BTC Cricket Trading Thread

Stuart Wallace

@richard-futter said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:

Never seen such a lack of fight from the lower order. They literally threw in the towel. Woeful doesn't begin to cover it.

Its been a tough tour, ok , i seem to say that after every Ashes tour down-under, but this was very different in respect of the Bubble the players seem to have been under for 2 years (seemed to show on Joe Roots face towards end), and very few fans (shows it makes a difference when SA can beat IND ),but ultimately has highlighted the many,many problems that lie in English cricket, with a lot of those being at non-playing level.

Lets hope that many things are learnt from this tour, with changes made at domestic level, amongst which will be (hopefully)....

Silverwood removed. Get back to a panel of people selecting the team (Atherton put it well by saying..'how can you have the coach ring up a player and tell him he's not playing?!')
Root removed from his captaincy (got a feeling he may well jump ship anyway). I have always had a problem with him as captain.
Prepare well for Ashes series - maybe take a shadow team (Lions) out to OZ and get them to play a state team whilst the Tests are going on. And have at least 2 weeks in Oz preparing before the first test (thats what the 2011 team did)
Shake up the Domestic leagues , and have more meaningful games played by the Test players in 4 day games throughout the season (ECB to dictate the conditions, after all, the ECB is paying these guys their huge contracts).
Prepare better pitches, maybe have all groundstaff employed by the ECB instead of the counties, and the ECB dictate what type of wicket to be prepared.
Finally, the people at the top (Harrison for example) to stand up and be counted and be put in the spotlight.

However, we all know that virtually nothing of the above will happen, and that it will all be brushed under the carpet again.

TBH, I love cricket, and i love all cricket formats, but the constant lack of fight by England in red ball is getting right on my tits, and i am considering just not watching or having any interest in Tests , other than to make money.

Rant over.

Nathan Bennett

Wish ENG won and Root speech goes
This one’s for you WA haha

Yes join Novak ha

Sean Fitzgerald

@richard-futter said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:

Never seen such a lack of fight from the lower order. They literally threw in the towel. Woeful doesn't begin to cover it.

Michael Vaughan pretty scathing of the performance on the commentary here in Australia

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@richard-futter said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:

Never seen such a lack of fight from the lower order. They literally threw in the towel. Woeful doesn't begin to cover it.

I was thinking this. Did the backroom staff tell them to just give their wickets away?

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So glad that’s over, weeks of torture and missed opportunities in other games for a relatively small green, not to mention the serious lack of sleep

Richard Futter

They should be deported along with Djokovic!

Richard Futter

Never seen such a lack of fight from the lower order. They literally threw in the towel. Woeful doesn't begin to cover it.

Nathan Bennett

1.70 favs ENG were
no words

Richard Futter

Embarrassing

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How England traded odds on is beyond me. The series so far has suggested this collapse would come.

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@tom-david-1 said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:

Laying England at 6.6 was irresistible, at this stage I really can't see anything other than am Aussie win, unless we get some serious weather I can't imagine there being any real swings to speak of.

With a lead of 152 England would have to skittle Aus for under 150 to stand a chance, Australia will have good batting conditions tomorrow and then England should be back in under the lights and a couple of wickets down before end of day.

I have to admit this morning when England were trading around 1.7 this was difficult to hold, now it’s difficult to accept that I didn’t add more to it

Escaped with a decent green but a badly traded test for me, high emotions and misplaced hope.

Simji

Well I fycked that up. No red it'll be very small greens

Richard Futter

Well those hopes were short lived all over today?

Nathan Bennett

@richard-futter crack up exact same thoughts
pitty root

meh t20 player does what t20 player do

Richard Futter

Can Billings and Pope survive the next hour? Batting conditions will be totally different tomorrow in the sunshine and a decent stand and a rise in the Aussie price wouldn't be totally out of the realms of possibility.

Stuart Wallace

@nathan-bennett said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:

I will always trade pink ball tests the same
i will always trade pink ball tests the same

haha

good call mate.
this is first pink ball game ive traded, cant wait for next one !

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Can we just have one innings where we don't collapse please serious questions have to be asked about this pathetic and embarrassing series

Nathan Bennett

I will always trade pink ball tests the same
i will always trade pink ball tests the same

haha

Simji

Well by time I got to work that was some quick wickets... Green dropped a little.

Martin

@simji said in BTC Cricket Trading Thread:

Not what England needed. This could start the collapse

This is the other thing with these high chases, even if successful which is extremely rare, it's still very likely there will be moments where the markets goes your way, how often does it happen where there are no hiccups along the way of a big successful chase? pretty much never!