BTC Cricket Trading Thread
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A few thunderstorms brewing up quite close to Nottingham. Worth watching out for.
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This another point to add to the woman's game
Teams other than Australia cant seem to catch to reasonable standards -
AUS W
RUNS 404+
something small on -
eyeing if ENG W get a wicket to back AUS runs line
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If the draw price breaks through the 4 barrier, I could see it steaming in quite a bit.
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Doesn't seem to be much movement; could be a long, hard day for England.
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Gees this USA team is the best to back when 4-5 down ha
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Forgot. Of course Healey only opens in the white ball game.
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Good call @Richard-Futter draw trims already
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Draw into 4.6 from 5.6. Doesn't surprise me. Will be interesting to see if there's any early movement. Healey is usually aggressive so could be vulnerable early on.
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AUS W BATTING
kind of a bummer this test not played mid series think the 4 points on offer trying to gain those mid ashes throws in a big incentive
anyway
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Australia win toss and bat - bad news for England. Hopefully they can take an early wicket or two, as there is a decent covering of grass on the surface.
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@Matt-Ayles said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
Womens test matches used to be 100 over days, but was that due to it being a 4 day test? Do we know if it's the standard 90 overs for this match?
Certainly appears to be rain forecast around tea today but the remaining days should be mostly clear bar a shower or 2...
Strange, as my weather App shows rain all day....
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If England bat first, lay of Australia?
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WCQualifier
WI NEPAL
Spin on happy to get involved
LAY WI 1.21
Would love 1.4's
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Bang 1.34 after wicket took 25% red out now lets roll this for a whileBAILED SMALL RED but 300 runs would chop me out
USA NED
USA over 216 runssay a loss coming
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Turns out Windies did lose 2 early wickets and drifted 1.1 out to 1.35 but the weight of their strength with the punters is such that we're still not at a backable price... continue to watch for now.
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@Matt-Ayles Not sure to be honest, but it's a good bet they'll get in many more overs than the men who hardly ever managed 90 overs in a day.
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Windies bat first... they'd have to lose several early wickets to push the price to anything near backable for me. As there's no guarantees that happens I'll not be having a lay, even at very short odds, as they're different class to Nepal and it might be a whitewash.
Netherlands however have opted to field, and the USA price of 3.6 is therefore tempting. They put 258 on the board v Windies so clearly have some ability with the bat and a back to lay strategy seems value here. I'll assess as it goes, but if they get near 2 that would be good. Odds on even better.
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Womens test matches used to be 100 over days, but was that due to it being a 4 day test? Do we know if it's the standard 90 overs for this match?
Certainly appears to be rain forecast around tea today but the remaining days should be mostly clear bar a shower or 2...
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Trent Bridge hosts the women's Test match between England and Australia, starting today, and for me it poses a number of interesting questions.
Will there be a result? Normally I would say there's a very good chance of it being a draw. After all, England's last four Test matches have all ended in stalemates. But they've all been over four days, whereas this is the first women's Test over five days in 32 years, which makes it very difficult to predict.
Even so, with rain possible today and on Sunday, I would say the current draw odds of around 4.7 are much too high. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them trade much much lower than that at some stage of the match.
The biggest difference between men's and women's cricket at this level is the speed of the bowling. Even the fastest women bowlers are 15 to 20 mph slower than the quickest of the men. And that makes it much more difficult to winkle out the last few remaining wickets if the side batting in the final innings decide to shut up shop.
Are the Aussies too short at 1.7? I think they are. They're definitely favourites but odds on might be stretching it a bit. Inspirational skipper Meg Lanning is not on the tour and some of their stars are, I think, slightly past their peak; if England win the toss, bat first and post a decent total, I give them every chance of springing a surprise - especially if there's a bit of turn later in the game and the world's best spinner Sophie Ecclestone can work her magic.
It's going to be fascinating encounter and on which I'm pretty certain will serve up some juicy trading opportunities. If I spot them, I'll be sure to highlight them here. Good luck to all!