Friday, September 14, 2007

The Great Bowl Out! or Barnetts Take Over

Well what excitement today! India was in a must win situation (or at least don't lose by to much). At the end of 20 overs it was all tied up! Come on folks, how can the score be 141 each?!? I mean with that many runs would think it would have tipped one way or the other by at least ball or two! What are the stats on ties in cricket? Do they happen often? Since it is a tournament a tie can not be accepted, so they had a bowl-out. Much like taking PKs in soccer the bowlers each had a shot at hitting the wickets, best of 5 won. Well, India knocked off their first 3 wickets while Pakistan got none. So well done to the Indian bowlers.

In other game news, Kenya had their pants handed to them by Sri Lanka as they won by 172 runs! And it seemed like every Sri Lankan bowler got a wicket except the stupid E player I picked. And Bob was able to capitalize on his batsmen for once, shooting him straight up to 3rd place. You make me proud Dad.

England also had a rough day losing to Australia by 8 wickets. Gilchrist and Hayden both put up lots of points so Missy gets the best captain pick this time around.

Tomorrows game don't matter much for anyone as all the teams playing are already through to the next round. But, look out for some normal bench warmers to get some playing time in New Zealand V. Sri Lanka and South Africa v. Bangladesh.

The 8 teams moving on are:
(A1) South Africa
(A2) Bangladesh
(B1) Australia
(B2) England
(C1) New Zealand
(C2) Sri Lanka
(D1) Pakistan
(D2) India

Michael is busy with his sketch up stuff but maybe I can coerce him into doing the worm - I'll try bribing him with salted licorice!


(Michael - OK here it is)

3 comments:

Catherine Robinson said...

Well done the Barnetts! Those Sri Lankans seem to be your key to success. What gives me lots of pleasure is Katy's vast knowledge of the game - she gets an A* for Cricket 101. What on earth is a bowl out - what a silly idea! Have a look at Bob's worm - quite something. But there are those of us who are waiting in the wings - don't write us off yet! The serious stuff starts tomorrow.

Unknown said...

Thank you daughter but your mother is upset. I hope Michael understands.

Unknown said...

My Captain, Shane Bond had 40 points since game 1. Why has he dropprd to 30 points?