Daily Result: £229.62
Well, after a record three losing days in a row I guess I was due a winning one. And thankfully today's South Africa v India ODI helped get me back into profit for the month.
Unfortunately, after a few beers and a late night I'd struggled to get up was still switching my computers on in the first over. Missed a lovely 60+ tick swing as South Africa lost two wickets and drifted from 1.4x to 2.0x. There's a lesson in there somewhere!
Things didn't really get much better for the Saffers either and by the time they'd been reduced to 76 for 6 the Indians must have been fancying their chances. But they reckoned without Justin Kemp. Now anyone who follows cricket knows Kemp can hit the ball. But his innings today was awesome. With South Africa in deep trouble he came in, batted sensibly and solidly to get the innings back on track before unleashing a spectacular power hitting display to make his maiden ODI century off just 89 balls.
Ably supported by Andrew Hall at the other end (56 not out) the pair put on a world record ODI 8th wicket partnership with an unbeaten 138 - sailing past the previous record of 119. It was fantastic viewing and left India needing 275 to win. Nice to see both Hall reach his 50, and Kemp his century, in the last over.
A couple of quick wickets in the Indian innings and it was virtually match over. Dravid and Dhoni put up some resistance, but with the exception of a short spell where Dhoni was knocking it around before he was out, the required run rate was always rising and in the end the Indian batting once again failed in the face of a decent seam attack and a ball coming on to the bat. Their 168 all out was better the 91 they managed last time but was still well short of troubling the Saffers' score.
Made around £220 on the match. The other few quid came from me messing around with a few pound (literally) on the 1st Ashes test for a few minutes the other night and a quick dip into some NFL. I used to watch a lot of NFL and know it would be a great sport for me trade and would nicely fill the trading gap I've had recently. It's just the time it's on puts me off. Still, have been watching some in running markets for a while now and may start playing it a little more seriously when the opportunity arises.
For the time being it's just good to be back to winning ways anyway. And back into profit for the month!
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