I'm slowing it down

Like Warner, I have surged. But now I think I need to slow things down lest I run out of trades.

So today Australia beat Bangladesh by 48 runs.  Seems like it was the Warner show, he got a whopping 166, what's the bonus points for going over 150??? Must be a lot.  Australia went 381/6 and Bangladesh just couldn't get that high, they reached 333/8, falling 48 runs shy.

There has been movement in our race. The top spot is still occupied by the trophy takers but the #2 slot is now occupied by a few political *unkies. While the cluster clucks may not be ****bleep****ed the crackpot rabbits sure seem to be. I think the nagels have been languishing in 5th the whole time. While stour was down but now up, the Panicky squids were up but now down. And our last place team, the muttermatters, may still matter but who knows.

Tomorrow England takes on Sri Lanka

And if haven't yet,  take a look at the points table on espncricinfo. Things are shaping up with Australia, New Zealand, England, and India taking the top spots, for now.....

Happening indeed

Catherine is on the rise, Michael is on the rise,  I'm on the rise.  Rise with us,  it's fun.  But all of us Roy captain pickers need new captains. He's out for now with a muscle pull. Might be back, might not.

England, not surprisingly, beat Afghanistan by 150 runs.  They had an amazing innings putting up 397 runs.  A whopping 148 of those from Morgan. 90 to Bairstow and 88 to Root.  Afghanistan for their part did survive all 50 overs but they were woefully shy of 397. 3 wickets to Archer and Rashid

Tomorrow it's New Zealand and South Africa, should be a good one

Things are happening...

Didn't publish

So that last blog I wrote last night and then I guess never published so it's old news.  The new news is that Bangladesh beat the West Indies by 7 wickets. WI bagged first and things looked good.  They put up 321/8 with Lewis at 70 and Hope 96. 3 wickets each for Saifuddin and Rahman. But the chase seemed quite easy for Bangladesh and they had it sorted in little more than 41 overs.  Al Hasan got 124 and Liton Das 94 not out. Anyone have that guy?? Cause I didn't even know he was an option.

As for us, the places address all the same but check out the slopes, not all slopes are created equal.

Tomorrow England and Afghanistan.  I sure hope England doesn't blow it.

Michael's back

Michael's back in action and on the rise, so watch out y'all

Question? What's better? A D/L result or a washout??

India batted first and had a decent innings.  R Sharma was the star with 140 followed by Kohli with 77 leading the way to India putting up 336/5. 3 wickets to Amir.  Then Pakistan set about chasing then down.  They got half way through and the rain started. It was touch and go but did relent enough for the match to resume. However they set a new target of 302 from 40 overs.  Pakistan tried but came up 89 runs short, so a win for India.

Tomorrow it's Bangladesh v. West Indies