T20 World Cup.
SA 2/189 beat England 8/179. van der Dussen was POTM with 94* from 60.
So, Australia comfortably through to the semis on NRR, having beaten SA. England also went though.
The matches to decide which 2 of Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and NZ also go though to the semis are tonight (Afg v NZ, followed by Pak v Scotland) and tomorrow night (India v Namibia). If NZ win the curtain-raiser at 9 pm, they'll go though with Pakistan and the India game will be irrelevant. If Pakistan win, they'll finish top - if they lose but NZ win, Pakistan will probably finish 2nd on NRR.
So, Australia comfortably through to the semis on NRR, having beaten SA. England also went though.
The matches to decide which 2 of Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and NZ also go though to the semis are tonight (Afg v NZ, followed by Pak v Scotland) and tomorrow night (India v Namibia). If NZ win the curtain-raiser at 9 pm, they'll go though with Pakistan and the India game will be irrelevant. If Pakistan win, they'll finish top - if they lose but NZ win, Pakistan will probably finish 2nd on NRR.
I'm not convinced by this, Skids.Skids wrote:Hmmm, I must look at this sort of event more often.Skids wrote:My multi is all up to the Windies now.
Had heaps in the account so went for what I thought was an easy collect;
NZ ($1.06) to beat Scotland, into, Pakistan ($1.04) to beat Namibia, into India ($1.22) to beat the Afghans, into, WI ($1.60) to beat SL. $2.15 are the odds.
$100 bet, the cash out now after the 3 wins is $117.20
After the 3 certainties (NZ, PAK & India) won, I was able to back Sri Lanka to ensure I couldn't lose.
The $100 outlay stood to return a profit of $115 if the WI won.
SL were paying $2.70, a $100 bet on them ensured a positive return regardless of the result. A $270 (or $215 if the initial multi wins) collect, for a $200 outlay.
Sure, it all goes out the window if one of the minnows causes an upset, but @ 35% (or 7.5%) return isn't bad for the (minimal) risk.
It comes down to the odds for those 3 near certainties. It's only a good bet if those odds are good. It's hard for us to tell whether 1.06, 1.04 & 1.22 were good or bad odds for those games. If they were too short, then the whole multi is not minimal risk after all.
Just an update on where the Batsman Better than Bradsmith are in this tournament.
Kohli averages 34 at a S/R of 100. He has 68 runs after 4 games (57, 9, 2* and DNB).
Williamson averages 28.66 at a S/R of 100. He has 86 runs after 4 games (25, 33*, 0 and 28). He is plainly the Player of the Tournament, so far.
Smith averages an appallingly low 32 at the tragically awful S/R of 98.46. He has just 64 runs after 5 games (35, 28*, 1, DNB, DNB). He has only carried his team to victory once - the opening match against SA in the most difficult batting conditions in which Australia has played. That victory was, of course, the difference between Australia going to the semi-finals and going home - but don't let that fool you. It was an accident.
Just to emphasise how badly Bradsmith has batted, England's batsmen have achieved the following heights in their 5 game averages (all the English middle-order batsmen who have better averages than Bradsmith in this tournament are highlighted in yellow and their names bolded):
Ali 20.5
Bairstow 11.33
Buttler 120
Jordan 1
Livingstone 14.5
Malan 25
Morgan 32
Roy 30.75
Woakes 7
Kohli averages 34 at a S/R of 100. He has 68 runs after 4 games (57, 9, 2* and DNB).
Williamson averages 28.66 at a S/R of 100. He has 86 runs after 4 games (25, 33*, 0 and 28). He is plainly the Player of the Tournament, so far.
Smith averages an appallingly low 32 at the tragically awful S/R of 98.46. He has just 64 runs after 5 games (35, 28*, 1, DNB, DNB). He has only carried his team to victory once - the opening match against SA in the most difficult batting conditions in which Australia has played. That victory was, of course, the difference between Australia going to the semi-finals and going home - but don't let that fool you. It was an accident.
Just to emphasise how badly Bradsmith has batted, England's batsmen have achieved the following heights in their 5 game averages (all the English middle-order batsmen who have better averages than Bradsmith in this tournament are highlighted in yellow and their names bolded):
Ali 20.5
Bairstow 11.33
Buttler 120
Jordan 1
Livingstone 14.5
Malan 25
Morgan 32
Roy 30.75
Woakes 7
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23 YIPPEE!!!