greg 1655
mattw2323 1589
chris-beardy 1553
Swantastic 1535
Ragnash 1501
samba22 1500
Collyisamackem 1463
Paul 1433
evertonmadchris 1406
Beny 1379
tg123 1359
Uham 1357
Henners 1343
Mark5dc 1341
kashifaziz 1332
kabyle 1324
Trescothick 1308
adamberry 1300
Ernest 1291
Vrock 1266
leeroy217 1264
arsalan660 1253
Spinner 1224
darksideofthemoon 1176
trissik 1139
minitmadman 1126
rineet 1116
Weens 1077
chigz86 1036
Mike 1028
simo_rulzzz 1025
cantplaycantalk 806
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Well folks, that's the end of the Group matches and greg continues to defy the odds by holding on to the top spot for the third round in a row. But with eight rounds left, and the favourites within striking distance, surely greg is on borrowed time. My prediction for the wooden spoon is off the mark at the moment but Vrock is down to half a team now with the early exit of Pakistan and India.

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Swantastic 2509
greg 2331
Paul 2295
mattw2323 2276
samba22 2275
Collyisamackem 2252
chris-beardy 2203
Ragnash 2101
tg123 2057
Beny 2022
Trescothick 2017
Mark5dc 1999
Henners 1983
Uham 1961
trissik 1956
Ernest 1949
evertonmadchris 1924
arsalan660 1907
adamberry 1891
kabyle 1890
darksideofthemoon 1858
kashifaziz 1820
rineet 1701
leeroy217 1701
Vrock 1698
Spinner 1672
minitmadman 1650
Weens 1635
simo_rulzzz 1583
chigz86 1581
Mike 1551
cantplaycantalk 1372
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A new leader! Swantastic takes the "yellow jersey". Without Pakistan and India in the Super 8s we should see a few of the early leaders start their slide into the bottom half of the rankings. Can greg maintain a Top 10 position? Can cantplaycantalk avoid the wooden spoon? simo_rulzzz has a deficit of over 900 points to make up. Can he do it?

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Swantastic 3025
greg 2839
samba22 2739
Paul 2739
Collyisamackem 2716
mattw2323 2693
Trescothick 2593
chris-beardy 2552
Ragnash 2510
Mark5dc 2465
Henners 2385
Beny 2371
Uham 2370
Ernest 2348
evertonmadchris 2337
tg123 2336
trissik 2314
arsalan660 2278
darksideofthemoon 2240
kabyle 2192
adamberry 2166
rineet 2072
Weens 2022
Spinner 1978
minitmadman 1974
chigz86 1936
kashifaziz 1929
Vrock 1927
simo_rulzzz 1926
leeroy217 1868
Mike 1780
cantplaycantalk 1560
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Swantastic almost 200 points ahead now and looking hard to beat. Still time for the others but I didn't see any strong moves in that round.

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I've gained a place per round for the last two or three, don't count me out!

I think from this point on the winner will probably come from the current top 5. Good luck for the rest of the game, Colly. You did well to be that close.

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Well, I am in the top 5 so I think I'm still 'doing' well!!! I'm definitely not out of it.

Swantastic 3584
greg 3357
samba22 3290
Collyisamackem 3287
Paul 3281
mattw2323 3262
chris-beardy 3048
Trescothick 2999
Beny 2937
Mark5dc 2933
Ragnash 2916
Ernest 2836
tg123 2819
trissik 2784
arsalan660 2781
Henners 2767
evertonmadchris 2756
Uham 2751
darksideofthemoon 2718
adamberry 2670
kabyle 2589
rineet 2498
kashifaziz 2431
Weens 2302
simo_rulzzz 2277
Spinner 2235
Vrock 2221
minitmadman 2214
leeroy217 2187
Mike 2105
chigz86 2094
cantplaycantalk 1804
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Swantastic remains the leader and looks like the winner with a comfortable buffer. Colly creeps up another place into 4th. I did a dumb thing in my team - please don't do this. Why did I pick Hussey to be captain when he bats down the order in a strong batting side? He was never likely to get a bat against the minnows and even against the good sides he was never going to have time to make a big score.

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I'm defying the odds at the moment with a good 400 points to my advantage to prevent me from getting the wooden spoon.

Not sure if I'll add many more to my total but you never know.

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Swantastic 4168
samba22 3751
Paul 3721
mattw2323 3711
Collyisamackem 3680
greg 3626
Trescothick 3513
Ragnash 3419
chris-beardy 3345
Beny 3330
Mark5dc 3306
tg123 3238
trissik 3216
Henners 3206
Ernest 3165
Uham 3125
arsalan660 3056
adamberry 3017
evertonmadchris 2997
darksideofthemoon 2946
simo_rulzzz 2867
kabyle 2842
rineet 2807
Weens 2619
kashifaziz 2585
minitmadman 2537
leeroy217 2502
Vrock 2458
chigz86 2455
Mike 2443
Spinner 2433
cantplaycantalk 2036
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greg starting to slide now. simo_rulzzz slowly improving his position but not likely to win - top 10 finish best hope. samba22 moves into outright 2nd ahead of Paul who continues to surprise. Vrock looks safe to avoid the wooden spoon. Colly slips to 5th again and his challenge has probably ended. Top 10 finish is good, though.

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Swantastic 4451
mattw2323 4139
samba22 4065
Paul 3995
Collyisamackem 3976
greg 3954
Trescothick 3883
Ragnash 3820
Mark5dc 3697
Beny 3654
chris-beardy 3634
tg123 3554
trissik 3513
arsalan660 3422
Ernest 3366
adamberry 3361
Henners 3347
evertonmadchris 3280
Uham 3260
darksideofthemoon 3240
rineet 3167
simo_rulzzz 3163
kabyle 3007
Weens 2861
leeroy217 2852
kashifaziz 2815
minitmadman 2779
Mike 2744
chigz86 2656
Vrock 2649
Spinner 2646
cantplaycantalk 2365
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Here's a strong move by mattw2323 as he cuts Swantastic's lead to a little over 300. Has time run out, though? Only one more round of Super 8 matches to go and then into the finals. Still a lot of chances for a top 10 position. Good luck everyone as we run down the straight to the finish line.

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