Be Afridi, be very Afridi

Pakistan (or should I say Afridi) knocked South Africa out!! An unexpected outcome today as South Africa had been undefeated and was arguably the favorite to win the tournament. And Afridi was definately the man of the match performing both with his batting (51 runs) and his bowling (2 wickets). Kallis tried damn hard to catch up (64 runs) but after that a bunch of wickets fell and Pakistan's bowling wasn't giving up any boundaries leaving South Africa short 7 runs. This made me happy - only because I know a lot of you had South African captains and now you, like me, are without!

with everyone's teams pretty similar it came down to small differences and minor nudging in the worm. Arvinder has bumped Anna from 3rd - can she come back? there was much jostling in the 5-10 positions and Sandeep seems to have settled into last place. Two more games, make your moves, time is running out.

The worm strikes back

Who's Your Captain??

It looks like it just might come down to who your captain is. Looking over the teams there is not much difference between them expect for captains. Some unlucky folks like myself have a dead duck in the captain slot. Others with more foresight have big named SA's like G. Smith - seems like lots of Smith pickers. So we'll see what happens.

For those in the area Michael and I will be watching Fridays game after work. So avoid cric info for the day and come on by to watch the game. And of course we'll be up on Sunday for the Final match.

The son of the worm returns

Are you ready for the semis??

I didn't see either game today - baby stuff but looking at the results: South Africa beat India, not that they needed to and have claimed the E1 spot. This leaves West Indies in the E2 spot. Also, New Zealand came up short against Sri Lanka, apparently they have some crazy new bowling styles that no one can figure out. So, Sri Lanka move on in the F1 spot and Pakistan is F2. That means our first semi final match will be SA vs. Pak on Thursday, sorry no cricket tomorrow. This will give everyone some time to cool off, regroup, and gather their strength for the final push. Michael has suggested that with so many trades floating around everyone is going to end up with the same basic team......if so the standings won't change. Find someway to distinguish yourself people!! Pick that E bowler from Ireland, no wait that won't help. OK, an F batsman from the West Indies that you just know is going to peak someday. Or how about making a captaincy trade to capitalize on their double points, or you could do nothing and hope for the best. Just some suggestions to ponder on our day off.

Michael is working on the worm, looks like a few slight changes from yesterday. Study it carefully, determine who your biggest competition is and then taunt them mercilessly here in the comments section. Since there is no cricket tomorrow you all should have plenty of time to comment. Does anyone read this thing??? OK, enough of my babbling.....

A Fall From Grace

I must congratulate my dear husband on dethroning me. But....he should watch his back cause 2 points really ain't a comfortable lead and I have more trades than he does, Hah! Well, it has been an interesting day. Pakistan predictably beat Ireland knocking them out and insuring Pakistan moves on although I don't quite get how but that's what everyone says so I'll buy it. Then in the England West Indies game things got all wonky due to rain and the match ended up being shortened and taken over by Duckworth Lewis (if you don't know what this is don't worry even the experts are clueless but basically it tells you who won and they said West Indies) SO, West Indies it is along with South Africa moving on from Group E. Looks like SA will be E1 and WI will be E2. As for the other group it comes down to tomorrows game. Sri Lanka will play New Zealand and winner moves on loser goes home.

Looking at the worm you can just skip those top two lines - nothing to see there. But the battle for 3rd is getting hot, hot, hot. Anna has claimed the spot from Moira but now Arvinder is moving in on the action. Apparently he has been talking strategy with Michael. And speaking of Michael, he may be all high and mighty in 1st but privately he was fretting over Anna, seems Michael is scared of her smarts. And James has had a last minute surge out of the bottom and into the mix. I happen to know Missy has been hording trades getting ready to pounce, don't wait to long Mom. So, it is still really anyone's game.

The Worminator