2020hindsight said:perth is surely going to be a result (as against a draw) (my guess- fast bowler's paradise and all that - but maybe someone who knows what they are talking about can comment
Bomba said:anyone know why Martyn has retired?
But he's also had some shocking injuries. He had a finger reconstruction that put him out for a year. Apparently he could barely hold a bat towards the end. His hands were a mess. A related elbow injury kept him out for a WA game before the last test. So that's my guess.Realist said:Apparently he got sick of being under the spotlight. He did not like the criticism you get when you are not scoring runs. That and he knew the writing was on the wall, had he made the team in Perth he'd have needed probably a century to hold his place, it was his last chance. Dropped now, gone forever. So he left on his own terms.
Such is life at the top of sport, must be quite stressfull.
Note to myself...lol - just a casual comment, but if draw is 3.75 (>2.12) - then its bludy obvious the bookies think a result is more likely than a draw, you idiot.2020hindsight said:http://www.sportingbet.com.au/uipub/sport.aspx?l1id=11&l2id=513055 might as well post this while I think of it
aust 1.50
draw 3.75
england 7.75
perth is surely going to be a result (as against a draw) (my guess)
Wasn't it good to have a contest finally yesterday. I enjoyed watching " Monty" bowl. He was full of life and clearly enjoys playing. He should have been playing all season. I still hope that the Aussies will win again in the end.2020hindsight said:further note to myself... bookies commission comes of the odds not added.
so that if it was a simple bet of "result" or "no result" - and if these were equal chance - then the odds at sportingbet would be 1.88 each I guess.
Hence i bet 53 result, next bloke bets 53 draw, end of the day, one of us gets 100, and the bookie makes 6. Sorry to labour this one- just not used to betting. I think the TAB works on 110% percentage instead of 106%.
anyway implied in the first set of available odds was
3.75 draw and 1.26 result , hence result was always "4-1-on" favourite , unless i've made another mistake
I think you are right Realist, especially if one of those wickets is Collingwood.Realist said:5-0 is still very very likely.
As I said that English tail is long and crap.
2 quick wickets today and England could be rolled, game over 3-0.
Or is that wishfull thinking?
Ranger said:I think you are right Realist, especially if one of those wickets is Collingwood.
Jay-684 said:And I think Ponting should be dropped...... his form has dropped the last 24 hours. It can be seen in his average for the series, dropping from 149 to 112.25....
2020hindsight said:well if we get the ashes back - we will have urn-ed it
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