Thursday, 20 June 2019

Super Rugby round 18 wrap & 2019 Cricket World Cup round up part 3

Well, with the final round of Super Rugby played, the Highlanders completely thrashed the Waratahs at Rugby Park in Invercargill followed by the Chiefs who completely disintegrate & troll the Rebels by completely thrashing them at AAMI Park in Melbourne then the Hurricanes produce a comeback win against the Blues at Westpac Stadium in Wellington after trailing at halftime.

So here is the confirmed list for the quarterfinal games being played in the 2019 Super Rugby season (+ some of my predictions):

Crusaders Vs Highlanders (My money is on the Highlanders winning this one)
Jaguares Vs Chiefs (Well, the Chiefs should quite frankly win this one)
Hurricanes Vs Bulls (So too is my beloved Hurricanes franchise)
& Brumbies Vs Sharks (I don't know, I would probably go for the Sharks)

And finally in the 2019 Cricket World Cup news desk, the match between India & New Zealand at Trent Bridge has been abandoned without a single ball being bowled then an unbeaten century from Joe Root helped the hosts & tournament favourites England defeat the West Indies at Hampshire Bowl while a ton from Aaron Finch set Australia up for victory against Sri Lanka at The Oval in London then South Africa get their 1st win at the 2019 Cricket World Cup against Afghanistan after their dominant display of bowling came after the rain break at Cardiff Wales Stadium while India continue their dominance against Pakistan (They won 7 in a row against their greatest rivals) at the Cricket World Cup at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground with another century by Rohit Sharma then a unbeaten ton from Shakib Al Hasan has helped Bangladesh beat the West Indies at County Ground Taunton followed by England who tamed Afghanistan in a record breaking World Cup game especially for Irish born English captain Eoin Morgan who got a century for his adopted country & then something happened as a unbeaten Kane Williamson ton has secured New Zealand a certain victory (That's 5 consecutive victories against South Africa at a Cricket World Cup (Their 1st meeting was in 1992 in which New Zealand won before losing 2 straight in 1996 & 1999 then winning 5 in a row in 2003, 2007 in the super sixes, 2011 in the quarterfinals, 2015 in the semifinals & now in 2019) against the struggling South Africa at Edgbaston (And wow! What a great match).

So that is my 291st blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 31st of this year (9 blogs more until I reach the triple ton).

P.S. And I have got a very important announcement to make that in December this year that I'll be watching a single Star Wars movie everyday for 8 days (That includes all 8 Star Wars movies) in the lead-up to Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (And I've got a movie to watch tonight which is The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers on TVNZ 2 then my favourite Lord Of The Rings movie which is Return Of The King tomorrow but I've watched The Fellowship Of The Ring yesterday (I put a blu-ray disc on my new PS4 Pro to see how it works).

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