BTC Cricket Trading Thread
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Just caught ENG IND highlights too late for me unfortunately
Hope you all traded well
Thought Jason Roy was outstanding foot movement on point haha#testtime
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@Martin just finished watching the great video about the test match trade. It was almost like you were looking over my shoulder, it still rankles a bit but seeing such an expert get caught out softens the blow a little. I have also managed to claw back about 30% of the loss on T20 matches since then.
Thanks again for all you guys do, it really helps.
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@matt-ayles I ended up backing WIndies at inns break then dripped a bit more when they hit 2.5 with Pooran still to come
Still a bit gun shy after the test so I got out when my profit hit 1 point, could have stayed for more, but green is green.
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Turns out the answers no. England won't be chasing this down.
I thought 1.6 was value at the break, but my trade was already greened so i decided to leave be. Nice for the confidence though.
Now, Windies is the focus.
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@stuart-wallace apparently this would be a record chase at Ageas... surely England cant chase another record in a week?!
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@matt-ayles yes, may be a back England whilst Buttler is there, and judge a good time to get out
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This is a very good score from India, especially at Southampton. I mentioned earlier that this was a bat first pitch which India opted to do.
This chase may rest in the hands of England's openers. Despite India falling apart at the end, they might have done the damage already.
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England go with 7 bowling options... 7!!!
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@kevin-gedny i see some swings in the Eng v India game, close teams on paper usually swap favouritism a few times over the course of a T20. Southampton has been a bat first pitch in the Blast, but both these sides like to chase... toss could be interesting.
The Windies have dominated Bangladesh throughout this tour, seems Bangla don't have the power hitters required to score runs quickly. Potential downside with that match is the forecast... looks like it might be wet. No idea if we will get a full match, and when limited overs matches become even more limited it can be a lottery... this one i plan to wait until nearer the start before making any decisions, however I'll likely be looking to back Windies.
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Looking forward to three T20 matches tonight. Will likely wait until between innings to try and see where the value might be
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@richard-futter Its worth a try. Certainly something that is worth it when the SA tests start.
There's still gonna be the traders who will stick to thri old routine and backing the team that bats first regardless. -
One of the things that people find hard to understand when i try to explain what i do with trading is when i say i won even though the team i backed lost !
Just clawing some money back from the ENG v IND game ! i got about 10 per cent of my loss back tonight.
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@kevin-gedny said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
Talk about up and down.
Got in too early on Surrey, nervously waited for green. Traded out for nice return, then started to wish I’d let it run with Overton letting loose. Now very relieved after that last over.
Don’t you just love cricket!!!
sounds like same as me ! phew ! what a game !
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Talk about up and down.
Got in too early on Surrey, nervously waited for green. Traded out for nice return, then started to wish I’d let it run with Overton letting loose. Now very relieved after that last over.
Don’t you just love cricket!!!
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@stuart-wallace said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
a thought ...
England seem to have adopted a policy of bat last at all cost. This, aligned with the fact that the dukes ball goes dead after 20 overs this year, plus some very good batting tracks that havnt deteriorated much, and also the increased tempo that England want to bat at which nullifies bowling teams being able to get a 2nd new ball , has all helped the cause.With the SA tests to come, could this change the pre game trade by simply backing SA pre game and then exiting just before first ball is bowled to cream off the expected drop in price, in expectation of SA to always be batting first?
Im not sure the bat last theory will work as well with a) Kookaburra ball b) diff pitch conditions.
A good theory but I fear the market will be wise to this and SA's price will not fall very much if at all just because they're batting first. Also, of course, SA might well call England's bluff and decide to bowl first if they win the toss.
I think we'll all need to be a little wary of laying England in the fourth innings until such time as the tactic backfires - which it undoubtedly will at some stage - but I feel that might not be until the winter tour of Pakistan. It's hard to envisage them chasing down totals in the fourth innings on a turning wicket in Karachi!
In the meantime, I think draws can be pretty much discounted unless the weather intervenes seriously. LTD remains very much the go-to trade in Test cricket and I don't see that changing any time soon.
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a thought ...
England seem to have adopted a policy of bat last at all cost. This, aligned with the fact that the dukes ball goes dead after 20 overs this year, plus some very good batting tracks that havnt deteriorated much, and also the increased tempo that England want to bat at which nullifies bowling teams being able to get a 2nd new ball , has all helped the cause.With the SA tests to come, could this change the pre game trade by simply backing SA pre game and then exiting just before first ball is bowled to cream off the expected drop in price, in expectation of SA to always be batting first?
Im not sure the bat last theory will work as well with a) Kookaburra ball b) diff pitch conditions.
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@stephen-hancox said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
@martin said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
@stephen-hancox in same boat, only happened to me twice in seven years! This will be the third most likely. No value in taking a loss, I expect it to lose now but odds so short, always a small chance of a collapse.
Yeah, I guess the Stokes at headingley 2019 was one of those? Like you say if it's 3 times in 7 years then stats still in our favour overall.
Yep and another was either Sri Lanka or Pakistan chasing a really high total a few years back, can't remember. I agree in general with this but a footnote has to be made for England chasing high totals often now, definitely need to bare it in mind moving forward. The play really looking back on it would have been to lay odds on with lots of runs still needed then green up after the blip.
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Whatever Stokes and McCullum have dreamt up is beginning to influence test cricket in general. I saw the scoring rates of the SL v Aus game last week, about 4-5 per over. All for the positive I say, could end up with regular 5 days great entertainment, OK maybe more like 3. Specialist T20 batsmen. like Lawrence could be called up soon! Or even specialist 'back of the hand bouncer' bowlers to make it difficult to score!
A lot off my 'footie' friends have taken notice and have followed the last few tests when they wouldn't normally.
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Something interesting from reading the cricket statistics book is that it’s more favourable to bowl first. The reason being is because if you score big innings 1st or 3rd you slowly remove the possibility of a win and increase the likelihood of a draw. Also, the team that bats for the majority of day 2 tends to be in a more favourable position by the end of the match.
Do you think this is a sustainable way of playing aggressive test cricket similar to the change in ODIs or do you think it’s because of the recent IPL and things will start to calm down?
