BTC Cricket Trading Thread
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@andrew-macdonald said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
Do BT sport have all the England test matches now? Or is it just the away tests? Sky won't pay the air fares
Sky still has the rights to home Test matches for another two years at least. Normally, it's up to TV companies to come to deals with the home nation when it comes to series away from home; guess BT just came up with the better offer, which is great news for David Gower, who was unceremoniously dumped by Sky last year.
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Do BT sport have all the England test matches now? Or is it just the away tests? Sky won't pay the air fares
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Amazing how much the Windies price has drifted in the last 15 minutes since the toss; quite fancy a back of them at around 4.8, knowing how brittle the England top order can be.
Certainly wouldn't want to be backing England at evens, and the draw looks short too - although there have been five draws in ten matches at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, so laying the draw might not be so straightforward as it often is.
Mind you, hopefully it won't be such a ridiculous batting paradise as we saw in Pakistan - definitely a place for draw backers rather than layers.
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@matt-ayles said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
England opt to bat... thoughts? Lay England?
I am.
Draw price has come right in to 3.3 - made a nice green before the game started -
England opt to bat... thoughts? Lay England?
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Horrendous hours for me this series
I’m sure to fire some point kick off trading
Amazing ENG price on the road tho could be stupid -
@stuart-wallace said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
LTD price has come down to 4 in last 30 mins.
Is i tlikely to rebound up a little or continue slide?I've jumped in on the Back side , Lots of liquidity on Lay side so unlikely to go upwards, and not much on Back side, so Order Flow dictates the slide might continue. Now down to 3.9
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LTD price has come down to 4 in last 30 mins.
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@stuart-wallace I think even the commentators are looking to the next test based on todays commentary, hopefully more wickets in the next test.
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At least the 2nd Test is being played at different venue..... Karachi, which has had 9 results in last 10 matches played (discounting the 2 that were cancelled). However, there has only been 2 matches in last 12 years, both of which were predominantly dominated by spinners, but in playing SL in 2nd innings all top 4 batsmen got centuries when totalling 555-3 !
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@matt-ayles PAK wont give them a sniff of a chance of winning over such a short period, unless Hanse Cronje is exhumed!
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@nathan-bennett said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
Anyone got Babar's number to declare in a few overs ha
No opinion ENG WI but looking forward to some big swings
If they declare do you think there's a chance of a miracle and Aus enter T20 mode to try to chase it down? Or will they do what England would do and defend
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Anyone got Babar's number to declare in a few overs ha
No opinion ENG WI but looking forward to some big swings
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I'm assuming fans are being allowed in , so therefore presumably it will be a predominantly English crowd.
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@matt-ayles said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
Having read the previews for the match, everyone seems to be sitting on the fence. England have a terrible record in WI and have been poor for a while (so lay Eng). However WI are a poor test side with no top order (so lay WI)... and Antigua is renowned for being an easy batting surface so back a big 1st innings score (contradictory right?).
Basically nobody knows!
Made a big error entering the LTD market in the Pak v Aus game pre match so i think I'll wait and see...
Yep, me too re big red in PAK v AUS market LTD market, i have learnt my lesson in not trading at least before the toss, and certainly not on games where i am asleep for most of the game.
So, for WI v ENG, i am going to wait until the toss and then Lay the batting team, as both batting sides seem brittle, in expectation of 2/3 wickets before lunch.
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Some snippets from Cricinfo....
**West Indies (possible) 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), 2 John Campbell, 3 Nkrumah Bonner, 4 Kyle Mayers, 5 Jermaine Blackwood, 6 Jason Holder, 7 Joshua da Silva (wk), 8 Alzarri Joseph, 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Veerasammy Permaul, 11 Jayden Seales
England (probable) 1 Alex Lees, 2 Zak Crawley, 3 Joe Root (capt), 4 Dan Lawrence, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Craig Overton, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Jack Leach
Pitch and conditions
A straw-coloured, intermittently cracked surface awaits on Tuesday, although it's anyone's guess at this stage how it will play. West Indies and Sri Lanka played out two high-scoring draws in the ground's most recent contests last year, although it didn't seem that way when Sri Lanka crumbled to 169 all out in their first innings. The weather is set to be glorious, with intermittent Caribbean storms coming and going in a matter of minutes.
Stats and trivia
England have never won a Test in Antigua in nine-and-a-bit attempts spanning 31 years.**
...........................It seems that Jayden Seales is the new bowling starlet, brisk pace, so could see Lees and/or Crawley departing early, then if Cricinfo is correct, we will see Lawrence at 4 ...... could see ENG 3 down before lunch.
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Having read the previews for the match, everyone seems to be sitting on the fence. England have a terrible record in WI and have been poor for a while (so lay Eng). However WI are a poor test side with no top order (so lay WI)... and Antigua is renowned for being an easy batting surface so back a big 1st innings score (contradictory right?).
Basically nobody knows!
Made a big error entering the LTD market in the Pak v Aus game pre match so i think I'll wait and see...
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@luke-weston The problem with Woakes is he is a bit of a dobber , if he could have added 5mph to his delivery then he would likely have been as successful abroad as he is in England. I have no problem with his batting however, i know that a few seasons ago when ENG were going through serious opening batting problems (where have i heard that before !), he was being considered to open the batting.
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I feel a bit sorry for Woakes. He averages 22.6 with the ball and 35.26 with the bat in England which are absolutely world class numbers. He should be being talked up as one of the best allrounders in the world. For sure, his overseas record is poor, but he has never had much of a chance to develop. Look at how many games he has actually been selected for abroad: 2 in Bang and NZ, 3 in Ind and SA, and 7 in Aus. Jimmy Anderson had similar problems overseas in his early career but overcame them. Woakes deserves a chance to get his hands on the new ball and develop his game. Maybe Antigua isn't the place to start though...
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@chris-osborne said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:
@stuart-wallace How is Woakes still being considered as a test player - massive shake up needed in our cricket structure
Yes, me neither - what astonishes me is that he is regarded as one of our best players too !! Take him away from England he does eff all. However, one thing he does possibly provide (especially needed with the omission of Jimmy and now Robinson out) is a bit of control - because certainly Jor Root isnt going to likely get control from Mahmood,Wood and Leach.
Watch him take a five-for tomorrow now!
