in the coming month.  He put up 45 of Scotlands 140 /9.  Then Bangladesh started their chase, but it seems that wake up call was little late and they skipped breakfast cause they just couldn't get the numbers high enough.  They only made it to 134 after their 20 overs.  I bet they wish they could go back and have a do over.  

So that was that.  We don't know what shot Missy so far ahead but she must have made some good choices.  It can't last can it?  Missy (951) and Michael (924) were both 400 points ahead of most of us. In fact Missy is currently ranked 42 world wide with Michael not far behind at 53.  Sean said his Chuddley Cannons missed the mark but are now loaded with players who will actually be playing, so watch out!

Tomorrow is Ireland v. Netherlands and Sri Lanka v. Namibia

For those local, we can get the games streaming on ESPN+ through HULU.  Seems for now that we can only see them live, not taped delayed.  So, come on over bright and early and catch the second match any time you want.

On your marks, get set, .......

 Are we ready to rumble???  Games start in 10 hours.  3am California time (Pacific Standard), 11am in England.  So you best be making sure your teams are spick and span and ready to go.  Tomorrow's matches will be Group B of the qualifying round (Oman v. Papa New Guinea and Bangladesh v. Scotland)  Should be some rip roaring action so get on it.  Currently we have 7 teams competing, Katy's Cow Corner is hoping to dominate the field while Michael's Slightly Batty is looking to knock it out.  Anna's Bright Suns are hoping to throw a LOT of shade on Missy's Sweet Revenge.  Revenge for what I wonder??  Catherine is banking on the Queens blessing of her Royal Soaring Sixers while James is looking closer to home with his 805 Strikers.  And finally Henry is putting his faith in the tried and true Chartham Strikers.  Has anyone seen Bob or Moira??  give a poke if you see them, they haven't joined yet.  Clock's ticking.