Ok ok already, here is the worm.

We're back

What happened to yesterdays blog? It got rained out just like the two games. South Africa beat Sri Lanka in a 7 over aside game. What the hell happened to the Sri Lankans? Did they forget to bat? Sorry Bob but your Thought Pads were squashed. And then Australia beat the West Indies in a game decided by Duckworth Lewis. What is Duckworth Lewis? Who knows, I don't even think the ICC people know. Google it if you care that much but the end result is a win for Australia.

OK, so today- India beat England by 90 runs. India batted first and put up a respectable 170 for England to chase. batters of note: Sharma earned himself a half century with 55 runs. and where was Yuvraj? Listen up Yuvraj, I spent a lot of points on you for today and you got me a big fat zero. What's Up? Next time I'll stick to the E players like England's bowler Finn who got two wickets. Anyway, England was only able to answer with a meager 80 runs! again, what's up? Kieswetter did ok with 35 but then................wickets falling all around. They went all out after only 14.4 overs. I guess they were stymied by H. Singh's spin. He got 4 wickets - well done to the man highlighted in orange - this by the way propelled Sean past his grandmother once again. Catherine, at least he has one granny he can look up to.

As for Pakistan and New Zealand, Pakistan won by 13 runs. Close match. Jamshed got a half century and propelled Pakistan to 177 runs. New Zealand fought back but could only answer 164 of them. And a big well done to Saeed Ajmal for a 4 wicket haul. Now that was an A player worth his budget.

In our competition there seems to be three packs forming. I am sure it would all be super clear if we had a worm......................................... anyway, the HoGs got Bazinga'd and it is starting to look like it will be a duel of the pivots with the rest of us battling for 3rd. I think i need to Google "pivot table"...... in my spare time I'll get right on that.

Tomorrow only one match that no one cares about - Ireland will be trounced by the West Indies. Go Pollard!!!!

And a very Happy Birthday to You

Did you all hear the sonic boom as Bazinga soared to the top of the charts? Well done Anna and a Happy Birthday to you. First place is your gift - enjoy! Do to Birthday festivities I am going to keep this short. Anna is in the lead, Missy in the bottom - outdone by her 3 year old grandson who picked his captain because his name was highlighted in orange.

No surprises in today's games. England trounced Afghanistan knocking them out of the competition and New Zealand trounced Bangladesh. Tomorrow we have Sri Lanka v. South Africa and Australia v. West Indies. Finally my captain gets to play - lets hope he plays well.

That's all for now, Katy

Was that a game?

Or just a South African practice session? Seriously did Zimbabwe leave their players on the plane? I knew they were underdogs but really, they didn't even show up to this match. And my only Zimbabwian got me a golden duck. Lucky for me I had some Proteas to get me a few points which I sorely need since my captain has yet to play a game.

Not much changed in our little comp except Catherine seems to have had a bit of a surge. Now that we have a few data points maybe I can convince Michael to break out the worm. What do say Michael? We need a worm! I mean, we need a worm please!

Tomorrow my captain will still not be playing, but other folks will. Folks like the Kiwis and the Bangladeshis. Also the Afghans and the Brits. Good luck to all.

The Helicopter Shot

Did you see it? The helicopter shot was all the rage on the commentary in the India Afghanistan game. Personally I fell asleep without seeing much. This was not due to the cricket but rather two small helicopters that live in my house. Anyway, India did indeed beat Afghanistan but not by much. It was actually a semi close game and Afghanistan definately held their own there. As for Australia and Ireland. Australia pretty easily shut Ireland down. Apparently in a not so sportsman like fashion as the umpires had to squash the taunting more than once. But that's OK, we all know the Aussies are low class - just ask Moira.

As for our verbal lashings? Here goes: Sorry Moira but I love me the Aussies and they hit plenty of balls to the walls for me. Unfortunately some of my Indians fell short and lost a few points. Leaving me in much the same place as before. James seems to have HoGged all the points for the day while The Superheroes stopped the Balehouse Busters from doing any damage. Michael's Boomstick sounds more like a dink and the Thought Pads must still be thinking cause they didn't do much. All in all, except for James the rest of us are pretty much in the same place as yesterday. Sorry, Missy you are right, The Winners did win a few. But its early folks, really early. So, as the tourney goes on it will be critical to manage your trades. Don't spend them all to soon.

Tomorrow its just South Africa against Zimbabwe. I have high hopes for Zimbabwe, so I stacked my team with South Africans. good night.

No Mendis?

don't worry, most of us didn't pick him. But well done to Henry and Anna for doing so. I suspect Abdullah picked Mendis as well but we don't know that guy. He's an interloper who snuck in before I made our competition private. So, we can all use him as a gauge of how we are doing, the other end of the gauge will be Sean. Yes Sean has created a team. His team was named by him - any guesses what he's going to be for Halloween? And he also choose all the players himself. I did not coach him in anyway. The only thing I did was to offer him only the players who were from squads playing in matches tomorrow. I had highlighted the batsmen in yellow and the bowlers in pink. He had to choose 6 yellows and 4 pinks. It might be helpful when using Sean as a gauge to know that he choose Harbhajan Singh as his captain because I had accidentally highlighted him yellow and then went back over his name in pink - creating an orange color. Any guesses what Sean's favorite color is? So there you go.

Anyway, Sri Lanka pretty easily beat Zimbabwe by 82 runs today and obviously Mendis was the man of the match. He had like 6 wickets, 43 runs, and was not out. so there you go. Tomorrow we see two matches. Australia v. Ireland and Afghanistan v. India. Australia and India should both win comfortably but you never know when there might be an upset. Should be fun to watch no matter what. Enjoy!

Ooh by the way, Michael will be bringing out the worm just as soon as we have a few data points to make it with so don't worry. I am diligently recording our scores in an excel spreadsheet for his use later on.

The Games have begun

please return your seatbacks to the upright position and stow your trays, we are taxing down the runway and about to take off. Zimbabwe is out on the field bowling to the host nation Sri Lanka. Dilshan and Munaweera, the starters, are currently not out and doing well. I now have to decide, do I try and keep up via cricinfo or wait until I have an opportunity to catch some of the actual game? Seems it will be broadcast via ESPN 3 which we get on the xbox! And since its on the xbox you can watch live or tape delayed. Oh, how to convince Sean and Imogen that this is what they want to watch??? Anybody in the area who wants to catch a game - come on over. And definately plan on a little cricket watching party for the finals. I'm thinking bloody marys and coffee cake............