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K wrote:Pre-game odds: ...
England 76%, Pakistan 24%...
Should have loaded up, though the S. Africa-Bangladesh pre-game odds looked more glaring to me. For two games in a row, the punters have been a bit mad.
For cricket's sake, what a relief 350 was highly competitive and it didn't turn out that par was 450.
K (28/5) wrote:...
England 2.75 [32%]
India 3.50 [25%]
Australia 4.75 [18%]
New Zealand 11.00 [8%]
South Africa 11.00 [8%]
Pakistan 21.00 [4%]
West Indies 21.00 [4%]
Afghanistan 151.00 [0.6%]
Bangladesh 151.00 [0.6%]
Sri Lanka 151.00 [0.6%]
Only 1/6-way through the Group Stage...
England 3.00
India 4.33
Australia 4.33
New Zealand 9.00
West Indies 10.00
Pakistan 19.00
South Africa 23.00
Bangladesh 41.00
Sri Lanka 101.00
Afghanistan 101.00
(WIndies & S. Africa have sort of swapped places.)
"In an occasionally fractious encounter, the umpires pointedly warned Morgan about his side throwing the ball in on the bounce and later issued the same reminder to Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed." (PA)
The level of desperation goes up the flatter the pitch. The ICC needs to act to make things fairer between batsman and bowler, even in ODIs. Regular scores of 450 are an existential threat to the game.
The whole England ODI strategy for years has been about flat-track bullying. They've known they can dictate the pitches at home for the WC.
Should have loaded up, though the S. Africa-Bangladesh pre-game odds looked more glaring to me. For two games in a row, the punters have been a bit mad.