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Might as well play him from the start then scrip lol

time for bed for me - on funny hours with the cricket starting at 4.30am :-(

Morning all

super innings from Colly and Harmy this morning have made the double digits on England shrink (as has the draw)

have been offloading some of my draw and backing England, will be interesting to see if we can get a breakthrough or two with the new ball (were going to need to)

Morning Steve

Just switched on to see that Colly with the support from the tailenders have played a blinder of an innings to bring it to a very respectable 393.

Layed off my Eng position at 7.0 and will wait to see what Ind does before getting in again.

Morning bak

new ball is key

tail enders supported well and Colly played fantastically, made me shuffle my position around a lot this am

Out!

Getting out at 7.0 looking 10 mins too premature!

Happy days, finally KP has caught one.

Getting a bit hectic - 2 of my shares had final results this am - have greened my position for now though greener on results than draw, need to keep an eye on the markets for a bit though still got the cricket on :-)

Have started laying the draw again at below 3. Some help for the bowlers and a very promising start for Panesar (hed have 2 wickets if the umps were consistent!!!). Cant see how the draw price can go much lower before England bat again, though plenty of upside if wickets fall. Likelt to back it back on the fall of a wicket and then look to re-enter when it falls

Still short the draw on India / England but uncertainty creeping in.

UAE Tennis - sooo tempted to lay Henman against Nadal at around 4.0 but he's actually started strong - channel 410 Eurosport BTW

No hurry will likely get a better price soon - edit: or not ;)

Managed to go green on the cricket this am but I'm sure I'll be adding new positions over the next 3 days.

There was a point when the draw odds suddenly collapsed down to 2.4s where I grabbed as much as I could on the lay side then backed back within 15mins at 2.8s :-)

Also scalped a few on India.

Edward...Thanks for Henman v Nadal match and will check it out.

Bakko, you convinced me. trying my luck/arm on the tennis and cricket!

Tony.....Go for it!

Went green on the tennis too soon but happy with any profit.

Bak

I grabbed a chunk at 2.5 at a similar time (bit slower than you and missed the 2.4).

Just something to be wary of, on all accounts it rained a little after play and there is a forecast chance of rain affecting play on saturday, only a small chance but worth keeping an eye on

What happened to the Nadal/Henman game?

Steve

Thanks and will keep an eye on the forecast.

Btw. Just waiting on Tony to confirm a date for our usual bash but shouldn't be too far away.

John

Nadal won in 2 sets. 7-6 6-1.

Henman forced a tie break in the 1st set and lost it 7-1 then did his usual capitulation in the 2nd set. You could have got 1.4s on Nadal before the tie break.

Thanks Bak

Wonder what the best price was to lay Henman.

I missed the whole game :-((

I didn't even know he was playing either and have Edward to thank for bringing it up earlier (I owe you one for this).

I greened up as I had to interview a potential new recruit. When got back it was over. Couldn't have been more than 20 mins!

Attention all Henman layer's.

Read this Henman may quit this year.

Ooops - just catching up with you lot.
So what's the script then?

Anyone trading the cricket i would be wary of laying the draw currently. It has rained heavily in Nagpur since close of play earlier today and play is unlikely to start on time. If it doesnt then there is likely to be a huge overreaction in the prices


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