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Evening guys

what a dire game, thought Rooney was stupid with the handball and many refs would have sent him off and thought we should have had a pen but all in all 0-0 was probably the right result. Both sides are desperately short in midfield which resulted in the 2 sides cancelling each other out. Henry looks barely fit and I dare say he needs a rest

My diary is pretty free, so anytime should be ok with me

start in the cricket delayed due to rain, backed the draw at 1.76

fcast for the day looks quite poor with potential for drizzle/showers most of the day

draw price in freefall :-)

Closed at 1.41 - cant see it going much lower unless the whole day gets washed out

Laid draw at 1.53 as covers start to come off

Out at 1.68

maybe i should just trade the weather in future!!!!!

looks like play will start at midnight - assuming im on my own tonight?

would expect the moisture to make batting a bit more tricky this morning and also a bit of swing with the heavy cloud cover. Will be happy to lay the draw as long as they are playing!

Fundy.....nice trading, having broadband problems here, very slow tonight, been
buisy trading futures a very happy bunny i am.
Aus need to hold on to wickets for the first setion

Lol.... that live link i had now playing program from Dubi

Cloudbase

well done on the futures :-)

bit of swing early on and looks like the weather fcast for the next few days has deteriorated

Thanks,
Could be some wild swings then if the weather dodgy, still got the draw lay which i need to trade out, but only small, so no wory

Just laid the draw for a lump at 1.6

Ponting/Hussey look well set but they are also scoring very quickly, which will keep the draw price propped up to a degree while wickets will see it drift

Looks like back Aus was the trade, come in a long way.

Yep, but risky, an early wicket would have seen the price disappear out

Draw lay looks almost risk free assuming the weather holds, even without wickets it seems not to want to fall below 1.55

Thanks.... need to learn where the risk free trades are or i'll get kicked when i
increase size

Cloudbase

the free trades are invariably laying the draw - the market is making it quite clear here that runs arent going to shorten the price, a wicket will lengthen it so only a stagnant period of blocking (Symonds/Gilchrist next 2 in!) or the dreaded weather the dangers (rain being the biggest one). That said the longer the partnership goes on then the less impact a wicket will have when it finally comes

Nel just trapped Hussey plumb in front given not out :-)

strange market reaction to the not out, brought the draw backers in again

Seems like a directionless market at mo, just added a bit more to draw lay 1.51