3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

[morgieb]

They’re 4/1 now. Australia 1/6. That might be the biggest discrepancy I’ve ever seen between the fan/pundit consensus and the gambler consensus.

I'm not a betting man and I'm a bit too superstitous to do it anyway but that is crazy odds for Australia.

 

[Prince EWS]

They’re 4/1 now. Australia 1/6. That might be the biggest discrepancy I’ve ever seen between the fan/pundit consensus and the gambler consensus.

England would have to be about 15/1 before I'd consider betting on it tbh.

 

[spit]

CW posters should be hammering the bookies. Bank of Australia paying nearly 20% returns just for a day or two max!

 

[Spark]

They’re 4/1 now. Australia 1/6. That might be the biggest discrepancy I’ve ever seen between the fan/pundit consensus and the gambler consensus.

Even if they hadn't been bowled out for 67 I would find those ludicrous. 360 is a hard chase against average attacks on a flat pitch ffs, you'd think that these scores were getting chased down all the time with those odds.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Wouldn't back England at 25/1 never mind 4/1.

Rather lump on Wissahickon in the opener at York.

 

[morgieb]

Even if they hadn't been bowled out for 67 I would find those ludicrous. 360 is a hard chase against average attacks on a flat pitch ffs, you'd think that these scores were getting chased down all the time with those odds.

I get the feeling that people are probably thinking that the conditions are better for batting than they actually are.

 

[Jarquis]

I get the feeling that people are probably thinking that the conditions are better for batting than they actually are.

Nah, everyone thinks it’s a minefield which are why England are priced so shortly.... fmd

 

[Uppercut]

Maybe people just aren't interested in backing Aus at 1/6 so they're getting no money the other way. I thought there'd be enough professionals around backing them though.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

You could put on a 100 for the first wicket here and still not be favourites. England’s chances of winning are zero.

 

[Spark]

You could put on a 100 for the first wicket here and still not be favourites. England’s chances of winning are zero.

Yeah the way this often goes is

> Good top order partnership
> Everyone gets excited
> Wicket falls
> Huge collapse
> Fielding team wins easily

 

[Son Of Coco]

Did that touch the glove? From the back view it looked like it could have, but I'd forgotten what it looked like from the front by then.

 

[NUFAN]

You could put on a 100 for the first wicket here and still not be favourites. England’s chances of winning are zero.

What are you looking forward to seeing in the cricket today?

I just can't write zero chance, particularly as 0/100 would see two set bats at the crease.

 

[Bijed]

Yeah the way this often goes is

> Good top order partnership
> Everyone gets excited
> Wicket falls
> Huge collapse
> Fielding team wins easily

Or, more specifically for England:

> Wicket falls
> Huge collapse
> Fielding team wins easily

 

[Lillian Thomson]

What are you looking forward to seeing in the cricket today?

I just can't write zero chance, particularly as 0/100 would see two set bats at the crease.

I’m off to the football in an hour and hope England are still batting when I get home in 3 and a half hours.

 

[morgieb]

What are you looking forward to seeing in the cricket today?

I just can't write zero chance, particularly as 0/100 would see two set bats at the crease.

There is a chance, but it'll require Australia to bowl very poorly and someone to produce an ATG knock.

Awesome game from Warner in the field. Haze seems to have Burns's number massively.

 

[NUFAN]

I’m off to the football in an hour and hope England are still batting when I get home in 3 and a half hours.

Ok cool completely fair enough. I guess for me as someone who does like to bet, I find it hard to comprehend when someone writes zero chance.

That was great timing by Athers there with the Warner catches!

 

[stephen]

Warner has been exceptional in the slips this match.

 

[Son Of Coco]

There we go! Gee Warner has been good there this game.

 

[Spark]

Yeah that's just comprehensive

 

[morgieb]

What a ball! Would've gotten much better bats out than Roy.