Meanwhile, back at the cricket…

Today’s top game was Italy v Ireland. The Irish just squeaked home with two balls and two wickets to spare.

Scotland registered their second win, against Uganda. Afghanistan thrashed Denmark while Canada dealt out a similar thumping to Hong Kong. The Americans fought bravely against highly fancied Namibia but lost by 17 runs.

Netherlands also had a tough game against Bermuda, but came through it OK. Kenya won the battle of the minnows against Oman, and Papua New Guinea got on the board at last by beating Nepal. Geraint had a good game, being second-top scorer and taking a stumping.

I’ll be on the road for the next three days and probably won’t be able to keep up with developments, so if you are interested you should check out CricInfo.