Twenty20 cricket is back

Daily Result: £186.97

Yay! You can argue it isn't "proper" cricket till you're blue in the face but Twenty20, the crack cocaine [© Innocent Bystander ;-)] of the cricket trading world, is back. And with a bang too. So hold on to your mouse, hang on to your nerves and enjoy the ride!

Twenty20 is exciting stuff. Big shots. Bigger volatility. And Bumble on top form. It ain't for the faint-hearted! The format has sparked renewed interest in cricket with its breath taking "stroke" play, turbo charged scoring rates and thrilling finishes. Oh, and did I mention it's fecking great to trade?!

So what's a sick cricket trader to do on the first day of the Twenty20 season? Dutifully tune in for the first televised match of course! It featured defending champions Leicestershire against prodigal son Gough's Yorkshire. Great stuff it was too despite being reduced to 16 overs a side because of the inclement stuff.

Leicestershire won the toss, raised a few eyebrows by batting first, and promptly scored a huge 154. To put it in perspective that was at a rate of 9.62 an over. The previous highest run rate set on the ground was 9 - with a score of 180 from 20 overs.

Yorkshire had a good crack at the total from the off but keeping up with the required run rate came at the expense of wickets. Eventually the rate began to spiral into the realms of very unlikely and Leicestershire hit 1.01. A monster over near the end of the innings saw it back out to 1.1 and if a catch on the boundary the next over had gone for a six panic would really have set into the market. It didn't though and the Gough wicket essentially ended any slim chance of a Yorkshire victory.

Trading wise I took it pretty easy. First game of the season and all that. Just wanted to get back into the swing of it so more than happy with the £186 profit. Would have been more but I dumped some green during the monster over I mentioned. Don't panic! Don't panic!. The main aim today was to keep liabilities small, get a feel for the Twenty20 markets again and try to make a profit. So job done and I'm looking forward to getting involved in some more matches. And there's plenty more to come! A televised game a day for a while now. Won't be able to do them all but will enjoy my fixes when I can!