Thursday, March 22, 2007

Netherlands Vs Scotland, Group A

Netherlands upset Scotland in their last match of this world cup. Scotland was considered the favorite by no less personage than Graeme Smith. On an aside, if South Africa loses to Australia it will be Graeme Smith's fault. Why? Because he was predicting winners in a match he shouldn't have been concerned with instead of focusing on straightening out Andre Nel.

Thanks to Graeme Smith, Netherlands was motivated and played with an intent to prove the greatest spinner in the world, Graeme Smith, wrong. Couple of noteworthy things:
1. The captain of the Netherlands, Luuk van Troost, dropped himself. We kid you not. He dropped himself because he was not performing well. What a guy! The force is strong with Luuk. His midichlorian count must be off the charts. On an another aside, where the hell did Lucas come up with this "midichlorian" crap? The "Force" was so much cooler till Lucas started explaining it.
2. South Africa beat Scotland by 7 wickets while Netherlands beat Scotland by 8 wickets. Eat that, Andre Nel.