Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Pro40 cricket trading

Daily Result: £217.4

A good start to the new month. Much like last month but this time I'm hoping for a little more consistency and no maximum losses! Had an awful few days once I was around £400 up in July.

Anyway, traded the Warwickshire v Middlesex Pro40 game this evening. Got off to a good start backing Warwickshire at 1.95 on early toss news and laid it as low as 1.85 before the off. Was expecting a good knock from them but it was a slow batting start with the ball beating the outside edge. As the market began to expect wickets the price drifted nicely but Warks consolidated nicely. Bit of a bizarre decision with just 3 wickets down and around 10 overs to go not to bring on some of their big hitters (Dot ball merchant Ambrose managed to get me shouting "HIT IT" at the tv) but in the end 228 on that pitch was a decent knock. Especially as Nick Knight was given out LBW on 95 in a shocking decision with the ball pitching a very long way outside leg stump. Bowler Jamie Dalrymple's face said it all really - he was embarrassed!

Didn't fancy Middlesex to make the chase but kept my green pretty even. Streak was the difference in the end taking 3 for 13 in 6 overs at the start of the Middlesex innings. Great figures. And justice was done later on when Dalrymple was dismissed LBW to a decision on a par to the one he got Knight out with. Shocking umpiring.

Anyway, can't do tomorrow's match, and there's nothing on Thursday, so will be taking a look at the second test between England and Pakistan on Friday. The break in the decent televised tennis finishes very soon too so shall be back to that. Which means I should be updating the blog a little more frequently from now on again.

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