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Quote from: Haunebu on August 16, 2019, 02:07:18 AM

Placed a bet on both England and Australia(Hedged) thanks to the awesome odds available, but it seems like this match might end up in a draw unless wickets drop like dominoes which would be really favorable for me.

I thought of placing another hedge bet on Sri Lanka and New Zealand too, but the combined odds were pretty poor and it most probably might not end in a draw. Lets see what happens.

Becareful, so much rain today, if mostly day play wash out, draw odds will drop drastically.

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AUS vs ENG

Same story with OZ. Once again their bowlers were struggling to get tailenders out. Here I think Starc's deadly's yorker and swing comes in play against the tailenders.

Right now English Camp looks happy with 225 runs lead on the board and Warner sitting in the dugout.

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I thought of placing another hedge bet on Sri Lanka and New Zealand too, but the combined odds were pretty poor and it most probably might not end in a draw. Lets see what happens.

Correct SL vs NZ game is going towards a result, no doubt about that and if kiwis manage to put 225-250 runs lead then SL need some brave innings to win this game.

This pitch is turning out to be a gold mine for spinners. 2 spinners already took fifer for their respective team. You can imagine what will happen during the last inning.

According to current scenario 150-180 runs target for Sri Lankans? Kiwis top order failed and Ross taylor gone as well.

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Placed a bet on both England and Australia(Hedged) thanks to the awesome odds available, but it seems like this match might end up in a draw unless wickets drop like dominoes which would be really favorable for me.

I thought of placing another hedge bet on Sri Lanka and New Zealand too, but the combined odds were pretty poor and it most probably might not end in a draw. Lets see what happens.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on August 15, 2019, 08:38:58 PM

Australia made a big mistake by not selecting Mitchell Starc. England could recover from 138/6 to 258, because none of the Australian bowler could clean up the tail. If Starc was playing, then he could have mopped up the lower middle order and the tail in quick time. But he was not playing, and players such as Woakes, Archer and Broad made significant partnerships that could prove crucial for a low scoring match. For Australia, Lyon once again proved inefficient against the top and middle order. If England could restrict Australia below 250, then they have a great chance of leveling the series. Only one man stands between them and a victory, and his name is Steven Smith.

Quite true that Starc could have made the difference in getting the tail quickly out . But Oz might want to give chance to other players as well and they are already 1-0 ahead in series . So may be this could be strategy and if required might be back in 3rd test .

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on August 15, 2019, 08:38:58 PM

Australia made a big mistake by not selecting Mitchell Starc. England could recover from 138/6 to 258, because none of the Australian bowler could clean up the tail. If Starc was playing, then he could have mopped up the lower middle order and the tail in quick time. But he was not playing, and players such as Woakes, Archer and Broad made significant partnerships that could prove crucial for a low scoring match. For Australia, Lyon once again proved inefficient against the top and middle order. If England could restrict Australia below 250, then they have a great chance of leveling the series. Only one man stands between them and a victory, and his name is Steven Smith.

Mitchell Starc omission is debatable as this decision of theirs has already backfired on them, hopefully he’ll come back in the third test match. England played poorly yesterday and if they continue giving performances like this Australia will win the Ashes easily, is there any specific reason why England are performing so bad?. Australia have lost one wicket for 30 runs and the only way England can come back in this match is by picking those remaining 9 wickets quickly, but I doubt Australia will crumble what do you’ll think?.

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Australia made a big mistake by not selecting Mitchell Starc. England could recover from 138/6 to 258, because none of the Australian bowler could clean up the tail. If Starc was playing, then he could have mopped up the lower middle order and the tail in quick time. But he was not playing, and players such as Woakes, Archer and Broad made significant partnerships that could prove crucial for a low scoring match. For Australia, Lyon once again proved inefficient against the top and middle order. If England could restrict Australia below 250, then they have a great chance of leveling the series. Only one man stands between them and a victory, and his name is Steven Smith.

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After losing a whole day to rain Australia have really dominated day 2 of this test match. When Australia won the toss and elected to bowl, everyone thought that it might of been the wrong decision but it has worked perfectly thanks to some great bowling by Hazlewood early on that kept the England batsman under pressure. It was a good decision to bring him back into the team as he was the one early on that put the match in Australia's favour. Warner failed again with the bat so I'm not sure if he is able to keep his spot in the team in the third test match. I'm looking forward to seeing Smith bat and to see if England try and new tactics to try and get Smith out early on.

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Quote from: AB de Royse777 on August 15, 2019, 12:16:00 PM

Quote from: DeathAngel on August 15, 2019, 11:19:13 AM

England 225/7 at the moment, it’s not a great innings so far is it, AUS have to be thinking if they can take out the tail end quickly they’ll be massive favourites to go 2-0 up in this test.

Australia wrapped up England's first innings only for 258 runs. Now they are betting. I see Australia is winning this test. They will bat aggressively to give a good lead to England. This test already lost a full day so it needs good scoring rate.

Edit:
Damn it! Warner gone :-(

I sure this match is going to end in just four days as Australia is full of confidence and they already leading the series so they will play aggressively and able to take some good lead in first inning which could be good for them as after inclusion of Hazzelwood they are doing very good and bowled out England in second inning very quickly without any problem.

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Quote from: DeathAngel on August 15, 2019, 11:19:13 AM

England 225/7 at the moment, it’s not a great innings so far is it, AUS have to be thinking if they can take out the tail end quickly they’ll be massive favourites to go 2-0 up in this test.

Australia wrapped up England's first innings only for 258 runs. Now they are betting. I see Australia is winning this test. They will bat aggressively to give a good lead to England. This test already lost a full day so it needs good scoring rate.

Edit:
Damn it! Warner gone :-(

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England 225/7 at the moment, it’s not a great innings so far is it, AUS have to be thinking if they can take out the tail end quickly they’ll be massive favourites to go 2-0 up in this test.

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Quote from: AB de Royse777 on August 15, 2019, 07:08:30 AM

Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on August 15, 2019, 06:56:18 AM

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The dropped catch may prove to be the turning point in the match. At this level, you don't have the luxury of dropping catches and that too of top order batsmen. And see what happened after that. Burns and Denly have set up a solid partnership and together they have rescued England from another top order batting collapse.

Well part of the game. Lunch break and England managed to score 76 runs without losing anymore wickets. Last few overs they scoring rate was very slow. England did not want to lose anymore wickets before the lunch and plan worked.

Australia needs few good overs in the next session if they want to come back to this match.

England has now scored 200+ runs with the loss of 6 wickets. They were looking quite bad, but then the partnership of Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes made their scoreboard look a bit better now. Let's see if they're able to continue playing with the same momentum for a few more hours; England really requires the continuation of their partnership at this point.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on August 15, 2019, 06:56:18 AM

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The dropped catch may prove to be the turning point in the match. At this level, you don't have the luxury of dropping catches and that too of top order batsmen. And see what happened after that. Burns and Denly have set up a solid partnership and together they have rescued England from another top order batting collapse.

Well part of the game. Lunch break and England managed to score 76 runs without losing anymore wickets. Last few overs they scoring rate was very slow. England did not want to lose anymore wickets before the lunch and plan worked.

Australia needs few good overs in the next session if they want to come back to this match.

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Quote from: FIFA worldcup on August 15, 2019, 06:15:55 AM

Quote from: Maheshkumar_Hrangkhawl on August 15, 2019, 05:12:22 AM

The second Ashes test is underway and looks like England is struggling. Jason Roy out even before opening the scoreboard to Hazlewood (who was controversially picked ahead of Mitchell Starc). Looks like this is going to be another low scoring test match, similar to the first test, and there may be a chance of getting a result despite the rain.

The 2nd test also started bad for the England and Aussie again dominating from the start as they did in the first test match. While i am writing this post, Burns catch was missed else it would have been 3 down for the England.
Denly and Burns have to make at least a hundred run partnership to be able to strengthen their position in the match.

The dropped catch may prove to be the turning point in the match. At this level, you don't have the luxury of dropping catches and that too of top order batsmen. And see what happened after that. Burns and Denly have set up a solid partnership and together they have rescued England from another top order batting collapse.

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Finally Aus vs Eng match in progress. Australia had some early breakthrough but now England in the middle of recovery. And looking at the Australian squad I see Starc is not playing this match too.

Hazlewood was picked over Starc because of his economy.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27386243/josh-hazlewood-economy-leaves-mitchell-starc-periphery-lords

And seems like he is doing good job for the team. Got two wickets so far. Did Starc ever expected this kind of competition LOL

Forget to mention, what happened to NZ batting? Yesterday they were 205 for 6 or something and this morning they lost rest the wickets too quickly?

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Quote from: Maheshkumar_Hrangkhawl on August 15, 2019, 05:12:22 AM

The second Ashes test is underway and looks like England is struggling. Jason Roy out even before opening the scoreboard to Hazlewood (who was controversially picked ahead of Mitchell Starc). Looks like this is going to be another low scoring test match, similar to the first test, and there may be a chance of getting a result despite the rain.

The 2nd test also started bad for the England and Aussie again dominating from the start as they did in the first test match. While i am writing this post, Burns catch was missed else it would have been 3 down for the England.
Denly and Burns have to make at least a hundred run partnership to be able to strengthen their position in the match.

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The second Ashes test is underway and looks like England is struggling. Jason Roy out even before opening the scoreboard to Hazlewood (who was controversially picked ahead of Mitchell Starc). Looks like this is going to be another low scoring test match, similar to the first test, and there may be a chance of getting a result despite the rain.

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SL vs NZ

Kiwis saw mini-collapse in the morning and bowled out on 249 runs (thanks to Lakmal's spell) and in response, SL repeating the same mistake of keep losing wickets in interval against a spinner, as of now they are trailing 99 runs with 6 wickets in hand.

Spinners doing wonder on this pitch. yesterday Akila Dananjaya took a fifer for SL and today Ajaz Patel doing same for Kiwis.

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Quote from: AB de Royse777 on August 14, 2019, 11:23:07 AM

The whole day washed away. Even the toss did not happen. So if they can start the match tomorrow then this will be a 4 day Test match. May be we will be looking forward to a draw Test. Good for Australia but not for England. Australia already have 1 - 0 lead of the series.

If both the Aussie and England bat well in their first innings, the test will begin to get boring by the end of third day and and the match would slip towards the draw. This would make it more tough for the England who are looking to lift the Ashes too, after the World cup.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on August 14, 2019, 12:35:42 PM

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Final score: Rain-3, Cricket-0.

Nah! I will call it Rain - 2.5, Cricket - 0.5 :-P

0.5 for the New Zealand Innings to play 68 overs :-)

If we have a result for India vs WI then cricket will get another 0.5 point perhaps.

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Quote from: AB de Royse777 on August 14, 2019, 11:23:07 AM

The whole day washed away. Even the toss did not happen. So if they can start the match tomorrow then this will be a 4 day Test match. May be we will be looking forward to a draw Test. Good for Australia but not for England. Australia already have 1 - 0 lead of the series.

There were three international matches today. Two test matches and one ODI. The test match between England and Australia got washed out, while the one between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was disrupted by rain after a good start. And as per the latest information, the ODI match between India and West Indies may also get washed away.

Final score: Rain-3, Cricket-0.

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