Football: It's zip-zip at the half between Australia and Uzbekistan. I've got the radio on with rugby league caller David Morrow being the main caller. He does OK, though he did just say that I was listening to Grandstand rugby league.
Update 1: Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
uuuut! 1-0 Australia.
Update 2: Penalty to Australia!
Update 3: Kewell to take it. Drumroll................................
........ Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
uuuut! Two-nil!
Update 4: Uzbek goal disallowed for off-side. Can't be much left in the game now.
Update 5: Full time! It is still possible that Australia won't qualify, but it would require a string of losses, and a string of victories by either Bahrain or Qatar.
European matches should start once they catch up with us eastern longitude folk. France is at home to Lithuania. After their loss in Austria (!!), France needs a win to move up to second place in the group.
Cricket: Canada are 5/147 after 34 overs in their game against Oman. Bermuda is 6/112 against the UAE. Denmark 4/140 after 35 against the sentimental favourites Afghanistan. Uganda 6/170 after 41 against Namibia. Those games are all List A. In the two full ODI's, Kenya is 6/159 in the 41st against Holland and the Scots are 5/131 in the 37th against Ireland.
Ireland have been struggling pretty badly in the warmups, losing to Zimbabwe A.
Update 6: The first innings are over. Scotland 7/232 made a good recovery. Kenya 8/247 did likewise, and I think that will be too much for Holland. Denmark 9/204, go Afghanistan! Bermuda 187, if that's all they can put up against the UAE then they won't be in the top six anymore, let alone the top four. Uganda, a rare team full of home-grown players, 7/234 against Namibia. We are of course fully behind the Ugandans.
And in the big one, Dhaniram went berserk towards the end and the Omani bowlers apart from Awal Khan and Tariq Hussain struggled. Canada all out 247. Oman have some aggressive batsmen (they chased down almost 350 against the USA in the 2005 ICC Trophy), but I don't know if they have the talent to score 250 against a side as good as Canada.
Next morning update: Zuiderent and ten Doeschate chased down the target for the Dutchies. Oman lost by 103 runs. Afghanistan and Uganda won! Ireland beat Scotland, and the UAE beat Bermuda.