If any of you have read the comments in the last post you will have noticed that I have been taunted by Missy. I shall now reply in kind to her harsh words.
Missy, your team is a little below par. You could improve your picks ever so slightly. Your management skills are OK, not great, not terrible, but just OK. So there!
Let it not be said that Michael takes this kind of treatment lying down!
Now that we have that bit of nastiness out of the way on to the day's news. Both New Zealand and South Africa are through to the next round after stupid easy wins over Scotland and Kenya. South Africa were so confident that they put some guy called Ashwell Prince in to bat instead of Kallis!?! Catherine was stunned. She demanded to know what was up. She really would have liked to know where her points were going to come from now, hey!?
Congratulations to Lynda for getting into the lead with her newly named Knights of Ni. Let us hope she starts neglecting her team when the baby comes.
And now to the main event. I just remembered that I have been carrying the rules of cricket in my wallet since before Katy and I were married. My friend Roy gave the classic rules to me to help explain the game to people who were coming to our get together just before the wedding. These rules have been around for forever and have helped many a confused soul understand the game. Please enjoy.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
So now there should be no more questions.
Have a great day,
Michael
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Now Michael, if you're going to go after my Mom like that, well, I'm just gonna have to taunt your Mom right back........
Catherine, You're jolly well close to beating me, but not quite. Take heart, you still have those date cookies! Tomorrow should be an interesting day as we see how Pakistan is handling the tragedy.
Hi to all, especially those in America who seem to have inside information or something. How can a baseballing country produce cricket experts in the form of Katy and Missy?? Well, I don't suppose there is such a big difference between the games - a ball, a bat, going in and out - but what about a googly - do they have that in baseball? Well done to Lynda, she made a good choice with Fleming and Vetori. How stupid not to send Kallis in to bat - how is a girl to get points when they change the batting order? I see that Janet's team has made a leap up the order - what is going on? Today is going to be a bit confusing - not quite sure who to pick. Good luck all.
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The Mossies are chirping tonight! Maybe they will move up the pecking order. I have one Pakistani (the right one by chance) in the team with the rest of the team being mostly from Sri Lanka. It is problematic when one does not know the rules before choosing a team. I will run out of changes soon - Sri Lanka will need to reach the final for the mossies to be competitive.
Michael, all I can say is Katy made me do it! I really love you and think you are a fine son-in-law.
Sandi, I know what you mean about not knowing the rules. If one of us should win it just goes to show it's all just dumb luck.
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