Getting down to it

 South Africa beat England today, it was their first loss.  I'm not sure what happened with England's bowlers, they let SA put up 189/2, yes, 2.  van der Dussen with 94 and Markram with 52.  They did manage to claw back 179 of those but if my maths is correct, that's 10 short.  3 wicket haul to Rabada.  Other than a bruised ego England didn't suffer for their loss and still end the round at the top of their group.  SA unfortunately misses out and will be going home, they did finish with 8 points but lost out to Australia on net run rate.

Australia meanwhile secured there berth in the semis by beating the West Indies.  Although from what I hear, it was more of a party atmosphere rather than a hard fought cricket match.  International cricket will be saying goodbye to the Windies Bravo and Gayle.  I don't know much about cricket but I did get a chance to see them both play in person and Gayle cracked a 6 that smashed a window.  So congrats boys on you careers, you will be missed.

meanwhile in group 2 Pakistan is through (I think there is a very small chance that if the stars aligned just so they would go through  but ...) there are 3 teams however that could feasibly take the 2nd spot, New Zealand, India, and Afghanistan.  NZ has the best chance but they are playing Afghanistan tomorrow so it won't be easy.  

Has your captain gone through?  Do you have enough trades left? Lots of worming left to be done

The worms go in and the worms go out.

 

A Worm and a Cricket walk into a bar......

 

When First We Practice to Up Weave

 There's been much up weaving and down weaving going on around here lately.  Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 20 runs in a ho hum game it seems (I didn't watch it so maybe it was super exciting) but there was a major blowout going on the other game between Bangladesh and Australia.  Bangladesh went all out after 15 overs, only putting up 73 to chase.  Zampa earned a 5 wicket haul for that inning.  It took Australia a mere 6 overs to run that total down and win with 8 wickets to spare, sending Bangladesh home.

Closer to home, Missy's revenge was not so sweet today as she forgot to confirm her trades, dropping her down to 4 place.  Things are tight, real tight.  Only 150 points separate James to Anna and again to Mom.  Meanwhile Catherine is back on trade game and closing in.  Henry hung on but Michael can smell victory from 70 points away.  We're getting down to the end, so its now or never folks.

Tomorrow New Zealand / Namibia and India / Scotland

Oh What a Tangled Worm We Weave

 

Watch Out Henry!

 Henry overtaking Michael in the worm seems to have been the nudge Michael needed to get his Erasmus in the game.  He's made trades and he's not messing about.

India beat Afghanistan by 66 runs.  Rahul got 69 and 74 for Sharma.  They ended their innings with 210/2.  I could be wrong but I think that is the highest total we've seen so far.  So, well done India.  Afghanistan couldn't match that.

New Zealand meanwhile, beat Scotland by 16 runs.  They opened with 172/5 Guptil narrowly missing out on the century with 93.  Scotland went a full 20 overs but just came up short.

Tomorrow everyone must win, they are battling it out for a chance at that 2nd spot.  Well, not Bangladesh, their pretty much out.  But the rest are all battling.  West Indies is unlikely but still battling.  So most of them are battling for that second spot in group 1.  Make good trades.  

 

Different Day, Same Worm