Quick recap

New Zealand continues their charge through the field knocking out Bangladesh. They really creamed them, it was sad for Bangladesh. NZ put up 145, which isn't a huge number but proved to be WAY to big for Bangladesh. Although kudos to Mustafizur Rahman for a 5 wicket haul. Bangladesh just could not get past NZ's bowling. It's like they never came back after tea time. Catherine, did you see them at Patisserie Valerie? I think they might still be there. They went all out after 15.4 overs and only managed to get 70 measly runs. 3 wickets each to Elliot and Sodhi.

In the second match England edged out Sri Lanka. Which puts England through to the semis. Well done England. England opened the game and only dropped 4 wickets. Half century for Buttler and a total of 171 to chase. As good as that opening inning was, it wasn't a slaughter. Sri Lanka fought back and got close, very close. The opening batsmen for Sri Lanka dropped pretty quick but their middle order held ground. Angelo Matthews took 73 runs to the bank but at the end of 20 overs they were 10 runs shy. 4 wickets to Chris Jordan.

I am closing in on Catherine, I have her in my sites.........Anna took a dive, Bob made a surge, and Missy just keeps asking, why?? why??

Tomorrow Afghanistan will try not to embarrass themselves in front of the West Indies while India and Australia will battle it out for a semi final spot.

Here is the worm.

Enjoy it while you can Catherine.

Do the Haka....doot doot doot doo doot doo doot do ...dooot dooot doot do doot do doot do...Do the Haka...

I'm planning to Haka my way to the top! Watch out Catherine.

England pulled off a win as did India, barely. England beat Afghanistan by 15 runs. They batted first and rode Moeen Alis's 42 not out to a total of 142. Afghanistan just could not chase. 2 wickets each for Nabi, Rashid Khan, Willey, and Adil Rashid.

In the second match India nearly blew it. They batted first and 146 whcih isn't stellar but isn't bad either. There were no real standouts for them in the batting arena. But then What happened to their bowling? Bangladesh lasted all 20 overs and did use 9 wickets trying but they fell 1 run short, that's it, 1 run. Apparently it all came down to some careful last ball planning by Dhoni and some great last ball execution by Pandya. 2 wickets each to Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, R. Ashwin, Jadeja and Pandya.

I am closing the gap on my MIL, Mom and Moira have been doing a little do si do, other than that things are status quo.

Tomorrow its Australia v. Pakistan - both could use the win. And then South Africa / West Indies. SA needs to win here to realistically have a chance at moving on.

Katy makes her move

State of the Tourney

So with today's win over Pakistan, New Zealand has secured their spot in the Semi Finals. NZ batted first and Guptil's 80 runs took their total up to a formidable 180. 2 wickets each for Sami and Afridi. But Pakistan choked when their turn to bat came. They only dropped 5 wickets but still came up 22 runs short. Where was Boom Boom?? 2 wickets each for Santner and Milne (hey, I'm pretty sure last time I had Milne on my team he got negative points....hmmm.....)

So todays win puts NZ at the top of group 2 with 6 points. Pak, Austr, and India all have 2 points and sadly Bangladesh has 0. In Group 1, the Windies are on top with 4 points followed by SA, SL, and England all with 2, and Afghanistan with 0.

As for the Robinson Cricketers Rout?? Conquistadors chose their name well, at least for now they are conquering and conquering big. The Chuddley Cannons fired another shot at the Fungus among us while Wonky Veg Hoodoos are hanging in there. Vasawatti is dark, very dark but still above the The Real Deal, that's for real not Mforreel. And watch out Chartham Strikers cause Hartless is on the move.

Lots more cricket to play. Tomorrow its England against Afghanistan and India takes on Bangladesh. Should be two open and shut games but with this tournament you never know, you never know......

Catherine just keeps rolling along...