Monday, February 21, 2011

G:TB International

It was a hectic weekend, what with an embarrassment of college hoops riches, the Daytona 500, and Sentence of Dave's cooking adventures, so you're forgiven if you missed the opening few matches of the 2011 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup.

This year's cup is being contested in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India after a nasty bit of business involving a 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team caused the ICC to strip Pakistan of hosting rights. Wisconsin's teacher's union should heed the lesson, lest Madison be stripped of next year's regional spelling bee.

2011 Cup Mascot Stumpy oversaw the weekend's first matches, as India topped Bangladesh by 87 runs, New Zealand prevailed by 10 wickets over Kenya, and Sri Lanka blasted Canada by 210 runs. Why are scores tallied in both runs and wickets? The fuck do I look like, Sachin Tendulkar?

Cup action runs through April 2, mostly because each match (game? set? chukker?) lasts between 3 and 17 hours, under the One Day International rules. The Pakistanis are obviously highly motivated to restore their national honor, so smart money's been flowing strongly in their direction (note to Danimal). G:TB's experts really like the cut of Ottis Gibson's West Indies squad, however. Stay tuned for all the overs, googlies, and wicket-busting action as we track the results right through the final in Mumbai.

To keep you fired up, here's the official song of the 2011 Cup, as sung by De Ghumake. It's no Wavin' Flag, but it's catchy:

29 comments:

Dave said...

i wish i could settle down on the couch and watch a three day test, but we've got school today b/c of all the snow days and i have OBFT-esque dummies from the polar plunge . . . i am definitely making kids dumber today.

TR said...

3 inches of snow outside my front door. What the fuck, winter? Enough already.

T.J. said...

Cricket, eh?

T.J. said...

Ugh. Some Egyptian donk named his kid "Facebook"

rob said...

my daughter atari is amused

d-train said...

the beach is bustling today (sorry tr) the young lassies have become yet even more aggressive with the size and placement of their bikinis.

Dave said...

quite a few bikini clad college girls at the polar plunge this weekend . . .

zman said...

I'm wearing a bikini right now.

rob said...

it's 63 degrees in my office. i'm wearing mukluks.

zman said...

You can't muster another 6 degrees of heat?

Danimal said...

rob - just admit it. you're wearing uggs.

Danimal said...

i feel dirty. binoculars have been affixed to my face for half the day.

rob said...

wait, danimal - are you using binoculars to look out your office window?

Danimal said...

ummm....maybe

rob said...

strong

rob said...

you can get action on the o/u for cam newton's combine 40-yard dash time at 4.60. if you're a degenerate.

rob said...

dave bait: clay shirky talking about social media's impact on the revolutions in the middle east.

http://on.wsj.com/eVJocN

Mark said...

I'd take the under on Cam's 40 time. If gambling were legal, of course.

Approximately 2.5 days of work for me before I'm off for 2 weeks.

Danimal said...

gambling is ILLLEEGAL at Bushwood Sir! Hmmmm....Hmmmm

rob said...

mark, the o/u was originally 4.51, but danimal's friends went hard at the over so the line moved.

mayhugh said...

A lot of confidence in the under, huh? I'd be really impressed if that happened. Not impressed enough to be okay with the Redskins selecting him, but...

Mark said...

If memory serves, Tebow ran right around 4.6 and Newton is faster than Tebow. Newton is nothing if not impressive physically. As for the Skins, just hope that if they take a raw, athletic QB it's Newton and not TJ's boy Jake Locker.

mayhugh said...

I don't want a QB this year. But I certainly don't want Locker. I'm all for just being awful this year and landing Luck next year.

mayhugh said...

And according to Nfldraftscout.com, Tebow ran a 4.71 and a 4.78.

Greg said...

Well, according to www.timtebow40time.com, the answer is "Jesus".

Mark said...

Sorry Mayhugh, Greg's right.

Mark said...

Rece Davis: "Kansas won't have Tyshawn Taylor tonight but they will have Brady Morningstar."

Well fuck, why is Oklahoma State even bothering to show up?

Shlara said...

Is anyone else sick of the Carmelo talk? i don't care where Melo and LaLa end up--and there's no way he'll ever live up to this hype. ENOUGH ALREADY!!

rob said...

i'm really hoping the rumored trade between the nuggets and nets that'll send gallinari and mozgov to new jersey happens. prokhorov is not to be trifled with.