NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Anna has done it, she's surpassed me, but I'm only 33 points back and tomorrow I'll have a captain in the game, so.......

NZ retook the field and yesterday's work of Williamson (67) and Taylor (74) got them to 239/8.  India then dropped 3 quick wickets it wasn't looking good.  But they rallied, Dhoni and Jadeja both did their part. Michael says it all got quite exciting at the end.  India came close but eventually went all out 18 runs short.

So NZ will play the winner of tomorrow's match between Australia and England.  I'm hoping my captain comes up big, fingers crossed, toes held, burning sage....

Rain, Rain, Go Away

NZ batted first and got to 211/5 with 23 balls remaining when the rains began.  So play was suspended and they'll try again tomorrow.  Bad news is that the weather tomorrow doesn't look any better.  So,  if the rain stays away they will pick up where they left off,  if not then I believe India is awarded the win since they went into the tournament ahead.

No new trades to make, for now we wait

Don't Forget Your Trades

With a late score posting and coming home from the cabin I've not written. But here we are, on the eve of the first semifinal.  Tomorrow India will take on New Zealand.  Who will go through? Which one of us will be able to surge ahead? Who will be awarded the Robinson World Cup Sweaty Teddy of Winningness??

Nothing will happen if you don't make your trades, so go,  do it now, not just now, but right now, now now. Go. I mean it. Make trades.

Finally a worm...

So close I can taste it.

Things are shaking up

Seems like all these earthquakes in California have jostled things up a bit.  James overtook Catherine (do you think she's saving trades for a big captain surge?) And Henry overtook Moira, what does Henry know that Catherine didn't??? Hmmmm.....

James,  I trust all is well with you guys? Im assuming you've been feeling the quakes?

Meanwhile,  Bangladesh's Afridi's 6 wickets were not enough to overcome UlHaq (100) and Azam (96). Pakistan won by 94 runs.

Tomorrow 2 final games before the semis.  India/ Sri Lanka and Australia/ South Africa.  As it stands now,  the first semi will be Australia and new Zealand, the second India and England.  Unless Australia loses tomorrow and India wins, then I'm not sure.

So plan and plot and toil and fret and hold onto something solid, we're almost at the end.