The Cricket Betting Thread

[Nathan Hughes]

Trescothick

25/1 for top batsman in Champions league, plenty of competition and Somerset would have to get through the group but the chap has been in blistering form all season.

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[Andrew Hughes]

If he is in the right frame of mind and everything is well, then that is a cracking price, given his form, ability and the fact that he will be opening. But I suspect that his past is factored into that price as well as the possibility of an early Somerset exit.

However, I think they could scrape through that group – beating Trinidad is not beyond them, though beating Deccan probably is.

[Nathan Hughes]

Andrew i have just read your

A Traitorous Confession

on your blog, a good read and it has reminded me of England’s world cup qualification in the football and now I’m depressed thinking of all those flags and car horn blowers that we are going to be treated to all summer .

Anything take your eye on the champions league betting front?

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[Andrew Hughes]

Thanks Nathan, yes all that is to come, though I am going to try not to let it spoil a great tournament.

As for the Champions League, I haven’t yet watched today’s game (hopefully Sky+ is working) but I was surprised to see that the Cape Cobras are 12-1 with Victor Chandler, whilst 7-1 generally elsewhere. It may just be an old price but worth checking out, given that they are now virtually certain to qualify for the second round.

Of the available odds, it is so hard to tell, since domestic cricket teams rarely play across borders in competitive games. The Cobras success today will have given the non-IPL teams some hope and at the current odds, I would probably go with Wayamba (14-1 generally) as they should have no problem with the conditions.

[Nathan Hughes]

Get in Somerset, what a win. i thought Deccan were in for a huge score when Laxman and Gilchrist were wilding the willow but Somerset dug in well there to restrict the scoring. Almost threw it away in the last over of the match after coming back from the dead, really wanted Hildreth to see it through because he’s been getting a bit of stick about not scoring important runs away from Taunton but what nerves shown from Thomas. Couldn’t work out why Waller was playing didn’t bowl, cant bat .

Nearly choked on my shepherds pie during one of the adverts about the champions league they said the 12 best teams in the world, Somerset aren’t in the best 12 in England.

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[Andrew Hughes]

What a result! I can honestly say I didn’t see that coming, but to beat the IPL champions in unfamiliar conditions is a hell of an achievement.

Trego’s slower ball to get Laxman was masterly.

[Nathan Hughes]

Trego is improving with his bowling and his pace does vary from ball to ball. Pace off seemed to be the way to go RP Singh bowled ok but Edwards bowled as if he been on the hooch, would of took Hildreths head off if straighter. Need Trescothick to tee off v Trinidad on Monday, will have to sky+ it as am at work, bet some loud mouth will shout out the score to me, will have to wear ear plugs.

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[Nathan Hughes]

Why didn’t any loud mouth tell me the score would of saved me the torture of watching the bloody thing so in the words of Andrew Hughes ******* biscuits.

I thought Somerset bowled and fielded well but Trinidad were all over them in the field. Can they beat Deccan on Wednesday or shall i start praying for thunderstorms.

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[Andrew Hughes]

Trinidad certainly can beat Deccan, so Somerset aren’t out of this yet.

[Nathan Hughes]

This twenty/20 Champions league lark is exhausting. Am i right in thinking that Somerset and Trinidad play the NSW and Eagles in this next group carrying through their points from the 1st stage and the top two go through?

Thanks Trinidad, Somerset are like a cat with 9 lives. Gilchrist was in great touch and it took a good catch from the big fella to see the back of him and I’m sure the boys were getting their bags packed in the hotel room when Rao was finding the middle.

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[Nathan Hughes]

Trescothick has had enough of India and is coming home they obviously dont make the sausages as nice over there as they do here. That’s put a dent in Somerset’s hopes of winning the thing but at least they got further then Sussex and for the 1st time in about 1000 years i feel the bowling and fielding is better than the batting.

Trinidad look sharp in the field and i’ve gone for them to take the most run outs 15/8 vs NSW.

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[graysonscolumn]

I’m probably not fully across this story yet, but perhaps someone could advise me why Trescothick was allowed to travel to India with – from this remove at least – what looked like inadequate pastoral support?

In particular, if at least part of his illness is related to him being away from his family for any length of time, was there any scope at all for them to accompany him on the trip?

As I say, I probably don’t know the entire back story, but my first thoughts on hearing of his return were of dissatisfaction that he was allowed to fend for himself even to any extent over there. He may have given the Somerset board assurances beforehand that he thought himself mentally and emotionally up to travelling without accompaniment, but I’d far rather those assertions had been overridden by those in a position to have done so.

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[Nathan Hughes]

Im a bit confused by it all really, from what i have heard and read Marcus arrived late to join the squad for the final warm up game and has only been in India for the matches and after each match going to Dubai where his family were staying.

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[Nathan Hughes]

The biggest disappointment today for me was not the fact Somerset lost and now cant progress to the later stages but the fact of where the hell has Wes Durston been all season.!

When Ian Blackwell went to Durham i suggested somewhere on this forum that Durston should of replaced him, instead the worse than average Omari Banks has been filling that role and maybe instead of being the nearly men of county cricket this season just finished, we just might of won something had Durston been giving more opportunities.

Should of chucked him the ball today aswell.

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[graysonscolumn]

Good question, Nathan. It’s been that quiet from him all term that I presumed he’d either sated himself with captaining the seconds, or else he’d been released.

Useful bits and pieces cricketer when he gets it right, and not the worst off-twirler in the shorter forms of the one-day game, either.

On a similar subject, do you know what’s happened with Michael Munday during 2009? Seems to have usurped in the leggies stakes at Taunton by Max Waller good and proper.

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[Nathan Hughes]

I don’t recall Munday playing any games for the 1st team in 2009 but i believe he is still on the books. I’m pretty certain he was in the local paper a lot this summer taking wickets for one of the club sides. In 2008 he played 3 championship matches taking 3 wickets at an average of 61.67, didn’t play in the pro40 that season or the twenty/20. Waller is highly thought of at the club and has recently been named in the ECB performance squad whatever that is . Munday will fall further down the pecking order with Murali Kartik arriving at Taunton for the 2010 season.

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[graysonscolumn]

Noted with thanks, Nathan!

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