2020 Estrategias De Cricket

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Resultados desde la última actualización: £ 539.79

Parece que sigo empezando nuevos puestos con disculpas por no actualizar el blog más recientemente recientemente, pero de nuevo las cosas han estado muy ocupados con el trabajo normal y también he sido nevado en la preparación de algunos cambios a mi comercio en el nuevo año. Tanto en Betfair, los resultados para los que registro en este blog - y los otros intercambios / casas de apuestas y difundir las empresas que utilizo.

Estaba pensando en terminar el blog al final del año, pero el sentimiento y unos cuantos mensajes alentadores (gracias) me han convencido más o menos a mantenerlo. Dicho esto, probablemente voy a cambiar el formato de una ronda de resultados diarios a más de un bloc de notas para mis pensamientos sobre el comercio y comentarios sobre varios eventos. Algo más en las líneas de Punt, supongo. Pero con algunas actualizaciones más ;-) No lo sé. Si lo hago, explicaré mi razonamiento en una fecha posterior, ya que al menos algunos podrían encontrarlo interesante. Vea cómo me siento después del período festivo, supongo.

En cuanto a mi comercio desde la última actualización. Bueno, no se las arregló para mirar en los dardos todavía, pero han hecho algunos Veinte 20, NFL y ODIs y eso es lo que hace que el verde. Tenía un buen verde temprano eliminado en un ODI abandonado pero no mucho puedo hacer sobre eso. En el lado de abajo tengo una pérdida de £ 200 en Sangakarra como bateadores de la serie de Sri Lanka superior para reservar pronto. Pero más que compensar eso es una posición totalmente verde en la prueba Galle entre Sri Lanka e Inglaterra.

El resto de la prueba podría proporcionar algunas oportunidades de comercio de dinamita, pero no voy a ser capaz de involucrarse más. Estoy en Londres por la mañana para hacer algunas compras antes de llevar a Emma al ballet para su arreglo anual de Cascanueces. Alojarse y salir para las bebidas y la cena también. Debería ser un gran pequeño descanso y volveré en algún momento durante el fin de semana cuando me volveré a actualizar.

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Nunca ha habido un mejor momento para invertir en los mercados de cricket no hay duda de que la introducción de la Twenty20 versión ha revolucionado el cricket como lo conocíamos y parece que está aquí para quedarse. Esta es una buena noticia para los comerciantes y los apostadores por igual.

No hace mucho tiempo que los mercados de cricket se limitan a igualar las probabilidades y los mejores bateadores. Si usted quería apostar a correr bien, simplemente podría olvidarlo. Eso ha cambiado principalmente debido a la introducción de betfair y ahora se puede apostar en numerosos mercados, la mayoría de las casas de apuestas ahora apuesta en funcionamiento en cricket en vivo y gracias a nuestros amigos en Sky la cobertura de cricket nunca ha estado en nuestras pantallas con regularidad.

Vamos a concentrarnos en el formato Twenty20 y algunas de las técnicas que uso.

Mi primer puerto de llamada es siempre http://www. cricinfo. com para comprobar noticias del equipo, pronósticos del tiempo (una necesidad si el juego está en Inglaterra) y las estadísticas que apoyarán sus apuestas.

Las noticias de equipo en el cricket, como la mayoría de los deportes de equipo, es imprescindible y Cricinfo son bang hasta la fecha con las noticias del equipo. La omisión de un bateador superior o jugador de bolos puede inclinar las probabilidades a nuestro favor y como en todos los deportes de apuestas valor es una necesidad para hacer un beneficio a largo plazo.

Después de comprobar las noticias del equipo que necesita para comprobar la forma actual y de cabeza a cabeza que se puede encontrar en el mismo sitio. Puede hacerlo utilizando la función de gatos de estadísticas en la pestaña de estadísticas del sitio. Usted puede poner tantas variables en el gurú de estadísticas que realmente es una excelente herramienta y lo mejor de todo es gratis.

El clima es un elemento clave que siempre debe comprobar, porque si llueve el método de Duckworth Lewis se utiliza si overs se pierden. El método D-L es una ecuación matemática diseñada para calcular lo que un equipo habría anotado si no hubiera llovido, se utiliza para establecer totales y modificarlos. La mayoría del tiempo funciona a favor del equipo bateando segundo ya que sabrán lo que necesitan al final de cada uno si llueve, tiendo a esperar a ver quién gana el lanzamiento y qué deciden si se pronostica lluvia . Yo también tienden a favorecer el equipo de bateo en segundo lugar, pero no apoyar al equipo ciego si todos los otros factores están en el favor de otros equipos.

En Twenty20 hay dos posibles resultados definitivos y este es el mercado en el que vamos a participar. Estamos buscando encuentros donde los dos equipos estén igualados y lo determine por las probabilidades de intercambio de apuestas. Esto significa que estamos buscando equipos que son favoritos y no menos que las probabilidades de 1.8, el forastero de los dos equipos no debe tener probabilidades superiores a 2.10. He encontrado que estos juegos fluctúan mucho en un corto espacio de tiempo y podemos cambiar nuestra posición en funcionamiento para garantizar un beneficio, a veces incluso antes de que las primeras entradas hayan terminado.

Un equipo puede ir desde la apertura de probabilidades a 1.50 o menos en cuestión de minutos y aquí es donde entramos, si va en el otro sentido y el equipo que hemos respaldado salir en el precio no se asuste. Puedo asegurarles que en la mayoría de los juegos los favoritos van a voltear.

Esto sucede una y otra vez, respaldé a Lancashire Lighting contra Essex Eagles a las probabilidades de 2.10 antes de jugar. Comenzaron bien y por 15 overs que estaban negociando a las probabilidades de 1,55 por lo que cambió mi posición y me garantizó un beneficio de tres cifras antes de sentarse y disfrutar del juego. Essex, bateando en segundo lugar, nunca estaban en problemas persiguiendo a un gran objetivo y por 10 overs de la segunda entrada, donde el comercio a las probabilidades de 1,5 y pasó a ganar con un sobre de sobra !!

Con la creciente popularidad de este formato y la masiva liquidez de Betfair, encontrará más & amp; Más dinero haciendo oportunidades utilizando este método en el futuro, especialmente en la India Premier League.

A) Cricket Trading es muy arriesgado ya que un par de wickets en dos entregas consecutivas pueden cambiar todo el juego. B) No confíe en la forma para incluso el mejor bateador, el mejor jugador de bolos & amp; Mejor jardinero (especialmente en el formato 20-20).

Este método es especialmente útil si ya tiene un banco comercial importante, pero si tiene un banco pequeño que tomará un tiempo para hacerlo más grande y hacer ganancias decentes.

1. Ambas probabilidades de los equipos deben estar por encima de 1,5 antes del inicio oficial del juego (antes del inplay).

2. Espere a que el mercado entre en juego.

3. A medida que avanza el partido, las probabilidades de un equipo aumentarán y los otros equipos caerán. Espere hasta que las probabilidades bajen a 1,4 (para cualquier equipo). Cuando caen a 1,4 ponerlos en 1,4 con 2% del banco.

4. A medida que el partido avanza si el equipo que usted estableció el aumento en las probabilidades de comercio a continuación, en 1,8 y cobertura. Si las probabilidades caen, a continuación, volver a ellos en 1.1 y tomar la pérdida.

5. Si el comercio es un perdedor a continuación, esperar a que el siguiente partido y hacer el mismo procedimiento, pero el uso de 3% del banco. Si el segundo partido es una pérdida de comercio (que sucede raramente), entonces la tercera participación de comercio será con un 4%. Si se trata de un comercio perdido, la siguiente apuesta utilizará el 5% del banco para el cuarto partido. Únicamente un máximo de 8% en el 7º partido. Y si esto es un perdedor volver a la participación original del 2%. ¡Esto nunca ha sucedido!

Regla 5 es muy importante para este sistema como la gestión del dinero es la clave para tener éxito en el comercio de cricket.

Con un banco de £ 2500, apueste el 2% de la cuenta (£ 50). Match A: Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Delhi Daredevils eran favoritos antes del inicio y las probabilidades en la apertura fueron de 1,5. Tan pronto como las probabilidades tocaron 1.4, abrí el comercio poniendo Delhi Daredevils en 1.4.

1A. Abrir un comercio laico en Delhi Daredevils en 1.4

2A. Posición después de ponerse en Delhi Daredevils

3A. Respaldo Delhi daredevils en 1.8

4A. Beneficio de £ 19.16 antes de cobertura

5A. Ganancia £ 10.89 después de la cobertura & # 8211; Más del 20% de la utilidad de la participación o del 50% de la responsabilidad

Partido B: Reyes XI Punjab contra Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals eran favoritos antes del comienzo. Tan pronto como las probabilidades tocaron 1.4, el comercio se abrió poniendo Rajasthan Royals en 1.4.

1B. Abrir un comercio laico en Rajasthan Royals en 1.4

2B. Posición después de ponerse en Rajasthan Royals

3B. El respaldo de Rajasthan Royals en 1.8

4B. Ganancia de £ 9.90 después de la cobertura.

Otra estrategia que funciona bien para este formato de cricket es poner ambos lados en 1,60 para los juegos con lados uniformemente emparejados. Idea estando en algún momento en el juego ambos precios serán golpeados para permitirnos $$$$$. Pakistán ha ganado esta vez e hizo la final en la otra en los últimos 3 torneos. Con Boom Boom Afridi, Gul y Ajmaal son una escuadra. Y con este ser en Sri Lanka que se adapte a su juego. Ellos vencieron a la India por 5 wickets en el juego de calentamiento y pueden verlos llegar lejos aquí. Las gorras negras NZ y Bangladesh se unen a ellos en el grupo D. Las Indias Occidentales con Gayle grande y Pollard son una extremidad para muchos incluyendo David Lloyd y Mike Atherton para ir lejos. No puedo discutir con eso. Tienen el juego todo redondo y en el grupo con un lado australiano pobre e Irlanda. Tip: Pequeña espalda en Pakistán e Indias Occidentales con miras a despedir en el Super 8 para un libre comercio. http://www. cricketworld4u. com/series/twenty20-world-cup-2012/

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Analista de Actualización de Futuros de Cricket de la Copa Mundial T20: Greg Evans

La Etapa de Grupo del torneo ha terminado ya y sería justo decir que ha habido muy pocas sorpresas. El & # 8220; Big 8 & # 8221; Los equipos internacionales se clasificaron para la etapa de Super Eight como se esperaba. Un buen número de juegos han sido afectados por la lluvia y con la temporada de monzones de Sri Lanka persistente, el tiempo es definitivamente un factor de asignación al azar que tendrá que ser extra cuidado para el resto del torneo. Muchos de los partidos de la Fase de Grupos se volvieron irrelevantes debido a la forma en que se ha estructurado el torneo y podrían considerarse poco más que un calentamiento. Partidos, sin embargo han ayudado a los equipos a establecer alguna forma y adaptarse a las condiciones locales. Sin embargo, ahora que estamos en la etapa Super Eight, la competencia REAL está a punto de comenzar. Pitch Report Los lanzamientos han sido generalmente buenas pistas de bateo, con buen ritmo y rebote como esperábamos. Pallekele ha tenido tres partidos con 1 entrada puntuaciones de 175, 177 y 191. Parece estar jugando consistentemente bien y de 31 wickets para caer en esos partidos, 21 han caído a la costura y sólo 10 a girar. Colombo (RPS) tiene resultados más variados. De seis partidos las puntuaciones de los primeros innings han variado de 123 a 196 (con un promedio de 161) y de 63 wickets a caer, la costura tiene 39 para girar 24. De nuevo, no hay sorpresas allí con Pallekele buscando el mejor wicket de bateo, bowling costura dominando en general con el Ritmo y rebote en la oferta, pero Colombo buscando un poco más receptivo a la vuelta. A medida que la competición continúa, los lanzamientos pueden comenzar a morir un poco y podemos esperar más giros para entrar en juego. Para el momento en que comiencen las Finales de Eliminación (que son TODAS jugadas en Colombo) podríamos ver que el giro comienza a dominar.

Nuestra selección de futuros, las Indias Occidentales, tuvo dos partidos afectados por la lluvia & # 8211; Perdiendo el primero después de que se canceló temprano, pero se benefició en el segundo cuando un resultado & # 82221; Vio Irlanda eliminado debido a la tasa de ejecución neta inferior. Fue suficiente para llegar a las Indias Occidentales a través de la etapa de Super Ocho y nuestra apuesta hedge en el juego de peligro vs Irlanda se canceló, que fue un buen resultado para nosotros. Las Indias Occidentales están ahora en el Grupo Uno de los Super Eights y juegan tres partidos en Pallekele contra Inglaterra, Sri Lanka y Nueva Zelanda (en orden).

Inglaterra ha sido un poco vacilante y vacilante mal contra la India, mientras que Nueva Zelanda cometió numerosos errores tácticos en su partido contra Pakistán, abriendo el bateo sin un power-hitter, dilapidando el powerplay y luego llevar Vettori y Oram en delante de Taylor, mientras que el La tasa de ejecución requerida sopló hacia fuera. Creo que ambos equipos tienen algunos problemas de capitanía. Sufriendo de inexperiencia / estupidez respectivamente. Estos dos oponentes son parte inferior del mercado de apuestas en 11,50 y 17,50 respectivamente, por lo que las Indias Occidentales será el favorito para vencer a los dos. Sri Lanka son una perspectiva más dura y la lluvia cruelled ellos en su partido que pierde contra el Suráfrica de modo que el fósforo no sea una guía confiable. Sri Lanka sigue siendo una gran amenaza.

La buena noticia para nuestra posición es que en Pallekele las condiciones deberían ser buenas para la línea de bateo poderosa de las Indias Occidentales y probablemente sólo necesitan ganar dos de tres de estos partidos de Super Eight para llegar a las Finales de Eliminación. Dado que esperamos que sean capaces de vencer a Inglaterra y Nueva Zelanda siguen siendo valor a su precio actual de 7,80 y por lo tanto nos quedamos con nuestra posición por ahora.

Aunque no ha habido muchas sorpresas en el torneo hasta ahora, el desempeño de los bateadores de primera categoría Pakistán Imran Nazir y Nasir Jamshed ha sido un revelador. El hecho de que Pakistán tiene una unidad de bolos fuerte ha sido bien documentado (los tres primeros tomadores de wicket T20 internacionales son TODOS los paquistaníes), pero en el pasado su frágil bateo ha sido un problema. Con estos dos recién llegados relativos en forma fuerte y golpeando decentes corre a una tasa de 150-200 huelgas el equipo de Pakistán de repente parece muy peligroso. En los últimos dos juegos, el abridor Hafeez ha estado tocando el & # 8220; ancla & # 8222; Papel y conseguir funcionamientos constantes mientras que estos dos tee apagado. En el orden que tienen algunos bateadores de buena potencia como Umar Akmal y Shahid Boom-Boom & # 8221; Afridi. Es cierto que el orden medio / bajo de Pakistán puede ser un poco impredecible, pero en T20 wickets son más baratos y probablemente sólo necesita dos o tres bateadores para disparar realmente para ser competitivo. En el momento en que tienen eso.

Pakistán está en el Grupo Dos de los Super Eights, por lo que jugarán en Colombo (RPS) contra Sudáfrica, India y Australia (en orden). Las condiciones en Colombo se adaptarán a su combinación de giro a medida que la competencia progresa y mientras que Sudáfrica y Australia han estado jugando bien hasta la fecha, ambos han demostrado vulnerabilidad en el pasado a buen giro en condiciones típicas del subcontinente. Mientras tanto, la forma de la India ha sido irregular. India ha jugado cinco partidos T20 en el último mes, perdiendo ante Nueva Zelanda y Pakistán y siendo totalmente poco convincente contra los minnays Afganistán en la fase de grupos antes de destruir una escamosa alineación inglesa. Durante el mismo período, Pakistán ha jugado siete partidos, ganando cinco.

En general, la línea de forma de Pakistán se ve bien y están en contra de tres equipos que son vulnerables a girar en condiciones favorables o mostrando forma cuestionable (en el caso de Australia, un poco de ambos). Pakistán ha conseguido la final en cada Copa Mundial T20 hasta la fecha y se ven bien colocados para ir todo el camino en este. Dado que las Indias Occidentales están en el otro Grupo de Super Eights y estaremos buscando para intercambiarlos en algún punto de Pakistán bien vale la pena el apoyo para ganar la competencia, así en el 7.20 en oferta.

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Juego: Inglaterra v West Indies Hora: 3.00pm BST Medianoche AEST

Muchas personas piensan que el problema para Inglaterra será el giro de Narine y Badree. Esa es la conclusión equivocada. Narine ha jugado en Inglaterra, aunque en los wickets amistosos del oscilación y tomó solamente un wicket para 199 funcionamientos, y el individuo que él salió, un J. Trott no está en este lado de Inglaterra. No, el peligro está de los bateadores de la energía en Occidente Las Indias se alinean. No importa lo que Narine haga si tienen más de 200 en el tablero y este wicket ama al bateador. Y es ciertamente no favorecer a los hilanderos en este punto del torneo. Si Inglaterra hubiese dado buenos resultados con el giro de la India, las Indias Occidentales no considerarían a dos hilanderos en este estado en su estado actual, pero la forma en que Inglaterra bateó, ¡ellos desean que pudieran elegir cinco! Junto con los dos que tienen, esperan Gayle a rodar su brazo y tendrán dos pacemen para la nueva bola. Es bastante cómico escuchar al capitán Stuart Broad explicar cómo su equipo no tiene problemas técnicos o mentales contra rodar bolos. Es difícil mantener una actitud seria. Este wicket y estas condiciones se adaptarán a las Indias Occidentales mucho más que Inglaterra, aunque un punto negativo es que aún no han jugado un partido completo en esta competición y Inglaterra debe ser respetado, son los campeones del mundo. La fuerza de Inglaterra es su juego de bolos y el partido contra el bateador de las Indias Occidentales será un punto culminante.

Ambos equipos tienen forma idéntica.

(Los más recientes primero, partidos completados) Inglaterra LWWLW West Indies LWWLW Noticias del equipo Patel es probable que regrese en lugar de Tim Bresnan para dar a la parte de Inglaterra un aspecto más equilibrado. Michael Lumb y Ravi Bopara son las otras opciones de bateo, pero los actuales seis primeros probablemente tendrán otra oportunidad. No pueden hacer nada peor que la última vez.

Dwayne Bravo se perdió el partido de Irlanda con una tensión de la ingle y se volverá a meter, probablemente para Andre Russell, si el ajuste de nuevo lo que parece probable después de que llegó a través de una sesión de red. Habrá una tentación de jugar el juez de piernas Samuel Badree, aunque eso significaría dejar fuera a Ravi Rampaul o Fidel Edwards, que ambos derrotaron bien contra Irlanda.

Pero irán con el giro que yo sugeriría. Pitch and conditions Hubo cierto ritmo y rebote en el partido entre Pakistán y Bangladesh. Suficiente para que Bangladesh se dejara llevar por la pelota corta ". Que alentó el movimiento-que hace y que presagia bien para el Super Eights. Lo que no presagia tan bien es la continua amenaza de lluvia y en la medida de lo que va es sólo un caso de dedos cruzados. Usted realmente tiene que factor en una ventaja a golpear segundo aquí. Estoy seguro de Inglaterra tazón si ganan el lanzamiento y creo que las Indias Occidentales pueden simplemente murciélago.

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Juego: Sri Lanka v Nueva Zelanda Hora: 11.00am BST 20.00pm AEST

Analista: Tony Tenía grandes esperanzas para este lado Kiwi, pero después de la última actuación he ido de ellos. Ellos tuvieron las tácticas todo mal y el orden de bateo era un desastre y ese juego era winnable y hicieron un oído cerdo derecho de él. No puedo confiar en ellos de nuevo. Sri Lanka parece justificable favoritos casa en 1,60 y no pude poner en eso, pero sólo en caso de que los bateadores Kiwi salir, no puedo volver a ellos tampoco.

Si el bate de Nueva Zelanda primero, tiene una pequeña apuesta de vuelta en 2,70 y mira para salir en 2.10 si comienzan con una explosión, pero me estoy quedando lejos de ella.

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Cómo ganar dinero apostando en cricket

De un partido de prueba de cinco días a 20-overs bajo los reflectores, el cricket es un juego muy matizado con muchas subtelidades a cada código diferente. Paul Krishnamurty te lleva a través de las mejores maneras de obtener un beneficio de cada formato diferente del juego.

Formatos y torneos Si se presiona para nombrar el deporte que ofrece las mejores oportunidades comerciales, sería difícil hacer un caso más fuerte que para el cricket. Hay un partido televisado prácticamente todos los días, a veces dos o tres, y la liquidez a través de una amplia variedad de mercados. Además, este deporte implica tantos matices. Todos los cuales tienen profundas implicaciones para el resultado de cada partido e innings. Desarrollando una comprensión detallada de esos matices, el bien investigado, disciplinado comerciante pronto disfrutarán de una ventaja significativa en comparación con la mayoría de los apostadores.

Hay cinco formatos principales: 1) Partidos de prueba de cinco días que implican a lados internacionales. Éstos se juegan generalmente sobre una serie que dura hasta cinco partidos. 2) Partidos de cuatro días entre condados ingleses. En estos casos, en general se aplican los mismos principios de apuestas que para las pruebas. 3) Partidos de cincuenta y más por partido, que generalmente incluyen partidos internacionales. Otra vez éstos son generalmente parte de una serie, o de un torneo del multi-equipo tal como la taza del mundo o el trofeo de ICC. 4) Forty-over por partidos laterales entre condados ingleses en el Trofeo CB40. Los criterios estratégicos para el comercio de estos es básicamente el mismo que para 50 partidos de más. 5) Twenty-over por partidos laterales. Este es un fenómeno global, con cuatro torneos principales y una escena internacional. El torneo más grande del club es el Indian Premier League. Jugó más de seis semanas en abril. En Inglaterra hay la Copa Twenty20. Australia recibe el Big Bash y finalmente el Caribe T20. Finalmente para los clubes, hay la Liga de Campeones Twenty20. Que este año estará en Sudáfrica durante octubre. Las selecciones internacionales competirán por la Copa del Mundo este septiembre en Sri Lanka.

Los mercados más populares Partido: Ganador del partido, Final del partido de prueba, Completado Emparejamientos del partido: Total de carreras, Carreras de sesión, Top Team Batsman

Reglas generales Conozca a los jugadores, sus habilidades, los formatos y condiciones preferidos Mientras que muchos jugadores se desempeñan en todos los formatos, p. Stuart Broad, Chris Gayle, Jacques Kallis - la mayoría tienden a reservar su mejor cricket para condiciones ideales y formato. Es perfectamente posible ser lo mejor del mundo en un formato mientras que una no-entidad en otros.

Por ejemplo, Kieran Pollard es uno de los jugadores T20 más valiosos, una estrella regular en torneos internacionales y bastante bueno sobre 50 overs. Sin embargo, en las Pruebas, Pollard es un abyecto fracaso. Alternativamente, el capitán australiano Michael Clarke es uno de los mejores Test y 50 más bateadores en el mundo, sin embargo ineficaz en T20.

Sólo lo mejor puede funcionar bien en todas las condiciones. Por ejemplo, la mayoría de los bateadores del subcontinente indio no han tenido el mismo impacto al viajar por Inglaterra, Australia y Sudáfrica. La razón es que aprenden el juego y juegan sobre todo en los lanzamientos indios, que tienden para ser lentos, con rebote mucho más bajo que encontró en esos otros países. Igualmente por la misma razón, los jugadores ingleses rara vez han producido lo mejor en los lanzamientos subcontinentales.

Aprenda a leer cómo jugará un lanzamiento y si se deteriorará. Como se ha ilustrado anteriormente, las condiciones de paso son fundamentales y su lectura es una de las claves para apostar exitosamente. Podría decirse que el ritmo del lanzamiento, la cantidad de ayuda que ofrece a los jugadores de bolos y la rapidez con que se deteriora tendrá un impacto tan grande en el resultado de un partido o un total de entradas como los propios jugadores.

Idealmente, uno debe siempre tener una opinión sobre si el tono favorecerá a los bateadores ya los jugadores de bolos y qué tipo; Cómo va a jugar más tarde en el día o en los partidos de prueba, mañana; Lo que la tasa de ejecución será tanto en el corto plazo y en el transcurso de las entradas y el partido.

Este tema es un tema constante de discusión entre los comentaristas, cuya experiencia en este aspecto es invaluable mientras aprendes el arte, y una opinión adicional útil una vez que se ha dominado.

Comprender el impacto del clima De igual modo, las condiciones generales no sólo determinan si hay juego o no, sino la naturaleza del partido. Si hay mucha cobertura de nubes, los jugadores de swing disfrutarán de una ventaja marcada y los totales de bateo probablemente sean sustancialmente más bajos que el promedio. Si el sol sale, los jugadores más rápidos recibirán mucho menos asistencia, transfiriendo la ventaja al bateador. Sin embargo el sol constante se cuece y romper el terreno de juego, favoreciendo a los hilanderos más adelante en el juego.

Un ejemplo extremo es Headingley. Un terreno famoso por favor de swing bowling, pero que también ha visto muchas puntuaciones de más de 500 en buen tiempo. Durante la serie de 2009 Ashes, Australia derrotó a Inglaterra en condiciones favorables a los bolos en el primer día por sólo 102, antes de hacer 445 en el mismo tono, una vez que salió el sol. Esto a pesar de Inglaterra es claramente el mejor lado en el curso de la serie.

Cuando el mal tiempo hace que el número de overs se reduzca en partidos de un día, una fórmula compleja conocida como el método de Duckworth Lewis se utiliza para restablecer los totales de bateo. Esto puede tener un gran impacto en el mercado de ganadores de partidos y requiere monitoreo.

Esperar dramáticos cambios y no ser disuadidos de tomar enormes precios En funcionamiento de drama es casi un hecho en este deporte, con trastornos en grandes probabilidades de ser una ocurrencia regular. En las pruebas, el sorteo a menudo se negocia muy corto antes de que el tono de repente se deteriora y los equipos a menudo no logran perseguir objetivos supuestamente fáciles en todos los formatos.

Igualmente, las carreras de los mercados totales suelen ver grandes trastornos. Un escenario bastante frecuente implica que un equipo pierda sus últimos cinco wickets por menos de 50 carreras. Alternativamente, los equipos golpearon con bastante frecuencia 70+ salidas de los últimos cinco overs en T20. En ambos escenarios, algunas apuestas a muy corto precio habrán perdido.

Estadísticas del estudio y resultados anteriores en cada terreno Antes de intercambiar cualquier partido, echa un vistazo a los resultados del pasado en el terreno en cuestión, utilizando una herramienta como Stats Guru en www. cricinfo. com. Las tendencias pasadas en prácticamente todos los terrenos ofrecerán pistas útiles, con respecto al ganador del partido, las características del terreno de juego, los totales de turnos y la velocidad de carrera. Vea a continuación ejemplos.

Consejos y Estrategias de Negociación para los Encuentros de Prueba El formbook se levanta, con la ventaja particular particularmente importante Considerando que los partidos limitados limitados tienden para ser emparejado de cerca, hay muchos fósforos unilaterales de la prueba. A menudo, el análisis de los equipos, el clima y las estadísticas del terreno apuntarán en una dirección clara. Cuando lo hace, no tenga miedo de tomar probabilidades cortas, ya que hay muchos favoritos roca-sólidos en el cricket Test Por las razones mencionadas anteriormente, las condiciones del hogar ofrecen una ventaja significativa. Consideremos los resultados de la India. Los 50 campeones del mundo y por lo general un retador fuerte para el ranking de la prueba superior. Desde principios de 2009, han ganado 10 de 15 pruebas en casa, perdiendo sólo una vez. Fuera de casa, sólo han ganado cuatro de 20 y han perdido sus últimos ocho a Inglaterra y Australia. Sin embargo, en esas dos series fuera de casa, debido a que la India es más o menos del mismo nivel en términos generales, ninguno de los dos equipos tenía un precio prohibitivo antes de conseguir victorias completas.

Incluso cuando ocurre la molestia extraña, las pistas están a menudo allí. Toma a Sudáfrica, un equipo de alto nivel con un registro desalentador a largo plazo en la mayoría de los locales, si no todos. En un momento en el que constantemente estaban desafiando por el estatus de número uno mundial, los Proteas perdieron las cuatro Pruebas disputadas en Durban entre 2009 y 2011. A pesar de los malos presagios, los forasteros comenzaron los dos últimos partidos como grandes outsiders, sobre la base de una forma más amplia En diferentes terrenos.

Establecer el sorteo en los lanzamientos que pueden deteriorarse Si bien teniendo cuidado de no quedar atrapados por el clima, el comercio de precios de sorteo en funcionamiento ofrece la oportunidad de utilizar todas las estadísticas y el análisis de tono.

La mayoría de los lanzamientos se deterioran bruscamente a medida que el tono crece, haciendo la vida dura para los bateadores, ya que el rebote se vuelve desigual y las grietas ayudan a los hilanderos. Es perfectamente normal que un lanzamiento produzca 400 carreras en las primeras entradas, pero menos de 150 en el cuarto. Durante los tres primeros días, cuando el lanzamiento está favoreciendo a los bateadores, el precio del sorteo invariablemente colapsa, basado en una falsa suposición de que las condiciones no cambiarán. Cuando lo hacen, wickets tienden a caer en lotes rápidos, transformando dramáticamente el partido y los mercados. Los partidos producen a menudo resultados a pesar del sorteo que negocia pesadamente odds-on.

Esto no es, sin embargo, un plan para seguir ciegamente. Siempre mantenga una buena idea de cuántos overs permanecen en el partido y si habrá tiempo para que los cambios surtan efecto. Estudiar entradas de turno totales en el suelo para identificar las tendencias de puntuación.

Volver "Bajo" en el mercado de las carreras una vez que las asociaciones alcanzaron hitos Al igual que el precio del sorteo puede reaccionar excesivamente a un buen bateo, también lo pueden hacer las entradas en los mercados. Si dos bateadores establecen una asociación decente, la línea de su equipo se elevará con más o menos cada carrera. Las asociaciones no pueden durar para siempre sin embargo y fueron en cierta medida ya precio en la cotización inicial. Cuando cae un wicket, más a menudo siguen a medida que los nuevos bateadores luchan por asentarse. El potencial para un colapso de bateo y el cambio dramático de las apuestas está siempre en vivo y muchas apuestas de apuestas se pasan de esta manera. Como regla, podría pagar a ciegas de nuevo cada vez que una sociedad alcanza un hito como 100 o 150.

Consejos y estrategias de negociación para los partidos de 40 y 50 más de espera Esperar hasta que las primeras entradas se ha completado antes de tomar una opinión fuerte sobre el ganador del partido Aunque 50 partidos de más son famosos por nailbiting acabados y apuestas volátiles, hay muchos partidos unilaterales. A veces, un lanzamiento particularmente ventajoso apila las probabilidades en una dirección. A veces, el bateo del equipo primero se descarta y no establece un objetivo significativo.

Hasta que se haya completado una parte sustancial de las primeras entradas y se haya evaluado el lanzamiento, hay una gran incertidumbre acerca de lo que representa un buen total. Por lo tanto, es lógico que pasemos la primera parte del partido enfocada en los mercados de turnos, ajustando ese análisis de tono y formando opiniones fuertes para la segunda entrada.

Utilice las estadísticas del suelo para estudiar los totales anteriores y las tasas de ejecución. Nuevamente, las tendencias del terreno son fundamentales. Estudiar totales del pasado y tasas de ejecución en diferentes etapas de las entradas. Algunos lanzamientos producen una rápida velocidad de carrera temprana, sólo para disminuir más tarde en las entradas.

Durante la última Copa del Mundo, las líneas de carrera en repetidas ocasiones subieron en los primeros 15 overs, mientras los bateadores florecieron, sólo para que los equipos quedaran cortos, ya que el lanzamiento se hizo menos propicio para anotar.

Algunos terrenos tienen límites pequeños, ofreciendo el potencial de puntuación muy rápida durante las jugadas de poder y el final de las entradas, pero son difíciles de acumular se ejecuta en la mitad de las entradas. Un ejemplo reciente vino en St Kitts, durante la serie de las Indias Occidentales contra Nueva Zelandia. La puntuación fue moderada en las tres primeras entradas que se jugaron allí, con un promedio de cinco carreras por cada más. Sin embargo, a pesar de los limitados bateadores de cola durante los últimos cinco asaltos, el promedio aumentó a nueve por cada uno, ya que los límites cortos se eliminaban regularmente.

Extremidades extremas, especialmente en líneas de ejecución La mayoría del análisis anterior se aplica en igual medida para este formato más corto. Una vez más, el estudio meticuloso de las estadísticas del pasado del suelo es esencial.

Una distinción con el 50 sobre el formato es la estrategia de bateo de los equipos. En el formato más largo, los equipos tienden a compartir tácticas similares: atacar durante las jugadas de poder y en la muerte, mientras que acumulan singles durante los medianos overs. En un plan T20 ideal, el equipo llega a límites regulares de principio a fin.

Si sale, las puntuaciones muy altas son posibles, que siempre estará disponible a grandes precios. Si no, los wickets pueden caer rápidamente y un equipo cae bien corto de fijar un total desafiador. En consecuencia, el respaldo de los totales muy altos o muy bajos a grandes precios a menudo paga.

Las filas de pre-entradas en IPL tienden a promediar alrededor de 160. De las 73 primeras entradas completadas durante la IPL, siete vieron que el equipo no pudo anotar 120, mientras que 19 anotaron más de 180. Las grandes entradas tendieron a venir sobre un terreno previsiblemente propicio Caso Bangalore, Delhi y Jaipur. Cualquier estudio de los resultados pasados ​​allí habría indicado que estos eran "overs" en lugar de "unders" motivos.

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Con la nueva temporada de la India Premier League en marcha esta semana he invitado a Chris Shepherd de TheTrendReport. org para hacer un post invitado con unos pocos punteros cuando se trata de veinte veinte cricket en Betfair. Llevarlo lejos Chris & # 8230 ;. ¡Hola a todos! Aquellos que han leído mis artículos en The Trend Report [& hellip;]

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With the new season of the Indian Premier League getting underway this week I have invited Chris Shepherd from TheTrendReport. org to do a guest post with a few pointers when it comes to trading twenty twenty cricket on Betfair. Take it away Chris….

Those who have read my articles in The Trend Report will know that I like to keep my Cricket trading as simple as possible. I believe that to profit from trading Cricket you don’t need a huge amount of knowledge of the sport (the more you do know the better obviously!). You really can still make good money from trading this sport just by looking for repeating patterns in the markets.

If you are planning on trading the T20 Indian Premier League this year and you are committed then you should trade this tournament with a pen and paper handy and make notes as you go along . Once you can spot players that are strong in the bat or those who are likely to choke you will then know the best times to take certain teams on. For example, if a favourite is trading quite low and then has a batsmen come in who you have noticed is quite shakey then lay them again. You will be surprised at how often the same players and the same teams can throw away good leads. Spotting the current form of the players is much better then doing research to see how these players played last year as a lot can change!

In the first innings you should be on the look out for resistance points in the market. It all depends on the starting prices of the teams but very often if either team gets off to a strong start then the price on them will shorten down to a point where it wont shorten that much further during that innings. If you spot a price on the move that then begins to hover around a certain price point then there could be resistance in the markets. This is a perfect low risk opportunity to oppose that team. An example could be a team that starts out around the 1.75 mark, gets off to a good start and shortens to 1.30 and then hovers around there for a few innings without going much shorter. This is a clear example of market resistance and at that point I would lay the favourite @ 1.30 since I know the price wont shorten too much against me but if that team was to then stutter you could see the price drift dramatically in my favour.

When trading in-play you should also be on the look out for Market Over Reactions which are incredibly common in Cricket Trading. A wicket can see the market jump dramatically by about 20 ticks depending on the time of the match. If you watch T20 Cricket then you know that its very unlikely to get 2 wickets in quick succession so you could have a few balls after the wicket where the market “readjusts” to the over reaction and you can gain a few low risk ticks. To trade this way I would firmly recommend using software that is good for scalping such as Bet Angel so you can see the weight of money.

Finally, I must remind everyone of the possibility of a match being drawn in T20 Cricket. This is something many people didn’t even think was possible but it can happen every now and then. When it does the market is voided and you potentially lose all your trading profits. To avoid this scenario, you should back “Drawn Match – Yes” before every match you are going to trade to win a the usual profits you expect to make. You can get good odds on this market, so if you find you average £100 profit per match then just putting £2 on this market should secure you your £100 profit if the match does end in a draw.

There really is so much I could say about T20 Cricket but we could be here all day so I will leave it at that for now. Those who read Issue 2 of The Trend Report will know I have put TWO strategies in there to use on T20 cricket. This is “ The Bowling Method ” and “ The 20 Tick Strategy “. I will be using these alongside the usual opportunity spotting and I am very confident that the next two months are going to be very profitable indeed.

You can still get a copy of Issue 2 of The Trend Report by visiting this link.

Best of luck and I hope to be back on here again some time soon.

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20-20 Cricket Trading System

This final review follows up from the initial review, which I wrote on the 3rd September 2009.

The results of the test were as follows:

Starting bank: £1000.00 Finishing Bank: £1027.65 Profit: £27.65 Total Trades: 59 Trades Won: 30 (50.8%) – one trade was void, as the game ended in a tie!

As I said in the initial review, a number of the initial games were part of the World Twenty 20 tournament, held in England in June 2009. Removing these games from the calculations, this is what the test would have provided:

Starting Bank: £1000.00 Finishing Bank: £1052.26 Profit: £52.26. Total Trades: 49 Trades Won: 27 (55.1%) – one trade as above was void.

With 49 trades, this is still not a large sample, but enough now to see how the system performs. Trades have lost, but you cannot win on every occasion, can you?

With a return of just over five percent of the bank, is a lot better than any bank or building society will give you at present.

Having had nearly a year of testing now, Twenty 20 games are not something that happen every day, I am happy to approve this system, with a word of caution regarding the World Cup games. These can often be tight affairs in the betting arena, with the outcome becoming apparent late in the game, with the odds only going in one direction. I would advise only entering these type of games if you are 100% happy to do so.

You can get 20-20 Cricket here:

20-20 Cricket Trading System

This is a trading system from Steve Davidsons portfolio of systems from Australia.

The system comes as a six-page e-book, and contains a number of worked examples from the previous Indian Premier League held in South Africa.

Without giving too much of the system away, the general premise of the system is to lay one of the teams at a particular odds level, and the back again once odds have raised to a certain point. However, should odds not rise to this point, a back bet is placed to restrict some of the loss, and the stake on the next bet increased in percentage terms of the bank as a method of recovery.

The results of the test were as follows:

Starting Bank: £1000.00 Finishing Bank: £999.31 Loss: £0.69 Total Trades: 22 Trader Won: 11 (50%)

However, the early part of the test included the World Twenty 20 Tournament. A number of the games were very tight affairs if I recall correctly, and perhaps did not ebb and flow the way domestic games would, so I removed those games from the calculations, and this is what the test would have provided:

Starting Bank: £1000.00 Finishing Bank: £1023.92 Profit: £23.92 Total Trades: 12 Trades Won: 8 (75%)

From a domestic perspective only, the bank raised by nearly 24%, nothing at all wrong with that, but only 12 trades, which can not really be seen as a truly representative sample.

For the time being I can only recommend that this system be given a neutral rating, as with all 20-20 games a small loss was made, and with the county games only, a decent profit was made, but a system cannot be judged as good or bad on such a small representative sample.

In view of these findings, I will return to this test for the Champions League of cricket, which is due to be played in October, and the Indian Premier League, next March, in order to arrive at a more definitive opinion of this system.

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2020 Cricket Trading

2020 Cricket Trading – Admin Announcement.

My sincere apologies for the delay in this update for 2020 Cricket trading . it is my fault entirely.

Unfortunately it transpired that the English 2020 matches are not to be used for this system, and as the Indian 2020 season had come to an end, we had no option but to put the review on hold until the start of next season, when the review will recommence.

As you will have seen, the performance to this point has not been great, and Sergeant Aris has been in touch with Michael, the author, and Michael is happy for us to reproduce some of his comments here for our readers.

First of all, I would like to thank you for putting your efforts in reviewing 2020 cricket trading .

A bit of background about myself.

My name is Michael, full time trader on Betfair. I have launched some of my strategies in public domain…like Place Lay formula, Betfair ATM, Betfair Success Formula, Rate The races…

As I have been trading into 2020 cricket also since IPL started in 2008, so just wanted to let you know that this year Indian IPL is not well balanced as there is a clear divide between top class and bottom class teams. which is against the basic principle of the system…Hope you understand this point now..as you are reviewing it for quite some time..

one of the reasons was.

Two new teams were introduced this time…Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors.

Teams like Delhi did not pick up correctly so team is not well balanced..

I still made a decent profit when IPL started this year and but for last 2 weeks even I am also on losing run…

Only 11 matches are left in this IPL now…I am expecting some profitable trades in remaining matches. as IPL is getting to closure…so quality cricket is expected.

But I know you dont make a decision on product in hurry… So it would be great if we can park this review for next year IPL as well.

As you can see, our review started just as things tailed off!

Therefore we will be starting the review of 2020 Cricket trading again this autumn, when the IPL gets underway again. At that point we will decide whether or not to start again from day 1.

2020 Cricket Trading – Day 19 and 20

The IPL T20 is over and as i see there are plenty of games on english league that starts tomorrow. So far this system has lost more than 500pts from the 2500pts and i dont see how we are going to recover this loss. Anyway we are going to keep following and inform about this system.

*Please note that after a winning bet i dont mention betfair commission thats why you might see some strange calculations but at the end of the day the total bank is 100% correct.*

Starting Bank 2500pts

Bank after 18 days of testing: 2025.07pts

2020 Cricket Trading – Day 19

1 selection 1 lost

Bangalore vs Mumbai

P/L at the end of the day -12pts

Total Bank at the end of the day 2013.07pts

2020 Cricket Trading – Day 20

1 selections 1 lost

Chennai vs Bangalore

P/L at the end of the day -19.37pts

Total Bank at the end of the day 1993.70pts

If you peruse the about section of this blog, you’ll notice that I proclaim myself as a pre-off horse trader with a ‘side salad’ of Test Match Cricket.

Up until now, the Test Match Cricket part of this equation has been sadly neglected.

Time to address that by giving you an overview of my trading strategy for the leather and willow game.

In this post I’ll be explaining how I made nearly £640 by trading the 4th Ashes Test in 2013.

Why Trade Test Match Cricket?

You may have wondered why I trade pre-off horse races and Test Match Cricket, as opposed to any other sports. The horse racing is obvious – there are up to 50 races a day, pretty much every day of the year.

Hence there is always an opportunity to scalp some cash.

But why single out Test Match Cricket from all the other alternatives available? Why not football, golf or Mexican mud wrestling?

Ok – so that last one was clearly a lame excuse for me to throw in a sexy picture, but I wanted it to bear at least 1% relevance to the text. Got to maintain blogging standards here at Fletch towers!

Anyway…back to the point, if I may.

Using football as a comparison, here’s a few reasons why you might want to consider looking at Test Match Cricket instead:

It goes on for 5 days. Football only lasts 90 minutes (100 if Man United are playing), so if the game goes against you, there’s not a lot of time to recover your position. Test Match Cricket is a lot more subtle. There are many ebbs and flows, hence many more swings in the market.

There are more events that affect the market. In football there are only really 3 things that affect the market – time, goals and red cards. In Test Match Cricket there are many things that can move the market, a wicket being the most obvious. There are up to 40 wickets that can occur in any given Test Match, each of which will cause a swing in the odds. You’ll never see 40 goals in a football match. Plus if a batsmen hits a couple of boundaries, the odds will change. If play is stopped due to bad weather, again the odds change (usually the draw price will come in).

The market finds it harder to price the odds accurately. Because there are so many subtle events that can happen, over the course of 5 days you tend to find small pockets of time where you can get excellent value. For example, if the batting team survives half an hour on the opening day (not unusual), then the draw price will come in a lot, even if the bowling team are creating lots of chances. Lay the draw at this point, then when the inevitable wicket comes, you can trade out for a nice profit.

So What Did You Do In This Test Match?

I’m coming to that.

Let me first give some basic strategy pointers of how I assess whether to get involved with a Test Match:

Clima. One of my favourite strategies is laying the draw. If there looks to be inclement weather on the horizon, this can scupper that (as soon as it starts raining, the draw price tends to plummet). That said, if you can accurately predict that it will rain all day, then that’s the time to back the draw, because the more it rains, the more the price shortens.

The pitch. In England, the weather is often unpredictable, but the pitches are often ideal for swing/seam bowling, full of life and provide a lot of assistance to the bowlers. This means that the chance of wickets, and therefore a result is higher – if of course the weather holds. In the subcontinent however, the weather is usually a constant (ie it’s rare to lose a day to rain). However the pitch is absolutely key. You tend to see either pitches where the ball turns round corners and the game is over inside 3 days..or you see tracks that are flat and lifeless as a road and both teams make over 500 in the first innings. Lay the draw in the first instance and you’re quids in. Lay the draw in the second instance and you’re, er…quids out.

The conditions. This is almost a combination of the weather and the pitch. Typically if it’s muggy and overcast, the ball should swing more, meaning a greater chance of wickets (it’s harder to batsmen to face a swinging ball than one that goes through straight). However, you can never fully tell until the first couple of overs have been bowled.

The venue. What’s the past history of this Test ground like? Do teams normally make big scores, or do they get skittled easily? Are there many draws here? When was the last draw and what were the circumstances? For example, was the draw because half the match was lost to rain, or because the pitch was dead?

The two teams. Is is a strong team vs a weak team? Are the two teams roughly equal? Who is batting first? What is the quality of their batting line up like (in particular the openers)? And what is the quality of the bowling attack like on the fielding side? If you have a team bowling first with a quality attack vs a dubious batting line up, it makes sense to back the fielding side. Then when they take a couple of wickets you can assess the game situation and decide whether to trade out there and then for a profit, or let your bet ride.

Así que pasamos a los detalles de este juego.

It was the 4th Ashes Test of summer 2013, played at Durham.

Some things I ascertained in my early fact finding:

There’s never been an Ashes test before this one at Durham and only 4 Test Matches in total. England won all 4 of those.

In this season’s County Championship at Durham, teams hardly ever make over 300 runs in a single innings.

The weather in the North East of England is a constantly unpredictable factor. Any bet must carefully take this into account. A well planned out lay bet on the draw could be ruined by some unexpected black clouds.

So from this, I assumed that we would be looking at a pitch that produces results. If the weather stayed clear, then a result would be almost certain.

I rarely make a bet before play starts. Sometimes the most in depth research comes for nothing. I remember at least one of the England Tests in New Zealand earlier this year where all the pundits predicted a pitch that would offer tons of assistance to the bowlers.

England were bowling first and I fully expected them to come out and blow the Kiwis away.

Yet the pitch did very little and turned out to be a batter friendly deck. After a couple of overs I could see that nothing was happening and decided to steer clear of this game. Off the top of my head, I think England took one wicket in the entire day. The draw price came in massively and England’s price shot out. If I’d done my usual tactic of laying the draw, I’d have been in a sticky position.

So always watch the play for an over or two first. If the ball is turning and swinging round corners, get involved. If the pitch looks flat, I normally stay away.

In this case, the Aussie bowlers were making the ball move around a lot, so I laid the draw at 3.9. Here’s my opening bet:

Draw lay at 3.9, Liability £1,160, Total Amount to Win (after commission): £380.80.

It took the bowlers some time to make a breakthrough, which came on 34-1. By this time the draw odds had come in to around 2.5, leaving me in a large red position.

However, I wasn’t worried before this wicket. The bowlers were creating chances. If anything I was considering topping up my lay bet with another lay at 2.5.

There was a small flurry of wickets in the afternoon. I think I found myself in a green position around the 4th wicket, and the draw price kept on drifting as more wickets fell.

At this point I could have closed out for around a £150 profit. However, given that the weather looked good for the next few days of play, I decided to let the bet ride for the time being.

Whether you close out or let a bet ride depends on your own personal comfort level of risk.

Fast forward to day 4. Australia are chasing 299 to win. Weather looks good, and Australia are at around 50-0. England by this point had drifted to 3.75. I decided to place an order in the market for £100 on England at 4 and leave it to get matched as the odds continued to drift.

The bet did get matched:

England back at 4 (on top of original draw lay). We can see that we now stand to win more on England, not win as much on Australia and lose more on the draw (note that this screenshot was taken sometime after the bet was placed, hence the odds not being in line with the match situation at that time).

I placed this bet as the expectation that once England made the breakthrough, that I expected them to take quite a few wickets and for the price on England to shorten to odds on, leaving me in a very nice green position.

What actually happened was that the odds on England drifted to around 10 before they took their first wicket.

But with Australia between 150 and 200, they experienced a major batting collapse and the odds crashed. At this point I decided to equalise my profit between England and Australia, whilst leaving my draw liability open (since I saw there being no chance whatsoever of the draw taking place):

We can see that I stand to make £648.95 regardless of who wins, and that the liability on the draw has also been reduced somewhat. Given the fact that this amount was only £20 less than I stood to win on England on the previous bet, I felt that given the tendency of Australia’s lower batting order to fight and make the game close that it was worth greening up at this point (I think Australia were 7 or 8 wickets down).

Finally, when Australia were 8 wickets down, I placed a speculative £10 bet on them at odds of 23. I didn’t expect them to win, but I thought there was a small chance that they might put a late partnership together and shorten the odds somewhat.

This didn’t happen, leaving me with the final figure on England of £639.42:

A good day at the office.

Being a professional gambler can sometimes be a somewhat lonely, hermit-like existence.

It’s you, and only you. You are solely responsible for your income. There’s very few people around who even understand what you do, let alone anyone you can talk to about it, complain to, or gain inspiration from.

So being the social animal that I am, I recently joined the ‘Geeks Toy’ forum, in the hope of speaking to some like minded souls.

Being that I’ve lived in my own little bubble for months, I naively assumed that everyone else’s experience should be similar to mine, that is – practice for a few weeks on pre-off horse trading, then turn pro and live happily ever after. Possibly disappearing into the sunset with a fine beauty.

So I was somewhat surprised to read a number of pained, frustrated and confused accounts of years and years invested into trying to learn this dark art, with nothing to show for it other than a depleted bank balance.

This got me to thinking – what’s different between how I learned to trade on Betfair vs how everyone else seems to do it?

1. Time Investment

Q: Did you hear about that farmer who won a Nobel prize? A: He was outstanding in his field.

Ok, so that was blatantly an tenuous excuse to throw a lame gag in. Apologies.

But the idea here is that you have to be willing to put the time in if you want to become outstanding in any field that you choose to forge your career in.

Don’t look at this in terms of chronological time, as in ‘I’ve been doing this 3 years and I still can’t make a profit!’, but in terms of number of races experience you have under your belt.

Let’s say you have a full time 9-5 office job.

This means that weekday afternoons are out of the equation. So you dabble with the odd race in the evening when you’re not too tired, and get a bit of practice on a Saturday afternoon (assuming your wife and family don’t object to you being perched in front of the computer rather than spending quality time with them).

That means you’re unlikely to take in more than 10 races a week. That’s 500 a year, or 1000 in 2 years.

Now compare that to what I did. I averaged around 25 races a day, 5-6 days a week for 2 months, playing in practice mode with Bet Angel.

25 races x 5 days x 8 weeks = 1000 races.

Same level of experience as the first guy, except he took 2 years to get there.

Now admittedly not everyone is as stupid and reckless as me. I am not advising you to do what I did and just quit your job with no other income coming in in the blind hope that you’ll become a pro trader.

However, I am saying that if you want to get good fast, you need to take in a LOT of races.

2. Learning Something From Each Race

It’s no good having 1000 races experience if all you’ve done is just repeat your actions race after race, blindly hoping that one day you’ll magically improve.

All this does is give you the experience of 1 race, 1000 times over.

What you have to do is ruthlessly analyse every single race, regardless of whether you won, lost or broke even. Even if you didn’t place any trades, what is the lesson you can take from this?

The temptation is that when a trade goes well, to proclaim yourself as a super smart genius. When a trade goes badly, we want to curse and scream and blame the evil market for shafting us unfairly.

The last one is the reason most people don’t improve. They put their poor results down to bad luck, instead of saying ‘what happened in this race to make the market turn against me?’

If you can’t answer this question with a good logically reasoned argument, then next time you see a race with similar characteristics, DO NOT GET INVOLVED. Sometimes the lesson you need to take is that you stay away from the market when certain criteria are met. Sometimes there’s so much going on that you can’t reasonably predict what will happen next.

So after every race, ask yourself the following questions:

What did I do well?

What did I do badly? (or ‘What could I improve on’?)

What will I do the same next time?

What will I do differently next time?

Remember the key here is that we are making regular, clockwork daily profit, not that we make a fortune on every single race.

The combination of learning something from every race by asking yourself the tough questions, then applying those lessons right away, then learning more lessons, and applying those…and so on…

…this is what gets you good, quickly.

3. Being Willing to Experiment

As you gain experience, you’ll notice certain things with certain races.

Don’t be afraid at this point to think ‘next time, I’ll try x when I see y happen’ and see what happens. Most of the time you’ll lose money, but now and again you’ll uncover a gold mine.

But don’t confuse the willingness to try new ideas with fuzzy thinking and a lack of focus. Don’t jump from one strategy to the next, never mastering one thing.

You’ll find over time, you start leaning towards a specific style of trading that works for you. Hone in on that and make it your business to become an absolute master in that specific area. You may find that there’s only 5 races in a day that match your style, but that you can make £20 on each one. That’s all you need to make a living from this.

4. Playing in Practice Mode

It doesn’t matter whether you’re using Geek’s Toy, Bet Angel, Racing Traders or any other software. The key is that while you’re learning, you play in practice mode.

You can test your strategies to the limit. You can find exactly where the optimum points are between letting your trades run as far as they need to for maximum green, and leaving them on too long. Same with the red trades – you can experiment when the best time is to cut out of a losing trade. When you have real money on the line, even small stakes, it’s much harder to just say ‘I’ll leave this one to run and see what happens’. Remember, your job is to learn as quickly as possible, not to give yourself a gambling buzz by having real money on the line.

It’s more realistic. If you use real money with £2 stakes, you’ll find you always get matched straight away. This makes it very easy to get in and out of markets. When you then start playing with £500 stakes, you find it takes much longer to get matched. In particular when you’re trying to get out of a market (let’s say it’s moving really quickly against you), you need the experience of getting a lot of money matched in this situation in order to learn how to do it. You’ll also get a feel for what an appropriate stake is simply from looking at the amount of money in a market.

Resumen

So you now have a clear plan. You aim to get to 1000 races as quickly as possible, learning something from each race.

Everyone is different and I cannot guarantee you’ll be a pro when you hit 1000. All I can say is get there as quickly as you can, and then assess where you’re at.

What I do guarantee is that when you do arrive at this point, even if you’re not profitable, you’ll be much more experienced and have a greater understanding of how the markets actually work.

You’ll find yourself asking different questions.

Instead of simply ‘how do I make money from trading horses?’, it will be more specific stuff, like ‘I see a lot of races where the top 5 horses are all at odds under 10, and I find it hard to predict which horses will move, and which of the other horses will be affected by those moves. What’s your take on this?’

At this point, that’s when I can help you out, because I’ve been there and had to work it out for myself. Sometimes, as suggested above, the answer is simply ‘don’t get involved’.

But until you gain the requisite experience, you are simply in a place where you don’t know what you don’t know.

So I recommend you go out (well stay in actually) and put a few months of hard graft in, then see where you’re at.

In the words of 90s Swedish soft-rockers Roxette, ‘how do you do, the things that you do?’

Well, here is a very quick and dirty guide to get you started.

My suggestion would be to soak in the information here, then go away and try it out for yourself. I’ll be posting more advanced and in-depth articles on some of the specifics around the ‘how to’ of certain parts of this in due course, but this should be all you need right now.

First of all, you will need some form of trading software. My personal preference is Bet Angel. the reason being that there are a few more features within the tool that make my job a lot easier (in particular, the Market Overview screen – more on that later).

You are free of course to pick and choose whichever tool you like – but you will need to use something.

It’s important that at first, you give yourself permission to fail (which you will for a while). It takes time to understand how to read markets, and to build up to that point where you just intuitively can ‘feel’ what is going to happen next.

Around 10 minutes before the horse racing begins for the day, I bring up the first race within Bet Angel. For every race, I go through the following process:

Categorize the race into either a green, amber or red race.

Eyeball the graphs to see whether there are any obvious trends for the main horses (ie drifting or steaming).

Try to figure out the ‘puzzle’ for this particular race.

Place lay or back bet at appropriate time, and wait for market to move accordingly.

Hedge out for a guaranteed win.

Let me now take you through each of these in more detail.

Categorize the Race Into Either a Green, Amber or Red Race

I spent 8 years of my life in the corporate world. One thing these folks seem to love is ‘traffic light systems’.

These are usually status reports where you have a spreadsheet containing a list of work items and the current progress of each.

Green means it’s good and all is well. Amber means that attention may be needed, or you may need to at least keep an eye on this item in order for it to stay on track. If a work item is Red, this mean that this particular task is unlikely to be completed on time, or that there are serious problems/impediments with getting the job done.

In the company I used to work for, we also used to have Blue to signify completed. Possibly the only place in the world that you’ll witness a blue traffic light!

Not wanting to have 8 years of my working life completely gone to waste, I stole this system for my own use.

Here’s how it works – I use the Market Overview screen in Bet Angel to determine the % volume of money that each horse has taken (click on the image below to view a larger version).

The greater the amount of money a horse has taken, the greater the influence it has in terms of market movements. In our example here, we can see the favourite has taken 67% of the overall money. You’d better believe that if the odds on this horse suddenly start steaming in, then at least one or more of the other horses in the market will have to drift quite significantly in order to keep the book balanced (more on this in the ‘figuring out the puzzle’ section below).

Generally if a horse has taken less than 3% of the overall amount of money for the market, you can discount it from having any large influence on the race.

Green: Means that this race should (in theory) be relatively easy to trade. I class this as 3 or less horses that I need to keep an eye on at once.

Amber: There are 3-6 horses that I need to keep an eye on.

Red: There are more than 6 horses that I need to watch. This does not mean that I won’t trade this race, but it does mean that I will exercise particular caution, as there are more things that can go wrong.

So in our example above, the first 4 horses are over 5%, and the last 2 are around 1%. In this case I keep an eye on the first 4 horses, making this an Amber race.

This is just a simple little check to give me the right level of awareness for the race, and to tell me where I need to be focusing my attentions.

Eyeball the Graphs to Find Trends

I now take a look at the Betfair graphs for each of the main horses that I’ve identified that I need to be watching.

I’m looking for any obvious trends towards steaming or drifting for that horse.

Sometimes you can see a horse is steaming in, the market is continuing to back that horse and the odds are crashing. If this is the case I will quickly jump in and back the horse as quickly as possible (a technique I call ‘riding the train’.)

At some point the odds will stop crashing and reach a point where the market says ‘enough is enough’.

This is the time to GET THE HELL OUT OF THE MARKET AND GREEN UP!

The reason being that at this point we can often see some pretty violent swings in the opposite direction. If you’re still in the market, you can be on the wrong end of this and seeing some pretty painful red numbers if you’re not careful.

It’s pretty rare though I’ll jump in at this stage. What I’m really doing is starting to put together theories of how the market wants to treat different horses, then see if those theories hold true as the start time draws nearer.

Try to Figure Out the ‘Puzzle’ For This Particular Race

I see each race as being like a jigsaw puzzle that I need to piece together.

The green races are those 10 piece puzzles for 5 years olds that take about 3 seconds to figure out.

The red races are 1000 piece behemoths that take ridiculous levels of patience and skill to get to grips with.

So how do we work out the puzzle for a given race?

If you remember the following, you can’t go far wrong:

The market must always stay balanced.

In other words, if the favourite comes steaming in, then at least one other horse must go drifting out in order to maintain balance.

Reason being – if every horse in the market came steaming in, you could lay every single runner and still make a profit.

Similarly, if every horse in the market drifted out, you could back every single runner and still make a profit.

So what I’m looking for here is trends.

If the favourite comes in, which other horses drift out? Sometimes you’ll notice that as the favourite comes in, the second favourite drifts out by the same amount, and vice-versa.

These are my favourite races to trade, because it’s simply a matter of waiting for the favourite to move, and placing the opposite bet on the second favourite.

And when the favourite stops moving, this is the time to hedge out.

Obviously the more horses that have to be watched, the trickier this gets, because there are more ‘moving parts’ & # 8211; more things that can wrong. Again – this does not mean that you cannot trade red races. But it does mean that you need to exercise extreme caution and disciplined concentration at these times.

Place Bet and Hedge Out at the Most Profitable Time

Once I’ve identified a trend, I’ll then wait for evidence of the trend appearing again.

For example, let’s say we’ve spotted that when the favourite comes in, the second favourite goes out.

Next time the favourite comes in, I’ll simply lay the second favourite and wait for it to drift.

I will then leave this bet on until the favourite stops coming in. At this point I will hedge out for a guaranteed profit.

Important Note: There is a point around 4-5 minutes before each race when the big money arrives.

Usually this is when the previous race has finished, and the punters shift their money across to the next race.

When this happens, be very careful, because the market can often change instantly as the big money decides ‘actually, we don’t fancy supporting the favourite in this race’.

If you have a bet sat in the market at this time, either get out, or watch it like a hawk.

And that’s it!

Each of these sections could form quite a lengthy post on its own, but for now I recommend that you take this information and play around with it.

Put your software in practice mode and see if you can start to spot trends. When you think you’ve found a trend, place a bet and see how it works out.

If you lose (and most likely you will lose a lot at first), don’t get discouraged. Don’t get angry with the market and start to think that’s it’s unfair and that everything is against you.

Just sit down and try to rationally analyse what went wrong, then correct your mistakes for next time. This is how you get good at this quickly – exposure to one horse racing market after another, day after day, and learning from your mistakes.

Trading places

In a world where £50m can be staked on a single IPL game, whole armies of professional cricket traders work the betting markets for profit. But who are these people?

No need for blackboards: The task of placing bets has become far more sophisticated today © imágenes falsas

My fascination with cricket trading came from a chance discovery of a rowdy group of traders on Twitter. You probably know them, too; a boisterous bunch who tweet each other almost exclusively in acronyms and the odd "lay".

It was one person in particular - Charlie - who I would have my first interaction with. It was hardly warm, as he'd strongly objected to a point I'd made in something I'd written, but it eventuated into us exchanging emails and eventually meeting up at Lord's during Middlesex's Championship match with Nottinghamshire. By this point, I had noted the "trader" in his bio.

We meet in the Compton Stand. He's with two friends, Sonny and Boh. They launch immediately into betting chat. They ask my opinion on England, KP's sacking and everything else in between. I go through the usual, before turning the conversation onto them and what they do. I can't quite get my head around it.

Sonny, Charlie and Boh are cricket traders. Much like trading stock and bonds, they work to negotiate a fluctuating market. However, unlike traditional gambling models, they operate on the Betfair exchange, in which punters' bets are matched against one another, rather than with a traditional bookmaker.

As a result, individuals bet on and against (or "lay") individuals, teams or results. While in a traditional bet, it is the bookmaker that is the "layer", here another punter takes up that responsibility. For example, if you are putting £5 on a 2/1 bet, they are providing the £10 that you stand to win. If you lose the bet, they take your £5.

Despite my intrigue, talking about betting so openly, at Lord's, a hundred yards away from the ECB offices, fills me with guilt. Ridiculously, I speak quieter, looking over my shoulder intermittently. I don't know what I'm looking for - an anti-corruption agent? Giles Clarke reading a newspaper with eye-holes cut out? "Cricket" and "betting" in the same discourse elicits feelings of wrongdoing.

I have bet on sport before, but with handfuls of loose change, hunches and sporting ignorance. "So and so always scores against us", "He's due a big knock" and "That horse has a funny name", was as analytical as it got.

"Oh God, you're not one of those are you?" sighs Boh. Yo soy. I explain away my method with a ham-fisted monologue about my appreciation of sport.

"And how much does that win you?!" Boh laughs. A few moments later, Boh and Charlie tell me success does not need to come at the expense of emotion.

I quiz them on their world, as Middlesex march on to a first innings lead. I learn more when my questions stop and take in their general conversation, occasionally probing them for explanations on the "LOB" (last over bonus), GSM (game set and match - often tweeted when a bet is due to come in) and other idioms they throw back and forth.

Each man has their own source of income, whether that's betting on the winner of the match, the highest run scorer, innings totals or even completed matches. With the IPL a week away, thoughts turn to prospective earnings.

Boh says he's staying away from the IPL, though cedes he could get drawn into making some moves (he inevitably does). Charlie is all in, though maligns the move to just one game a day, halving his daily takings and, in essence, doubling the amount of time he has to put in.

Sonny tells me about a previous IPL that gleamed £27,000 for a friend of theirs. Actually, luck doesn't do it justice. But the ambivalence of all three to those five figures really strikes me.

"Yeah, of course, it's a good haul," says Boh, "but you have those moments. We all have."

On the eve of the Lord's Test against India, I'm invited out for a few drinks with Sonny, Charlie, Boh and the rest of the traders.

It has been almost two years since Sonny moved into cricket trading from his online poker lifestyle. And, seriously, it was a lifestyle; and that's not just including the lavish bonuses that come with being a betting firm's big player.

Today, with cricket as his biggest love and money earner, he has been up since 4am for day one of the first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa at Galle. for one purpose: "To hammer the draw."

In Sonny's two years, he has noticed a quirk whereby an inordinate amount of money is put on the draw during the tea interval. It is a phenomenon he cannot explain, but one he has learned to exploit.

Before it kicks in, Sonny backs the draw and then lays it off (betting against his original bet) with smaller chunks of money, once the market has taken it artificially short and provided him with better odds for the second bet. Thereby, he rids himself of any liability, and often ends up at a stage where he stands to win money whether the game ends in a draw or not. He shows me his book for Sri Lanka-South Africa. As it stands, each result nets him £750.

After a beer, we move on to Riley's to meet Boh and another friend, Lysagth, who has been trading since leaving secondary school.

At 17, having complained of back pain after playing football, Lysagth was diagnosed with Kyphoscoliosis - an abnormal curvature of the spine, which weakens the spinal muscles and can cause serious heart and lung problems.

He received an operation that unfortunately did not go as planned and subsequently required extra treatment. In that time he was stuck at home with little to do and decided to use that time to research and learn about trading. Using forums and then Twitter to liaise with and learn from professional gamblers, he embraced it as his primary source of income.

In T20s, the market fluctuates so much with every six and wicket that the ability to work with figures that update every 0.5 seconds is an important edge

Eventually, we sit down to dinner in the back room of a plush Indian restaurant. Inside the room now are 15 traders with a combined accumulation of millions in the past year.

The majority of those present know each other through the Betfair Forum. At its height, it was the place for discussion. Posts were informative, responses crass or appreciative - sometimes both - and, much like any internet discourse, had the intellectual musk of drunks round a table. None of that is lost here, in this flesh and blood animation of the piece.

Nothing sums up their dynamic better than the thread for the infamous Lou Vincent match, when Sussex played Kent in 2011. In-play, questions were asked and allegations made, through a combination of game awareness and an appreciation of how a market usually reacts to certain passages of play.

Eventually, the community migrated from the forum and onto Twitter, as threads became a wasteland for users to scream, "FIX!" and post death threats for players when things didn't go their way.

The conversation flows, and my interruptions to ask mundane questions are greeted with openness and clarifications. Slowly, I'm piecing together their world.

Charlie meets me halfway between his flat and Vauxhall station. It's been almost three months since we first met but now, finally, we have been able to schedule some time for me to shadow him while he trades.

His room has a very IKEA-ish student feel. This is where he works, with a three-screen set-up of a plasma TV, his trading laptop and another laptop that has a spreadsheet open.

This particular spreadsheet is exclusively for 'Bookie bet' - that is, bets offered by the bookies with fixed odds rather than on the exchange. On others, he has his monthly figures from trading, with another sheet showing the composite of both fixed and trading winnings. While the last week has been modest, the month of July has been good to him.

The middle screen is where his bets are placed. All in all, he has accounts with nine different companies, enabling him to access the best odds available to him for his respective fixed-odds dealings.

Charlie's story is the one I relate to the most. After dabbling with a bit of betting at school, with pocket money and an account his mother had started up for him in her name, he took it a bit more seriously at university, but not enough to turn a profit.

"I'd say I was about five or six hundred down in my three years," he recalls. But in that time he was a frequenter of the Betfair forum and was slowly starting to learn more about the craft. He would soon fall into it through circumstance.

Upon graduating with little idea of a career path, he took up an internship in London that he dropped out of when his mother fell ill. Returning home to look after her, and with pockets of time to himself, he began trading a bit more.

"I realised then that I needed to get a bit more of a bankroll," he says. "I ended up working a few standard telesales jobs in the summer, selling car insurance over the phone, and trading on the games in the evening, as the 40-over and T20 games started later in the day.

"Eventually, in October 2010, I quit my last temp job and have been able to bankroll and make money from trading ever since." Charlie's stability is evident, from his subdued, calm demeanour, to the reams of notes and extensive bookkeeping. He has a variety of notebooks that hold scribblings of the last few matches at certain grounds, documenting pitch conditions, which way the wind blows (particularly useful for T20s) and other recurring quirks at the venue. Such diligence is a necessity in this profession.

Soon, it's time for the last NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final between Nottinghamshire and Hampshire at Trent Bridge, and Charlie fires up a vital part of any Twenty20 trader's armoury - an application called 'Geeks Toy'.

The language of lucre

A betting exchange, such as Betfair, is an online marketplace for punters to bet against themselves on sporting and cultural events around the world. Customers bet against each other, not against Betfair - there is no bookmaker telling you what odds you have to take. The betting exchange works impartially, holding the money until the event is completed.

For any betting opportunity, also referred to as a 'market', a bookmaker will make a contract with a bettor at a fixed rate of return for a fixed amount risked, which makes it easy to calculate how much will be lost should the bet fail and how much will be won if the wager is successful.

Betting on a specified event to take place. If you put on £10 on 5.0 odds that Gary Ballance will finish top run-scorer in a series, you stand to win £50 - a profit of £40 as well as receiving your initial stake of £10 back.

This is the opposite of backing - instead of betting on something happening, you're betting on it not happening. In every bet, there is a backer and a layer. Traditionally, the layer is the bookmaker in a traditional bet. On the Betfair exchange, it is another punter instead. For example, if you are offered lay odds of 1.38, putting on £38 will get you back £100.

A trade is simply a way of hedging that bet while the match is happening. This could be to ensure a profit by the end of the match or to limit losses if the trader feels like his bet won't go his way.

Just like in a stock market trade you are looking to buy high and sell low. Or in betting speak, "back high" and "lay low".

Imagine we think England are going to cause trouble with the new ball early on in an ODI. In this example we back England at 2.00 - odds of 2.0 equate to 'evens' in traditional betting. They take a few wickets and the price is now 1.60. But the change bowlers are about to come on, the new ball is swinging less and we expect things to become easier for the batting team. We therefore want to reduce our stake for England to win.

Let's say we'd backed the 2.00 for £1,000. Our betting screen would look like this:

Of course now the odds for England after the early wickets are 1.60. In order to 'trade out' we need to first reduce our 'risk' on India as currently we are risking £1,000 if they win the match. To do this we need to lay England (bet that England will not win). In order to remove the risk on India we need to lay England for a £1,000 win. Given the odds are 1.60, this will cost us £600.

Our new book will be:

Technically, we have traded out of the market at this point. We have no risk, just a risk free opportunity to make £400 if England were to win.

Let's level this up though, or in trader speak, "green up". By laying England a little more (or essentially backing India) we can ensure equal profit on both outcomes. By laying England at 1.60 for a further £250 we can actually ensure that no matter the result (barring a tie) we make a level profit of £250.

Commonly, taking a profit is greening up, and taking a loss is redding out.

Betfair traders have the advantage of various software packages that allow them to take a level profit/loss with one simple click rather than working the maths out for themselves. Geeks Toy is the most popular application.

Widely considered the most popular and reliable trading software, Geeks Toy provides a no frills ladder of in-play Betfair Exchange prices in real time and allows the user to place, amend and cancel bets with just a single click. In T20s, the market fluctuates so much with every six and wicket that the ability to work with figures that update every 0.5 seconds is an important edge. After a few seconds the market usually corrects itself, so it is important to take advantage of the dips and spikes that take place after a key event.

To the untrained, it is a mass of digits lacking context. However, from changes alone, Charlie is able to tell whether a wicket has fallen or a boundary has scored just by the fluctuations. He can even tell if the ball has gone in the air and been dropped; snipers jumping the gun, causing the market to shift expecting a maximum or a wicket, only to resettle when neither comes to pass.

Charlie is very much a T20 specialist and very rarely takes up a position in the first half of a match. His knowledge of players, from the reserves of St Lucia, to the front line of Kolkata is extensive, as is his pragmatism.

Even in a fast moving game, as the odds go crazy with every boundary, as Nottinghamshire post 197-2. I decide not to ask too many questions for the first game, sitting back and watching him plump for a Notts win on the basis that Hampshire do not have the firepower and the hosts, with Harry Gurney and Luke Fletcher, possessing the best death bowlers in the country. However, a 93 from James Vince, who is dropped early by Alex Hales, and uncharacteristic waywardness from Gurney hands Hampshire the victory and Charlie a loss.

The switchover to the CPL is instantaneous. Jamaica versus Barbados gets underway as Charlie starts talking me through his process.

"You always work on the side of the winner, whether that's betting on them or laying them. That is where the money is traded." To get things running, he puts £1,800 on Jamaica to win, at odds of 1.58 (thereby earning him a profit of £1,044, along the return of his £1,800 stake).

At the innings break, he then lays Barbados at 1.68 with around £2,000, making his liability for the bet £1,360. Added to his original stake, his total liability stands at £3,360, with a Jamaica win earning him a profit of £3,044. Throughout the second innings, as Barbados lose wickets and Jamaica's odds to win shorten, their lay odds are such that he can put smaller amounts on the lay, which eat away at his deficit on Barbados' side.

By the end of the match, he has completely removed his liability on Barbados, finishing with a profit of around £800 as Jamaica win by 19 runs.

Were it not for a cameo of 81 from Shoji Malik, he would have ended up with more, but without wanting to leave anything to chance, he ensured he would still be in small profit if Barbados came through.

I'm slightly bemused, but Charlie has guided me through with grace, offering his own opinions on players while ploughing four big ones into the market with just two clicks. He then points towards a small box at the top of his screen, which has totalled the amount of money matched for this one game. The mark is £16,000,000. "In the IPL, that figure can be close to £50m."

One thing that really struck me over the last few months has been the generosity of traders. Those with access to reliable weather satellites are quick to offer updates if it looks like the clouds are rolling in, before those with Duckworth-Lewis calculators do their bit. Naturally, those in the know get their business done before the information is offered out.

One person regarded as something of an oracle is Wallace. From the beginning, his name continually cropped up as 'The Man' to speak to. My first meeting with him was at the traders' dinner in London, and on the way to the restaurant, Sonny and Lysagth had been keen for as much face time with him as possible. "I know it's social, but I'd love to be able to corner him and just pick his brain," said Sonny, as our cab pulled up. Even Boh, so much his own man, ceded the floor. "In terms of money I put up and win, he's got me beat."

One story I kept hearing, possibly apocryphal, summed up the level on which Wallace is operating.

During the England-Sri Lanka Test at Galle in 2007, he supposedly liaised with a driver he regularly uses when in the area and got him to drive in the direction towards where a pocket of bad weather was supposedly coming from. Once he hit the weather, the driver called back with the extent of it, whether it would head to the ground and how far out he was. This information was then spread among other traders, who took up strong positions on the draw, the odds of which were high, with England following on having been skittled for 81 in their first innings, after Sri Lanka had posted 499 in theirs.

It turns out that this was in fact true. However it was not Wallace, but a good friend of his.

I get the opportunity to join him for lunch the day before the final Test at the Oval. At the lunch are Charlie, Mort (who I also met at the dinner in London) and Grundy who, like Sonny, has a poker background and also trades on the golf.

The stakes Wallace, Mort and Grundy trade are so vast that the premium charge is the least of their worries. "The perception of trading annoys me," he says. "People who don't know about it think we're involved in fixing. If they don't, they feel that we are contributing to the problem. Anyone who thinks traders benefit from corruption or want a corrupt game has very little idea of what trading actually entails."

Earlier this year, Wallace helped the ECB's Anti-Corruption Unit collate data and evidence that would go on to be used in their case against Lou Vincent. Working with forensic investigators, he provided them with analysis on the market during the infamous match at Hove. most notably how it did not react and held Kent as favorites, despite Sussex getting their chase off to a quick start (they were 76-0 at the beginning of the eleventh over, chasing 216).

"A friend of mine was approached by the ECB first and then I was called in to offer some expertise. I was more than happy to help - I'm a fan first."

At first, I had no intention of trying my hand at this trading lark. For starters, a freelance cricket writer's pay packet doesn't lend itself to frivolity. And that was how I saw this all, up until the last month.

"You always work on the side of the winner, whether that's betting on them or laying them. That is where the money is traded."

After getting a Betfair account and watching how the odds fluctuate alongside the match pictures, I started to put together some of the various bits of information I had garnered from the professionals. As an ECB accredited journalist, you are only allowed to bet on matches you are not attending. This left me with Tests, the odd NatWest T20 Blast game and the Caribbean Premier League.

I work with my relatively modest sums to engineer positions where, regardless of the result, I am due profit. This works easiest in Test matches where, given the length of the game, the odds for all three results - in this case England, India or a draw - fluctuate to such an extent that I am able to put bets on at the right time that more than covers my losses. They call this "greening up". Given the sums I'm fronting up and the profit I'm happy to take, "micro-trading" is a more apt term.

With that tactic, I end up going through a decent streak where any losses were around the £20 mark, and wins were three figures. And then it happened.

Sonny had warned me about it, just after he informed me that it is all about "losing small, winning big."

"You will get to a stage where you start chasing the big scores. What happens then is that you'll find yourself holding your position in a market for too long and leave yourself exposed. You'll be so focused on the big number that you'll forget the fact that we're dealing with such an unpredictable game."

Searching for my first four-figure win, I lose £177, £237 and a galling £478 (more than any profit I've made). Over the 30 days, I'm up £4,372.84, but those losses are sickening.

I only have myself to blame. Greed took over and, with that, a loss of respect that I'm working in a market where I am a mere novice in a sea of predators jumping to match my money and take advantage of my idleness.

Therein lies the catch. As in poker, if you want the bigger pots, you've got to play the best players. However, unlike poker, the best and biggest players roam free, waiting for your miscalculations and their skilled trading techniques to reap them their five-figure rewards.

"When we started, it was all fairly new and if you had a solid cricket grounding and a brain, the money was there to be made," Mort had said at the lunch. "Now, the market intelligence has risen to recognise the value in every ball, whatever happens. It's much harder to make money now than it was back then," he says, looking to Wallace and the others, who nod along in agreement.

As ever, they judged their entry point into the market perfectly. Who knows if they will ever come out?

Some names have been changed. A full, unexpurgated and even more morally ambiguous version of this article appears in the Wisden cricket quarterly The Nightwatchman this month.

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Last year we had a lot of fuss at the Australian open when a courtsider was arrested and it created a huge amount of publicity. But this year the focus seems to have turned to the Cricket.

To put the story into context you should realise that in-play betting is illegal in Australia. This seems odd, but it’s a corruption led thing. You can sort of understand how spot fixing can cause authorities to jump with alarm at in-play …

So it’s the Ashes and English expectations are high and liquidity is expected to be so as well. There have been some blockbusting markets on the Ashes in the past so I’m quite interested in keeping an eye on it this time around.

I have to admit though that I’m not a big cricket trader, yet. There are only 24 hours in a day and therefore I have to pick where to put my focus and all my time is …

After six weeks of thrilling cricket we are down to the final two nations as they battle it out for the World Cup trophy on Saturday.

Australia are the most successful cricketing side at World Cups, having won the competition no less than four times. However, after Ricky Ponting’s side team were beaten by five wickets in the quarterfinals by India, so there will be a new name on this year’s trophy. The Aussies were chasing their fourth consecutive tournament …

Some really massive matched amounts coming through these markets. New Zealand vs Sri Lanka reached £30m in matched bets and so did last nights big match between Indian and Pakistan.

I hadn’t considered doing much on this tournament but I’ll be taking a very keen interest in the final now given the level of activity on these matches. Advice to follow on another post.

England’s World Cup bid suffered another setback with the news of Stuart Broad’s injury that has ruled him out for the remainder of the tournament. The loss of Broad was even more of a blow as Kevin Pietersen has already returned home for surgery. Paceman Chris Tremlett has been called in at short notice to help out with the bowling duties.

Eoin Morgan will step in to fill KP’s boots and is likely to have his first opportunity to impress …

We don’t often discuss cricket, but the World Cup is on right now so it’s a good time to do so.

Just before the World Cup began I looked at England’s prices, and despite going unbeaten in their opening two group games, they have lengthened from around 6.0 to 10.0 to lift the trophy.

Next up for the Three Lions is Ireland and England will know they cannot take William Porterfield’s side lightly given their close call against another Associate …

One look at the racing card will echo what you will have seen for the last month or so, abandoned racing. It’s the worst period I have known in my ten years on Betfair, pretty bleak. Boxing day usually brings a whole slew of opportunity and some top quality action at Kempton. Today, out of the 11 meetings due to take place today, only one hasn’t been abandoned as I write this, and there is a real prospect of that …

Having taken a look at the stats in preparation for the fourth Ashes Test down under, one of the things that has really stood out is that there has not been a draw at the MCG since 1997. In that period there have been 10 Australian victories and England were beaten by an innings and 99 runs the last time the sides clashed.

There’s no denying that the Baggy Greens have an excellent record at the MCG, but traders should remember …

Australia enter the second Ashes Test under intense pressure after being humiliated by England, who managed to turn around the first Test in Brisbane last week.

The Adelaide Oval, venue for the Second Test, was once famous for throwing up frequent draws, although there have only been three here since 1991.

If anyone’s considering laying the draw on Betfair or Betdaq (currently trading at 2.06), I wouldn’t disagree with them, despite Australia seemingly lacking a convincingly reliable wicket taker and …

There are many thousands of markets that will come under your eyes each year. So which ones should you do? The hard ones or the easy ones. Not a difficult question is it? So why do so many people pick situations that are likely to fall into the too hard category? I’ll explain on another post, but before that, let me explain how I approach each opportunity.

When I approach a market, I will label it easy, not sure or …

Another story in the press this morning about another alleged betting scam.

The News of World appear to really savour these stories, perhaps will a little too much vigour? But there is no doubt that sport should be played for the right reasons and any corruption should definitely be rooted out. If you are in any doubt as to why gambling has a sullied reputation, its stories like these that produce it. Let’s hope that publicity like this will …

I’m looking forward to the Ashes and if the markets are anything like the last time the Ashes were held in the UK, we could be in for a treat. I remember visiting Betfair’s offices just after the last test finished. It had turnover of £32m or something similar. There was a lot excitement and activity last time around.

I must admit to not having done much Cricket trading. It still remains a relatively untouched area for me. I have …

T20 World Cup is one of the least risky and easiest Cricket torunament to make profit provided you follow a proven strategy. 2016 T20 World Cup is just around the corner and it's right time to reveal my killer strategy which is guaranteed to bring profit without risking a big bank balance. This event is the best even I'ev ever come across in terms of making easy profit. Algunos de los mercados en mi estrategia son tan fáciles que usted apenas apuesta en él sin incluso mirar quién está jugando quién o cuáles son los resultados.

What is the strategy?

I've kept this strategy to be very simple so that you can bet with ease and you don't have to do much work.

How much profit can you make?

At least 100 times your unit stake from all markets in full strategy. Con la estrategia local de bookie usted puede hacer fácilmente 50 veces el beneficio.

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£499 (about Rs. 50,000) for complete strategy

£299 (about Rs. 30,000) for local bookie strategy

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Requisitos

It's very simple strategy and you don't have any additional requirements.

Si usted puede hacer la hoja de cálculo entonces bien o bien usted todavía está bien con la pluma y el papel.

¿Qué obtendrá?

I'll provide you followings:

Strategy documents

Last World Cup data

Spreadsheet for live betting

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Once you have understood this strategy then you don't need my involvement. It's self sufficient and self explanatory. If you still require any support then I'm always around.

Preguntas Frecuentes

1) Can I bet with local bookies?

Yes you can bet anywhere you wish, all you require is the best odds. Para obtener el mejor resultado, intente BF.

2) What is the minimum and maximum amount I need?

Take your bank balance and divide by 10 to calculate your unit stake size.

3) I don't bet online and I don't have any PC/Laptop can I still use this strategy?

4) Does this strategy include lambi and session?

No. Lambi and session is not included. These are loss making markets, don't bet on these markets.

5) What markets do you have in local bookie betting strategy?

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India wins the 20-20 world cup, after winning the 60 overs one day world cup in 1983.

20-20 has very interesting observations - for the new world that demands new ways of doing things!

With the new format of 20-20 Cricket comes a very interesting observation on the tempo of the game. Over the years we have seen how one-day (60 overs) and later 50 overs cricket started as a more commercially viable option of speeding-up the 5 days test-match cricket.

With the new format and speed-up the tactics and strategies changed. The tempo of a cricket-match changed to much faster. The level of quick-thought needed, physical fitness needed and planning required in double-quick time increased manifold. This was a sea-change for purists who still said the ultimate test of skill, technique and temperament remains the Test match cricket.

Now comes the 20-20 format, where the exciting parts of the 50-50 game which are typically the slog-overs and may be the initial 15 overs have been carved out to make it the bang-bang cricket. Imran Khan, the legendary Pakistani all rounder made a comment saying that 20-20 is all about Talent. If you have talent you can do well in 20-20. The other two facets, as he mentioned, technique and temperament are sort of neglected or do not surface to the extent they are needed in test-match cricket. MS Dhoni, the Indian world cup winning captain, said the other day, that 20-20 is more physically taxing. Obviously when the tempo has increased so much that even a single over can change the whole match, it is the complete focus and intensity during the 40 overs that will succeed. And as Imran mentioned, the talent will win - Pakistan and India have much more natural talent than other teams, hence the results. Other teams strengths in technique and temperament do not play such a major role in 20-20, as per him.

Now, let us look at what is happening, the business world has been shaken by the Internet and mobile technologies in the last decade or so, ushering all of us into connected globalization. This is akin to the shift to a one day cricket match compared to the test-matches that the manufacturing world was so intent on playing - focusing on talent, technique and temperament . In the business test-matches of the old, one had multiple innings, strategies, and endurance needed to play out the game and succeed. The predictability that you will get two innings to play was enough to strategize and build capabilities in the organizations that can help you to learn from your mistakes. The Internet revolution created the One-day cricket where the time to strategize was less but variation of strategies and innovation needed to play was more. The team work needed to win a 50 overs contest is much more although the focus is only for a day. Secondly, one can not get a second chance. It is the innings that you play that matters. You can not have off-days. Aussies have perfected the consistency needed coupled with talent, technique and temperament as they won most of the cricket matches. Similar has been the successes of Cisco, Microsofts, Google and WalMart in the new game.

The business world from 2005-onwards demands continuous 20-20 games. The focus is on continuous talent in Innovation. The techniques and temperament that has won you the test matches of the last millennium need to be relooked for the new 20-20 Cricket matches that we all will be forced to play - now onwards. We will need either fresh, young, fearless, and innovative minds or reformat the minds that we have been carrying from the legacy of 50 overs or even test-match cricket.

The future is Innovation on your feet based on continuous re-creation of the ways in which we play. The rules will be new, and it is the people who define the new rules who will rule the game. In fact, more surprises you hurl more likely that you will win in the 20-20!

Are you ready to create a new surprise every day? - if yes - 20-20 world is calling you!

How to Trade Cricket Matches With Betfair

So the Cricket World Cup has come around and most of the teams have played at least one match now with the pre-tournament favourites, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand all looking pretty good. England and the West Indies do not look so good and it’s hard to see these teams making it very far in the competition. It’s also good to see Afghanistan play as it looks like they won’t be allowed into future competitions.

Note: For those who don’t know what cricket is, you can check out this explanation .

On a personal note, I have tickets to a couple of games including the semi final so I am optimistically hoping for an England and New Zealand match-up.

Of course, apart from playing and watching the game, betting on it can also be a bit of fun and these days it’s possible to trade cricket matches online using the sports betting exchange, Betfair .

How to trade cricket matches with Betfair

Betfair is a UK based sports exchange which may not be available to US customers but still it’s a great platform if you can get access to it.

There was a report a few years ago that at least 90% of those who use Betfair lose overall, so remember that what we are talking about here is high risk; it’s gambling after all.

Step One

So the first step to trading cricket matches on Betfair is to find an upcoming cricket match and check out the odds. So there’s a big match happening on Sunday which is between South Africa and India and you can see from the image below that South Africa are favourites with odds of 1.57 to back and 1.6 to lay while India are underdogs with odds of 2.66 to back and 2.76 to lay.

What this means is if you bet £10 on South Africa, you’ll get back £15.70 if they win. £10 (your initial stake) plus £5.70 (profit).

If you bet £10 on India, you’ll get back £26.60 if India win. Of course, if you’re wrong you lose the £10.

The neat thing with Betfair is that, unlike traditional bookmakers, you can place a bet (back), then sell it (lay) at any time before the match is finished. This includes when the match goes in-play.

And if you do this well enough you can then be sitting on a tidy profit, which ever way the result goes.

Paso dos

So we know how to place a bet, the next thing you need is a strategy and as with anything there are numerous options that come to mind.

First of all, you can do your homework on the two teams, compare their form, the quality of the players, the conditions of the pitch etc. and then make an outright bet on the team you think might win. This is the standard approach. If you want to get technical you could look at the cricket statistics. draw up all sorts of spreadsheets and analysis, compare the real odds to your calculated odds then use a Kelly calculator to optimise your bet size.

Trade the pre-market

Just like stocks you can also trade the pre-market, or in other words you can bet on either cricket team and hope to make a profit before the game even starts. If a key player gets injured, for example, this could change the odds significantly and if you bet the right way you can lock in some profits before the game goes in-play.

Trade the match in-play

Another option is to trade the match in-play and again there are numerous possibilities. You could simply watch the game and if you feel one team is in better form and more likely to win you can make a bet. If they start to tail off, you can then sell the bet for a loss or profit.

Alternatively, you could bet on a team after a significant event, such as after a wicket has fallen. In fact, there have even been studies to show that this could be a profitable strategy.

This research paper. for example, looks at in-play betting markets and shows one interesting idea. It says that when the team batting first loses a wicket, the betting markets often over-react to the event. Backing the first batting team when they lose a wicket is suggested to be a profitable strategy resulting in returns of ‘20%’.

Another idea is to use your judgement during the match. Look for moments where the odds look mis-priced then make a trade. Do some research into possible batting totals and match scenarios then look for moments of value.

For example, South Africa are a very good team, so if they happen to get off to a bad start, there might be value in betting on them then, because the odds will be much better.

The great thing about cricket one day matches is that they last a long time and they are often close and exciting. This means they tend to give a lot of opportunities to close out a bet. I used to read this blog of a Betfair trader quite regularly and there are some great tips on there about cricket trading and betting in general.

Just sit and watch

Whatever you choose to do, bet or no bet, just remember first of all to sit back and enjoy the game.

JB Marwood

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Betfair Cricket Trading

Trading is different from out right betting. Yes, both are methods of predicting what might happen, but there are subtle differences.

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The best way I can find to sum it up is to say that with trading you generally have an exit strategy in mind before you start, as you are basically trying to make money from a market movement. While with betting, you just fancy Team A to beat Team B, so you have a bet on Team A to win…. and if it loses, then so be it.

For those not familiar with Betfair Cricket Trading, or trading in general, there are a few phrases you need to learn first (they are not complicated, honestly).

In the language of Betfair, Green is the trading term for profit, while Red is the term for losing. To Green Up is to trade out of a bet for a profit, to Red Out or Red Up is to take a loss and trade out, and Scratch just means breaking even.

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The idea of Betfair Cricket Trading is to lay low and back high, this is where you make or lose your money …. the order in which you place your bets should depend on the market, and which way you expect the market to turn.

For example, you back at 2/1 (3.00), and lay at Even money (2.00). In order to do this you need to be able to anticipate what will happen in the match, or what way the market will behave (more trading examples can be found in my articles on Test match Betting and ODI Betting).

Obviously the outcome of the match will ultimately determine the outcome of the market, and obviously wickets and runs will determine price movements during the course of a match…… but as well as that the markets can see large price swings when they are anticipating something such as rain, or some turn in the pitch for the spinners, or the ball to swing, etc.

For these reasons being able to read a market is probably just as important as being able to read a cricket match. Being able to read both would be preferable.

Being able to read a match means you can see what is going to happen. A lot of people anticipate the path of a match (ie, Team A win) and place their bets accordingly. If you can read a market, you can actually anticipate the direction the large price swings will move in and place a bet to make profits when that particular market movement occurs – this is out and out cricket trading.

Cricket betting markets are full of money from traders anticipating price movements. For example, they are expecting the market to move this way when the spinner comes on, or they are expecting the market to move that way when the rain comes later in the day. They then place their bets in anticipation of these price movements.

If you are quick enough to spot this, you can place your bets first and trade the market movements caused by the traders placing bets in anticipation of the market movement, rather than the market movements of the actual event, etc. Effectively you would be trading what the traders are anticipating trading, rather than trading the actual match…… if that makes any sense.

There are also various trading methods you can use. For example, you might like to just trade one tick price movements, and try and build up profits from these one tick movements over the course of the match.

Or you can trade big swings like I described above, such as rain, etc. You can trade over a period of time of the match, such as an innings, or a couple of wickets at a time… or you can simply think Team A will win the match, and simply trade out when the market reflects this and Team A’s odds have shortened enough to give you a decent profit.

There are also different ways of trading out for a profit. If you think Team A are going to win, you can trade out in a way that leaves all your profit on Team A, and just leave scratch/no losses on the Draw and Team B winning.

If you are a more cautious cricket trader, you can play it safe by evening out your profits (Green) over all three outcomes, that way no matter what the outcome, you will make a profit.

The same applies to trading out for a loss. You can either put all your losses (Red) on one team, or you can spread it evenly across all two or three possible outcomes.

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As is always the case with betting or trading. The size of the profits or losses is determined by the risk. If you put all your Red on team, you risk losing bigger. If you put all your Green on one team, you will win bigger, but obviously less often.

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Many people that use Betfair, even if they don't realise it, are traders. If you ever change your position on a Betfair market - then you are trading. If you ever try to lock in a profit before an event has finished, that's trading. Use this section for an in-depth analysis of trading and techniques around it.

THE CONCEPT OF TRADING The original versions of these articles were written in 2005 by Peter Webb, founder of BetAngel, specialist trading software for Betfair. Visit BetAngel for a wide range of demonstration clips and for more information about their products.

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Ever wondered how these guys with no interest in horse racing can make steady profits by trading? Cold traders read the market and profit from its trends rather than studying the form.

COLD TRADING Betfair is modelled on the stock market and a growing group of customers now use the platform to trade sports markets particularly horse racing in a similar fashion to financial city traders. Instead of buying and selling shares or commodities these traders trade the No.2 at Wolverhampton on a Monday afternoon or Denman in the Gold Cup to make profits.

Users who trade horse racing markets in the style of financial city traders are termed cold traders. Operating in the last 10-15 minutes before a race starts, traders aim to lock in small regular profits regardless of the race result. As soon as the race starts they simple move onto the next race and trade again. Trainers, jockeys and form are irrelevant as the eventual outcome of the race does not affect the traders. The less they know about the horses the better, it prevents them from forming any opinions or having any emotional attachment to any bet. Volatility and heavy liquidity in the market is all that interests these individuals.

Cold traders operate in all UK and Irish races and account for a large sum of the total volume traded in the win market. Operating at the top end of the market around the favourite cold traders are fantastic for all users of the site. The shorter the price of the favourite, the more they get involved. (You need a bigger bank to lay first if the favourite is 6.6). They provide depth to the market and enable traditional punters to place substantial back or lay bets pre-race. It should be emphasised that cold traders operate purely pre-race and many successful traders prefer to be out of the market in the last couple of minutes before the race starts.

The following figures were taken from a standard race at Wolverhampton. The vast majority of the volume matched in the last 15 minutes of the race is a result of cold trader activity. It has been estimated that in the last five minutes of a standard UK race over £1500 per second is getting matched!

£93,831 16:05pm £201,969 16:08pm £275,969 16:10pm £341,759 16:12pm £431,250 16:14pm £558,169 16:15pm

When cold trading is important to adhere to golden rule of Betfair: BACK HIGH LAY LOW! Think about share prices, if you were looking to guarantee a profit on an investment you would buy at a low price and sell at a high price. Your profit would be the difference in the two prices. In Betfair terms buying is laying and selling is backing but unlike shares you can do either transaction first, you can sell something before you effectively own it!

The following example is from the race outlined above. The trader has focussed on the favourite where the vast majority of the betting and volatility occurs. In the instance below the trader believes the price is going to shorten. They back the selection first giving them a position as follows:

Lay columns are shown in yellow to minimise errors - the brighter colour should serve as a bigger deterrent against clicking the wrong button. Click on More Options to switch colours.

The aim is to make a profit and be involved in the market for very short periods of time but on regular occasions. Remember you can make as many trades as you like in any given market. In this instance, looking to make a one tick profit as soon as the market moves in their favour they can lay off at a lower price - the trade is closed guaranteeing a profit on every selection.

Given the volatile nature of horse racing markets it is inevitable that some trades will go against you. This is where the vast majority of novice cold traders and recruits from traditional gambling go wrong. In the example above imagine if the horse had drifted. What would the trader do? Leave it as a speculative £50 bet as its price drifts towards 4.0? The TV pundit fancies it even if the market doesn't so it has to win netting the trader a potential £125!

As a trader it is imperative that when a market moves against you, you take a small loss! Upon entering the market you were only looking to lock in a small profit so don't expose yourself to losing what could be a whole day's work with one trade which goes against you. This is possible the hardest aspect of cold trading, accepting a small loss.

To give yourself the best chance of success at cold trading it is advised to equip yourself with the correct tools such as Bet Angel, Bet Trader Pro, FairBot or BFExplorer. These API programmes are specifically designed for cold trading. Giving a greater level of information on expected price movements with functions such as moving averages, weight of money indicators and many of the applications used by city traders it offers far more than the standard Betfair interface, that's not to say it can't be done.

-This is still gambling, it is not a guaranteed way to make profit. - Cold trading is specifically pre-race. Never leave trades to go in-play. - Be prepared to accept small losses this is the most important aspect of cold trading. - If your downside is no bigger than your upside, you just need to be right more times than wrong. If your downside is much bigger than your potential profit, then you might as well be backing 1.2 shots. - There is always another race. - Invest in the right tools to give yourself the best chance of success. - The majority of people who attempt cold trading fail because they attempt to mix punting and trading. To profit from trading, discipline is the most important factor.

In-play betting is one of the biggest benefits of Betfair. It enables you to place bets right up to the final whistle or until the winning horse passes the post or even after that if it's a photo finish. It also enables you to see how a game is unfolding as a result of the line ups, conditions and tactics. Prices constantly fluctuate throughout a game or race as the chances of a selection ebb and flow, this enables traders to constantly revise and improve their position.

Example 1 - Cricket

Cricket is a wonderful trading sport; markets can react violently to a wicket falling or a six being hit. Here's an old example from a Test match between India and Australia in November 2004.

&toro; Needing just 107 in the fourth innings to win the match, Australia traded at 1.05 when the target was set, India are matched at 20. Being only day three, the draw is out of the equation, but with so many wickets falling already, the pitch was very tricky to bat on. &toro; Australia lost a wicket immediately (0-1) and drifted to 1.10. &toro; Wickets continue to tumble, and at 58-6, India became favourites at a price of 1.86. &toro; Another wicket, 62-7, and India were now strong favourites trading at 1.22 - their lowest price in the match. &toro; Mini-revival, Australia reach 77-7 and regain favouritism at 1.89. &toro; A wicket reverses the betting dramatically, India now 1.30 at 77-8. &toro; The tail wags, at 90-8, both teams are trading at evens (2.0). &toro; The ninth wicket fails, India back into 1.50. &toro; Australia all out for 93, the final price available for India was 1.30.

The following graph illustrates how the prices fluctuated in relation to how the wickets fell as outlined above.

Imagine the position you could have put yourself in if you believed Australia's record in dead rubber tests and chasing small totals was worth a risk. If this was your opinion you would lay Australia at 1.05 which wouldn't exactly kill you. For a potential profit of £100 if Australia did not win the game, you risk a whole £5 - barely the price of a pint these days!

Think about it - what is the downside of such a lay? If the opening batsmen defy the trend of the match and get to 50/0, Australia trades at 1.02 and you can't get out of it.

At virtually any point in the innings after the first over, you had a healthy position to trade from.

Would you then back Australia at 1.5 or 2.0 or higher? There are plenty of options available to you and you don't need to jump in all at once. You could bet back piece by piece - first covering the potential loss you have on Australia so you then have a 'bet to nothing', then chip away to even up your result on both sides. You can weight the position to however you want to cheer the result. That's the beauty of Betfair.

Example 2 - Football

If only it was so easy - not every game will go exactly as you plan. Watch a few games and make some notes, rather than investing cash. If you have any statistics to help you out (number of draws on a certain cricket pitch, most popular time for goals to be scored in soccer etc), all the better.

Go into the match with a strategy. Do you think one team will win? ¿Qué tan seguro es usted? Do you wish to ride them all the way, hedge for an even profit all-round, or somewhere in-between? Are you prepared to risk a little bit for a chance of a big payoff?

A popular trading system is backing the draw first in football matches that you expect to be rather dull and lifeless, particularly in the first half. The average draw price of a relatively even English Premier League match is 3.4. If the game is still scoreless at half-time, that price will drop to 2.6-2.7. But beware the late goal, stats show that the last 15 minutes of each half are the highest scoring segments of the match, even after you allow for the addition of injury-time.

Scratch it out first on a piece of paper: Of course the example below is only hypothetical, but it's a match and market situation which occurs regularly.

&toro; Back the draw at 3.4, for £50

o Team A =-£50 o Draw =+£120 o Team B = -£50

&toro; After 35 minutes, lay the draw at 2.80 for £30

o Team A = -£20 o Draw = +£66 o Team B = -£20

(nb - effective position is now £20 on the Draw at 4.3, better odds than were ever available)

&toro; At half-time, if the score is still 0-0, lay the draw again, 2.66 for £30

o Team A = +£10 o Draw = +£16.20 o Team B = +£10

This is now a GREEN BOOK, whichever result occurs you win!

&toro; Team A scores after 60 minutes, the prices are now: Team A 1.50, Draw 3.6, Team B 17.0. Lay Team A for £20

o Team A = £0 o Draw = +£36.20 o Team B = +£30

In this position, you don't mind if the home team hangs on, but you'd prefer an equaliser from the visitors. Team A continue to shorten as the clock ticks, but Team B are pushing everyone forward.

75mins - Team A 1.28, Draw 5.0, Team B 30.0

Do you ride this out or lay the favourite again?

80mins, the visitors get desperate and bring on fresh legs. Team A 1.20, Draw 6.0, Team B 50.0

You think the home team are at risk of conceding here, let's try a small lay. Take a liability of £10 by laying Team A for a backer's stake of £50.

o Team A = -£10 o Draw = +£86.20 o Team B = +£80

87mins, the visitors equalise!

Team A 11.0, Draw 1.20, Team B 11.0. Lay the draw for £100.

o Team A = +£90 o Draw = +£66.20 o Team B = +£180

90 minutes - somebody scores, but do you really care who with a book like that.

Alternatively, you might wish to lay the odds-on favourite if you don't think they will score in the first half-hour. There are many different strategies, many different variables, the only way to work out what's best for you is test them out. Watch markets evolve over the course of a match. Take notes, make predictions, understand why the prices move so much and learn to predict where they will go as the game continues.

Important tips for live trading

1. Go into the game with a strategy. 2. Keep thinking a few minutes ahead - what will happen if. With live trading, you are focusing on what happens next, not necessarily the end result. 3. Always be prepared to risk a short-priced favourite for the sake of a couple of beers.

Practice on paper or for small stakes first.

Example 3 - Horse Racing

You know your racing reasonably well and are confident that the horse you have chosen will be leading with a furlong to go. At that stage its price will be much shorter than the odds it started the race at, as its chances of winning are greatly improved. Whether the horse has the class or not to stay in front to the winning post is your concern. How about trying to lock in a profit before the race is over, and not have to sweat on it?

Remember the golden rule - Back High, Lay Low .

You back your horse at 8.4 pre-race for £10. You stand to win £74 on the bet (ignore commission for the moment). At the furlong pole, your horse is still in the lead with a chance of winning, it is trading at 3.2. You decide to lock in a small profit by 'selling' back some of your profit, and taking in more stakes (by laying) than you initially spent (in the back bet).

You lay your horse for £20 at 3.2 - risking £44 to win £20. Your position becomes:

Horse wins: +£30 (74 backing profit - 44 laying risk) Horse loses: +£10 (-10 back bet + 20 laying profit)

If and when the second bet is matched, you then cannot lose either way. Commission is then taken out from your final position - not individual bets . This is why we recommend you do not use the 'Show P&L including commission' setting if you are trading, at least not until the end of your trading. The system will show commission coming out of the first bet and then when you calculate how much to trade to balance your book, the figures won't add up exactly.

Similarly, if you identify a horse very popular in the betting but you know its running style means it will be held up for a late run, there is a strong chance its odds will drift (lengthen) before the horse makes its move. The opportunity is there to lay the horse at low odds before the race, then back it at a higher price during the race to give yourself a green book (all profit whatever the final outcome).

Golden Rules for Trading: Back high, lay low Lay for higher stakes than your Back bet

Remember though, there are no guarantees this will work. - the horse may not perform as you expected and thus the odds don't move as you predicted. - the running style of higher profile horses is much better known than in weaker races, thus the market may resist fluctuating too far. - he who hesitates misses the opportunity. You may not get matched, particularly if you wait to place your bet manually. Use the 'Keep' function to set up your bet pre-race. - another horse may simply dominate the race, reducing the opportunity to trade other runners.

Example 4 - Tennis

Tennis is the ideal trading sport. As two players go head-to-head in a market which will sit close to 100% book percentage (when the match is televised), any positive move in price on one player forces a negative move in the odds on the other player. Every point will change the odds, with the degree of volatility dependent on the position of the match. The opening point of the match won't affect the odds too much, but a mini-break on the opening point of a tie-break will have a marked effect on the market.

Watch how the market reacts to the flow of a match. When a player starts a service game, the market expects them to hold serve (much more so in men's tennis than women's). So if that player holds serve, the odds won't move a great deal - the expectation is already built in. If the receiver has some chance of breaking serve - even getting to 15-30, not necessarily holding a break point - then the market moves significantly.

The most profitable ways of trading on any sport are when you find value in opposing the consensus opinion - i. e. if one selection is overbet, then opportunities must lie with selections which are underbet. But if it was that easy to pick out those juicy opportunities, nobody would ever need to work!

Cricket Trading

Never has there been a better time to put money into cricket markets there’s no doubt that the introduction of the Twenty20 version has revolutionized cricket as we knew it and it appears like it is here to remain. This is good news for punters and traders alike.

Where limited to match odds and top batsmen, not that long ago cricket markets. In case you wanted to wager in running nicely, you could just forget about it. That has transformed largely due to the introduction of betfair and you can now bet on numerous markets, most bookmakers wager in running on live cricket and thanks to our friends at Sky the coverage of cricket has never been with such regularity on our screens.

If pressed to name the sport that provides the best trading opportunities, it would be hard to make a stronger case than for cricket. There is sometimes a televised match nearly daily two or three, and liquidity across a wide selection of marketplaces. Furthermore, this sport includes many nuances, all of which have deep consequences for the outcome of every match and innings. By acquiring a detailed comprehension of those nuances, the well-researched, disciplined trader will soon have a substantial advantage compared to the majority of punters.

There are five main formats:

1) Five-day Test Matches affecting international sides. All these are often played over a series lasting up to five matches.

In these instances, broadly the same gambling principles apply as for Tests.

3) Fifty-over per side matches, which usually involve international sides. Again these are typically portion of a series, or a multi-team tournament such as ICC Trophy or the World Cup.

The tactical standards for trading these is basically the same as for 50 over matches.

5) Twenty-over per side matches. This really is an international phenomenon, with four chief team tournaments and a global scene. The largest team tournament is the Indian Premier League. In England there’s the Twenty20 Cup. Australia sponsor the Big Bash and ultimately the Caribbean T20. Ultimately for clubs, there’s the Champions League Twenty20.

Most popular markets

Match: Match winner, Test Match Ending, Completed Match

Innings: Absolute runs, Session Runs, Top Team Batsman

Understand the players, their skills - set, favored formats and conditions

Team news in cricket, like the majority of team sports, is imperative and Cricinfo are always current with all the team news.

You should check present type and head to head’s which you will find on precisely the same site, after assessing the team news. You can do it by utilizing the stats guru attribute below the statistics tab on the site. You can put so many variants into the stats guru it really is a superb tool and very best of all its free.

Learn to read how a pitch will play and whether it’ll deteriorate.

As exemplified above, pitch conditions are pivotal and reading them is one of the keys to successful betting. Arguably, the rate of the pitch, how much help it offers to bowlers and how quickly it deteriorates will have as great an effect on the results of a match or an innings total as the players.

Ideally, one should always have an opinion on whether the pitch will favour batsmen or bowlers and which sort; how it is going to be playing later in the day or in Test matches, tomorrow; what the run rate will likely be in both the short term and over the course of the innings and match.

This theme is a continuous topic of discussion among commentators, whose expertise in this regard is priceless while you learn the craft, along with a useful extra view once it’s been mastered.

Understand the effect of the weather

In-running drama is nearly a given in this sport, with upsets at tremendous chances being a regular occurrence. In Tests, the draw frequently trades not exceptionally long teams frequently neglect to chase down supposedly simple targets in all formats and before the pitch suddenly deteriorates.

Equally, the runs overall enormous upsets are consistently seen by markets. A reasonably regular scenario includes a team losing its last five wickets for less than 50 runs. Instead, teams quite consistently hit 70 runs off the last five overs in T20. In both scenarios, some quite short-priced stakes will have lost.

Study stats and past results at every ground

Before trading any match, check out past results at the ground in question, using a tool like Stats Guru on www. cricinfo. com. Past fads at almost every ground will offer clues that are useful, with sees pitch characteristics, the match winner, innings totals and run-rate

Whereas limited overs matches are generally closely matched, there are many one sided Test matches. Frequently analysis of the weather, teams and earth stats will point in one direction that is clear. When it does, don’t be scared to take short odds as there are many rock solid favourites in Test cricket

For the reasons mentioned previously, dwelling states offer a significant edge. Think about the outcomes of India, the 50-over world champions and generally a powerful rival for the top Test position. Since the beginning of 2009, they’ve won 10 out of 15 dwelling Tests, losing only once. Yet in those two away string, because India are approximately of the same standard in general terms, neither home side was priced before acquiring all-inclusive victories.

The formbook stands up, with home advantage particularly important

Lay the draw on pitches likely to deteriorate

While being careful not to get caught out by the weather, trading the draw price in – running offers an opportunity to utilise all that stats and pitch investigation.

As the pitch gets elderly, making life rough for batsmen as bounce becomes chances and uneven assist the spinners, most pitches deteriorate sharply. Over the first three days when batsmen are being favoured by the pitch, the draw price always falls, predicated on a false premise that conditions won’t change. When they do, wickets have a tendency to tumble in quick batches, dramatically transforming marketplaces and the match. Results are often produced by matches regardless of the draw trading greatly odds-on.

This is not, however, a plan to follow blindly. Always maintain a good idea of how many overs stay in the match and whether there will be time for the changes to take effect. Analyze past innings totals at the earth to spot the scoring trends.

Although 50 over matches are famed for nailbiting finishes that are close and volatile betting, there are many one sided matches. Occasionally a particularly advantageous throw piles the odds in one direction. Occasionally the team batting first is bowled out and fails to establish a target that was meaningful.

The pitch been assessed as well as until a considerable portion of the first innings has been finished, there is great doubt about what signifies an excellent total. It makes good sense, therefore, to spend the first portion of the match centered on the innings runs marketplaces, fine tuning that pitch analysis and forming strong views for the second innings run chase.

Back ‘Below’ in runs marketplace once partnerships hit milestones

As the draw price can over-react to good batting, marketplaces run. If an adequate partnership is established by two batsmen, the run line of their team will increase with more or less each run. Partnerships were to some extent already priced in at the first quote and can not continue forever though. More generally follow as new batsmen fight to settle, when a wicket falls. The capacity for a batting collapse and spectacular betting reversion is constantly live and many odds-on wagers are turned over this way. Usually, it might pay to back unders whenever a venture hits a landmark like 150 or 100.

Back extremes, especially on run lines

The majority of the above analysis applies in equal measure for this briefer arrangement. Again, scrupulous study of ground stats that are past is vital.

Over the longer format, teams tend to share similar strategies – assault during power plays and at the departure, while gathering singles during the middle overs. In a perfect T20 strategy, the team hits routine bounds from start to finish.

If it comes off, extremely high scores are possible, that will always be accessible at enormous prices. Wickets can tumble fast should it not and a team fall well short of establishing a challenging total. Hence, backing quite high or very low totals at huge prices regularly pays.

Pre-innings run lines in IPL tend to average around 160. Of 73 completed first innings during the IPL, seven saw the team fail to score 120, while 19 scored over 180. The large innings tended to come in this instance Bangalore, Delhi and Jaipur – on naturally contributory reasons. Any study of effects that were past there would have signaled these were ‘overs’ rather than ‘unders’ razones.

If there’s plenty of cloud cover, swing bowlers will enjoy a marked advantage and batting totals will probably be substantially lower than average. In case the sun is out, those faster bowlers will receive support that is not as much, transferring the advantage to the batsman. However steady sun will bake and break up the pitch, favouring spinners much later in the game.

Trading cricket (and tennis and football).

Another great game between these two. Aus won the toss and decided to bat. The market was pricing in 275 runs but with some very good batting from Aus and some awful bowling from India, Aus made a massive 359. I got involved in the first innings, which is a rarity for me, in the low 1.2x range. Aus were smashing it about and the market did not seem to want to allow Aus to go below 1.20. It looked a good spot with limited downside or a “free lay” as those on the Betfair forum like to call it. Y así lo demostró.

As well as the limited downside I took the position in the knowledge that the market was still favouring India, not necessarily from a value point of view but from the fact that it was exaggerating price moves in India’s favour. When these situations combine you have a great spot to open a trade. They do not always work out as well as this one did but you can usually at least cover your liabilities.

I was able to take my liability out early in India’s innings and gradually balanced my book as the market moved to evens the pair.

The key in these situations is to leverage your profits as much as possible. Many of you will have heard the phrase “cut your losses and let your profits run”. This can be interpreted in many ways but to me it simply means frame your downside and only take profit when the market offers value. By getting value on opening a trade and getting value on closing you will be well ahead in the long run. It is true that there will be games where no value is available to take profit and in these situations I do not take profit. This can make for a bumpy ride in the short term but this is a long term game.

If you got involved I hope you did ok.

Needless to say I am happy with that!

Felt comfortable enough to return to my normal trading stakes today and it is pleasing to produce a good result. So often when you look to “up” things the trading Gods decide to give you a kick in the whatsanames. That may still be around the corner of course so I will trade the next game wearing my jock strap and box!

That is probably too much information so on to the game…

The market was pricing a fairly typical 160ish runs and when Mumbai smashed 202/6 and took Perera’s wicket early they were trading in the late 1.1x range. It was an impressive team performance with each batsman contributing but the standout knock was Maxwell with 37 off 14 at a strike rate of 264.

It looked a big task for the Royals but my reading of the pitch is that it was playing well so I took a position on the fall of Perera’s wicket. Fortunately the timing was perfect as a decent stand from Rahane and Sansom spooked the market and it blew out to over 2.5. I was out long before this point though, taking my liability out in the low 1.3x range and levelling up around the 2.0 mark.

The graph of the effect on the market of the partnership is a pleasing sight… assuming you were on the right side of it!

And that was pretty much it for me. When I have a decent win banked I do not like to push things. I did consider opening another position at the same sort of price but the Royals did not have enough batting firepower left in the shed.

Hope you did ok if you got involved.

Cricket Trader. Betfair Trading System - Betting

Cricket Trader is a comprehensive cricket betting system containing betting exchange trading methods and strategies. These techniques secure a guaranteed profit betting on all forms of cricket on the betting exchanges.

Take advantage of the lucrative cricket betting market on the bet exchanges. Make hundreds of £££’s completely tax free and without risk.

The cricket market is a paradise for the sports trader. Millions of pounds are matched on the betting exchanges and spread betting firms on every cricket match. This system contains exchange trading methods and strategies that will allow you to claim your slice of those tax free profits.

Cricket Trading System

Cricket is the ideal sport for betting exchange trading. The cricket market is unique and has many key advantages compared to trading on other sports such as football or horse racing.

No annoying market suspensions like you encounter in football whenever a goal is scored, penalty appeal, free kick, player sent off etc.

It is not over almost as soon as it has begun as in horse racing (blink and you’ll miss it).

In comparison, one day cricket lasts for hours and test cricket lasts for days. That is plenty of time to engineer profitable no risk situations.

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Profit All Year Round With Cricket Trader

Cricket is not just confined to the domestic season, it is pretty much an all year round sport. There is almost always a test match cricket series or a one day cricket tournament taking place in some part of the world. This gives us the opportunity to profit on the betting exchanges throughout the year.

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Nine individual cricket trading strategies

How the Betfair cricket market allows us to profit

Exactly when and how to trade

How to profit before and after each days play

The template and Trix functions

The Trix is the heart of the system and show us early possible trend changes on cross of faster to slower Trix line. This indicator gives warning labels: The Bear or Bull Cross on cross of the faster Trix line to the zero level. The Analyze Sell or Buy on cross of the faster Trix line to the slower Trix line.

The Analyze Exit (not shown here but direct above the Analyze Sell label in yellow) on color change of the faster Trix line. Those signals have also voice support but it is disabled by default and you should enable it only to your favorite chart TF. These are not buy, sell or exit signals, they ask for attention to analyze. The Trix shows, like in the above example, divergence, watch that out always, it’s a money maker.

Here the settings for your main chart, on the other ones enable/disable SoundAlerts (type true/false).

About divergence detection in Trix (code modified by Peterd) : This indicator will plot divergence lines on the Fast Trix indicator and will give buy and sell signal by displaying green and red arrows. It also has a built-in alert function. As the original indicator, bullish divergence is plotted in blue lines while bearish divergence is plotted in red. If the divergence is classic the line will be solid and if the type is reversed the line will be drawn in dots.

The Ichimoku cloud gives us the decision on which direction to trade, above only long, below only short. The THV Trend is in the lowest part of the workspace and indicates with colored bars the condition of the trend, be alerted when it changes to yellow (flat) because a trend pause or change can be on the plan. The Stop loss indicator is located on the very top left side of your main chart. It calculates the SL on the last moves based on ATR and give you an idea what could be your min. SL on the actual TF you are looking at. You can use it as well as a TP indicator while scalping, if the SL suggestion in 1M says 16 pips you can get a relative secure 8 pips scalp trade.

The Session indicator on the left upper corner of our chart needs to be synchronized with your brokers time, here is a web link to the Forex world session hours: Forex Hours only set the time shift to the difference that your broker time zone has to GMT, for example GMT -3. You can change the font size for the labels in the last position of the properties window.

Why Heiken Ashi Candles? There are five primary signals that identify trends and buying opportunities:

Positive candles (green) containing no wicks: There is strong uptrend momentum in the session and it will likely continue. Here, the trader will have a hands-off approach to profits while strongly considering adding on to the position. Positive candles with no lower "shadows" indicate a strong uptrend: let your profits ride!

Positive candles (green) containing shadows or wicks: Strength continues to support the price action higher. At this point, with upside potential still present, the investor will likely consider the notion of adding to the overall position.

A smaller candle body with longer wicks: Similar to the doji candlestick formation, this candle suggests a near-term turnaround in the overall trend. Signaling indecision, market participants are likely to wait for further directional bias before pushing the market one way or the other. Traders following on the signal will likely prefer confirmation before initiating any positions.

Negative candles (red) containing shadows or wicks: Weakness or negative momentum is supporting the price action lower in the market. As a result, traders will want to begin exiting initial long positions or selling positions at this point.

Negative candles (red) containing no shadows or wicks: Selling momentum is strong and will likely support a move lower in the overall decline. As a result, the trader would do well to add to existing short holdings.

These signals show that locating trends or opportunities becomes a lot easier with this system. The trends are not interrupted by false signals as often, and are thus more easily spotted. Furthermore, opportunities to buy during times of consolidation are also apparent.

Cricket Strategy and Tactics

The Toss

Cricket strategy begins with the coin toss. The captain winning the toss has an important decision to make: whether to bat or field first. This is not as trivial as it may sound.

First Class Matches

The primary considerations are the state of the pitch and the weather on the first day of play. Normally, a cricket pitch is at its best on the first and second days of play, soon after it is prepared and before the rigours of play have worn away at it. This means batting is easier in the early stages of the game than towards the end. For this reason, most captains elect to bat first.

However, the pitch can often retain a little moisture on the first day of play, especially if the weather is humid or has been rainy. In this situation, fast bowlers can achieve a lot of swing and the bounce off the pitch is less predictable, making batting considerably more difficult. Captains sometimes decide to try to exploit this by sending the opposition in to bat first, in the hope of getting several of the batsmen out early while conditions favour the bowlers. This is much more tempting if the captain knows he has good bowlers capable of making the most of the conditions, or if his batsmen are relatively weak and thus susceptible to the same tactic.

One-Day Matches

Similar decisions must be made regarding the wear of the pitch and changing weather over the course of the single day of the game. Over a single day, a pitch sometimes starts out slightly moist, offering assistance to bowlers, but quickly hardens up for the rest of the day providing fairly consistent play. One-day pitches are usually prepared to be similar to first class pitches on the second day of play, so the moisture factor is not as important unless there has been overnight rain or heavy dew in the morning.

On the other hand, many one-day matches are now played beginning in the afternoon and continuing into the evening under floodlights. It is universally considered more difficult to bat under floodlights than during the day, so most captains elect to bat first in such day/night matches, unless other factors outweigh this.

An additional factor is local weather conditions. If they are conducive to evening dew, additional moisture on the outfield can make the outfield slower for scoring, but at the same time make bowling and fielding more difficult.

Bowling, Fielding, and Batting

History of Twenty20

Visión de conjunto

Twenty20 cricket, often referred to as the “short game” involves each team only playing a single innings, batting each for a maximum of 20 overs. The timespan of a typical Twenty20 game is just under 3 hours, each innings therefore lasting 75 mins, and this brings the game more in line with other popular sports such as football or rugby.

The game was conceived by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) with the aim of creating a faster and more exciting version of cricket. The board stressed, however, that Twenty20 was not created to replace the traditional “long game”, but rather to complement it, with a view to attracting more interest in the game as a whole.

Since its humble beginnings in 2003, Twenty20 has spread around the world, all major cricketing nations now also fielding a short game team. Now most test playing teams also have a domestic competition of Twenty20. In the UK all the county teams now play Twenty20, sporting colourful team kits, similar to those of football.

The inaugural World Twenty20 Cup was held in 2007 in South Africa, in which India defeated Pakistan. The competition is organised by the sport’s governing body the ICC (International Cricket Council), and is to take place every two years. In 2009 the competition will be hosted by England, owing to the fact that it was one of the first two teams (alongside South Africa) to adopt the new style of the sport.

Brief History

As previously mentioned, Twenty20 cricket began in 2003 in the English domestic game, the idea being conceived by the England and Wales Cricket Board. When the Benson and Hedges Cup finished in 2002, the board needed to replace it with a new competition.

It was also hoped that it would attract more youngsters to the game, and after 4 years, it appears to have been successful in this respect. Soon after, South Africa also incorporated Twenty20 cricket into their domestic game.

On the domestic scene, the first Twenty20 game to be held at Lords was between Middlesex and Surrey on July 15th 2004. The game attracted a staggering 26,500 spectators, the largest crowd for any one-day county cricket game, since 1953.

The first men’s full international Twenty20 game played was between Australia and New Zealand in February 2005. The game was, however, taken in an extremely light-hearted manner, with both teams sporting 80s retro-style wear, including fake moustaches and beards.

Australia won the game resoundingly, though it was noted that not even the umpires really took the game too seriously during the last few overs. At one point Glenn McGrath jokingly restaged the infamous Trevor Chappell underarm bowling incident from a 1981 One Day International between the two sides, and umpire Billy Bowden produced a mock red card (red cards are not normally used in cricket) in response. The carnival atmosphere of this game provided a truly bizarre start for Twenty20 cricket on the international scene.

Reglas

To contextualise the account of the modern game of Twenty20 cricket, it would be useful to outline briefly the new laws that apply to the game, in comparison with traditional cricket. In Twenty20 cricket the same laws apply as in the traditional game apart from a few exceptions:

Bowlers may only bowl a maximum of 4 overs per innings.

Umpires can award 5-run penalty runs at their discretion if they believe either team is wasting time.

The fielding team must start to bowl their 20th over within 75 minutes. If not, the batting side is credited an extra 6 runs for every whole over bowled after the 75 minute mark; the umpire may add more time to this, if he considers the batting team is wasting time.

Also, several fielding restrictions apply:

No more than five fielders can be on the leg side at any time.

During the first 6 overs, a maximum of two fielders only can be outside the 30-yard circle.

After the first 6 overs, a maximum of five fielders can be outside the fielding circle.

If at the end of the match the scores are tied, the game is resolved with a bowl-out (similar idea to the penalty shoot-out in football), with five bowlers from each side delivering one ball each at an unprotected wicket. If the number of wickets is equal after the first five balls per side, like in football, the bowling continues into a sudden death situation.

With the addition of a few radical new rules and restrictions, Twenty20 makes for an extremely exciting (and for the players, nerve-racking) addition to the modern cricket game.

Great Matches

In England, the first Twenty20 match was played between England and Australia at the Hampshire Rose Bowl on the 13th June 2005. In this momentous match England broke the record for winning by the largest margin in a game of Twenty20, claiming a victory by 100 runs.

Another hugely memorable match was between Australia and South Africa in January 2006, with the match pulling a crowd of 38,894 people at the The Gabba stadium in Australia. The Ozzies resoundingly won the match with ‘Man of the Match’ winner Damien Martyn scoring 96 runs.

One of the most exciting Twenty20 international games of all time was New Zealand vs. West Indies in February 2006, a game in which the teams tied on runs, 126 a piece, the New Zealanders stealing the game 3-0 in the tie-break bowl out.

In recent years it certainly appears that Twenty20 cricket is gaining in popularity and growing a considerable fan base, and consequently, excitement surrounding the game is growing. First, in 2004, there was the famous game between Middlesex and Surrey, in which 26,500 cricket fans turned up.

Then, in Jan 2005, the first domestic Twenty20 game in Australia attracted a sellout crowd of 20,700. In Jan 2007, in staggering circumstances, a crowd of 11,000 was expected for the game between the Queensland Bulls and New South Wales Blues. On the day, however, an additional 16,000 turned up to the gate, and overwhelmed, the ground authorities let in thousands free of charge to the game, leaving the final attendance at 27,653.

Records were broken in 2007 in Twenty20 International cricket when Sri Lanka trounced Kenya on the 14th September. They gained the highest team score in the 20 overs, racking up 260/6, and also the highest win by margin of runs (172 runs).

In bowling terms, one of the greatest, most recent games in Twenty20 cricket was the tie between Australia and Sri Lanka in September 2007, in which Australia won by 10 wickets.

Twenty20 Legends

In its short history, Twenty20 has noted the emergence of some real talent: players who thrive on the short game. A player who has really flourished and shown his worth in Twenty20 cricket has been Chris Gayle of the West Indies.

Gayle has broken various records over his few years playing Twenty20 cricket; Highest Individual Score in an innings (117) and Highest Scoring Partnership (146 with Devon Smith), both recorded in the West Indies and South Africa match in September 2007.

In this same century score, he also managed to gain the record for the Fastest Century Scored in Twenty20 cricket and the Highest number of sixes recorded in an individual innings (14).

For India, Yuvraj Singh has also emerged as a top Twenty20 player, scoring the fastest half century by any player, in 12 balls, and also, the highest number of runs scored off one over, 36 (6 sixes)!

The similarities between trading and cricket

Trading and cricket

It is not altogether uncommon for people to try and compare professions with sport. With trading this is equally true and I have heard many times people compare trading to American football, baseball, golf or even tennis.

In many ways, baseball is a good comparison; The film Moneyball with Brad Pitt is an interesting example of this and the analogy between hitting a ‘home-run’ and finding a winning trend is particularly prescient. American football, too, has the strategic element that can be equally applied to financial markets.

However, I often find trading to have more in common with the English game of cricket than anything else. In some ways, trading and cricket require very similar skills.

What is cricket?

For those who don’t know the game well, cricket is a sport played with 11 players on each side on a large field, with a 22 yard pitch in the middle. Teams take it in turns to bat and score runs, (whilst the other team fields), with only two batsmen coming to the field at any one time. The batsman must defend his wicket (made of 3 wooden stumps) as the bowler hurtles down a leather ball trying to knock off the bails that are delicately poised atop of the said stumps.

Coming into bat

Batting in a cricket game is a lot like trading. As soon as the batsmen comes to the crease, the opportunities to score runs come flooding in. Just as they do when a trader settles down to trade.

However, each opportunity comes with its own risks, and just like a trader does, the batsmen must weigh each opportunity based on its risk vs reward.

Risk v reward

Every time a ball is bowled the batsman has an opportunity: He can hit the ball high and hard and attempt to score a ‘six’, the highest score in cricket. He could go for a ‘four’, striking the ball just hard enough for it to make its way to the boundary. Or he can play safe, opting to score just one or two runs, or even none at all, using his bat to play defensively and direct the ball away from danger.

The risks from hitting a six or a four are high, because the batsmen could be caught out or bowled more easily. Indeed the higher the score, the more risk that is involved in obtaining it.

Playing the field

Just like in trading, the batsmen has choices and each choice offers differing levels of risk. Each opportunity must be assessed on its own merit based on the settings of the fielders, the speed and direction of the ball and the conditions of the pitch.

Should he play safe and wait for a better ball?

Or should he commit and try to score?

Should he come out all guns blazing in attack? Or should he play cautiously, banking runs as he goes (like a scalper picking up pips)?

Successful traders must play the markets in just the same way as the successful batsmen plays cricket – with great concentration, commitment and a sensible approach to risk vs reward.

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Trading Cricket on Betfair

Trading Test cricket on Betfair (or on a betting exchange) can be very profitable just from trading price movements.

For example, if you have a £100.00 betting bank, it is fairly easy to win £3.00 to £5.00 a Test match as a bare minimum, and this is just by trading one to two tick price movements at a time.

Ok, so this method is a slow burner, in fact it can be a very slow burner depending on how cautious you wish to be, but if done correctly with plenty of patience and discipline it is a relatively risk free method of making money from betting on cricket.

To improve your chances of being successful using this method I believe it’s best if you work on a percentage ratio, as opposed to cash figures.

Working on a percentage basis is far better for reasons of discipline and is far better at preventing greed from taking over.

Using the £100.00 betting bank example I referred too above, it could work like this…. Instead of looking at it as £2.00 to £5.00 profit, look at it as 2% to 5% profit.

Who is going to be satisfied with winning £2.00 to £5.00 on a Test match? Not many people. That’s why working on percentages is far more practical when using this method.

Look at the long term objective. 2% to 5% of £1000.00 is a good bit more money, while 2% to 5% of £10,000.00 is a lot of money.

If you feel confident enough, you can start with £100.00 or maybe £500.00. If not, or if you merely want to experiment and see if you have the required discipline (which I have struggled with) then start with £10.00 or £20.00, and just see how you get on.

As I mentioned at the start of this blog post, you can win 2% to 5% a match just trading one tick price movements, this method can be used trading price movements before a ball is even bowled (they do happen, believe me!).

Whether it be pre match, or during a match, I would put a few quid in a betting exchange account (I use Betfair) and just have a play about with it and see how you get on.

Personally, I prefer using this cricket trading method for Test match betting. ¿Por qué? Because Test cricket is more slow and serene, meaning large price swings are far less frequent, especially in the early stages of a Test match. Whereas the shorter forms of the game are more volatile and far more susceptible to big price swings.

So if you want to take it more slowly, or are new to this cricket trading method, I would recommend starting out on Test cricket.

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On strategy and tactics

Earlier posts: intro. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

DE ACUERDO. Definitions (for the benefit of readers rather than for Mukul).

"Strategy" is generally used to describe decisions/actions with broad long-term implications. "Tactics" is generally used for actions/decisions with short-term impact. For example, a decision to play two spinners/two fast bowlers is strategic whereas a decision to put an extra slip into the cordon when a quick man is bowling is tactical.

Now, Mukul had written:

From how long you keep a bowler on, to when to take the new ball, or how far ahead you should be to declare, or whether you should enforce the follow-on, or whether Ashley Giles should convert the paying public to rugby by bowling over the wicket forever, or how to deal with a threatening bowler who can bowl at your batsmen without an over-limit, these are decisions that captains and players make routinely in Test matches.

There are equally difficult decisions to be made in one-day cricket – (the new ball/follow-on/declarations obviously don't exist). ODIs demand far more flexible batting orders, they make sudden demands on both teams to switch from attack to defence with instant effect, they involve skippers juggling two half-decent bowlers to make up the "fifth" quota, they involve decisions to change reverse-swinging balls in the slog or not. In a run chase, careful planning is always required to anchor and target specific bowlers.

In addition, ODIs now involve sharp strategic thinking around the timing of powerplays, and supersubs – I don't have the space to expand on specifics. I disagree with Mukul's desire for a blanket ban of the supersub – I would much prefer a soccer-type team of 13, any 11 of whom could bowl, or bat, or be on the field at a given time. As it stands, the system of announcing the supersub before the toss leads to warped outcomes.

Certainly I would like an ODI scenario where two designated bowlers could bowl a maximum of 15 overs each. By the way, the prevalence of one-day cricket has led to a deterioration of close-in fielding standards – the only major drop in skill I can think of as a result of ODIs. Very few decent third slips and bat-pads are available nowadays.

I didn't mean to imply that Test cricket lacks strategic content but I suspect that ODIs force cricketers to be continually thinking on a ball-to-ball basis about overall pictures in a way that Tests don't. This is why most cricketers prefer playing Tests – it's easier to concentrate in a Test where there usually isn't an equation ticking away continuously.

Of course, Tests require a deeper knowledge of core skills – I've already said that – naturally it can test a batsman more when bowlers don't run out of quota and captains are not worried about a sudden 2-3 over blast of slogging.

About field restrictions (with regard to powerplays), West Indies at their peak, Australia in 1975 and other quick bowlers sometimes (in early stages of 1999 for example) have gone for the kill with 6 men inside the circle (3 slips, gully, bat-pad, etc). As did the Sri Lankans in that infamous 1996 semifinal when their spinners strangled the Indian middle order. I don't understand why a captain would necessarily be hobbled by the removal of fielding restrictions if he reckons he can get a few more wickets by keeping close-ins.

Anyway my point is that I think both forms of the game can survive and of course, I agree that cross fertilisation could improve both games.

& # 169; ESPN Sports Media Ltd.

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Puneet Tanwar on November 26, 2005, 18:50 GMT

There might be something in the fact that, of late, a large proportion of test mathces have been immensely absorbing and that most of the posts I have seen seem to discuss how to make ODIs more interesting - rather than tests. As for me - I'd take a test match over an ODI every single time.

There are hardly any ODIS that stand out in my memory - a few where tendulkar took on the aussies, once when he bowled the last over against the 'choker' springboks, the Kaif led chase and maybe a few more - but tests are different. There are so many test matches that stand out in memory with great intensity.

Also - to me a very important distinction - I can hardly watch an ODI if India is not one of the playing teams, but I have watched with the greatest of interest test matches between Windies-Aus (not so these days, though), Eng-Aus, Nzl-Aus, SA-Aus (I can never forget the incident when Mark Waugh saved a test for Aus after surviving a controversial hit-wicket appeal). I think tests provide some of the greatest cricketing moments and contests between great players - ODIs barely manage to stick in memory.

Maybe its just me.

suman on November 26, 2005, 15:09 GMT

this analysis of the super sub by dp is excellent. I really agree with the point that selecting the super sub after the toss is a bad idea. Either we use the strategic elements to utilize a super sub, or we do away with the super sub altogether. No question of selecting a super sub after the toss. Nothing changes then from the scenario of 11 vs 11. it simply becomes 12 vs 12, but the element of strategizing is lost.

As for the power plays, i am waiting for the day an ULTRA AGGRESSIVE captain uses his two power plays between the 35th and the 45th overs, attacking from overs 1 to 35 with spinners and pacemen.

Also, it might make cricket a really brilliant game if the three power plays were all left to be decided by the bowling captain. That way, no batting side can open the innings with a pinch hitter or with the intention of coming out all guns blazing. The ten over power play could be taken at the end of the twenty fifth over or something. This makes the game tremendously nuanced and allows the bowlers the opportunity to neutralize the tremendous advantage that batting sides currently have against them in the first ten overs. AGREED, though, that the entertainment value might be diluted. But i dont know if watching batsmen pummel bowlers for the first ten overs is any more entertainment than watching them pummel bowlers between the 25th and the 35th or indeed, as it happens, right at the DEATH.

asi que. this way, the best batsmen may have to play a different game until the power plays are introduced and will have to change gears once the power plays are introduced, and then again, once the power plays get over. Also, a team that makes a low score batting first due to difficult conditions, can choose to come back into the game by stalling the introduction of the three power plays until the 30TH OVER. They can attack with people on the boundary as well as fielders close in and make a real fist of defending their smallish total, making for a good match even with average or below average totals.

I also AGREE that there should be atleast one power play to be decided by the BATTING CAPTAIN, WHICH ideally should not be the TEN OVER power plays, since that would mean that most teams would take it when batting in their first ten overs itself.

The advantage of giving the batting side one power play out of the two five over power plays is that the strategizing and the element of nuance becomes more pronounced. Also, a rule could be brought in prohibiting the batting captain from using his power play option beyond the 40 over mark - as in, the power plays should be completed by the 45th over AT THE LATEST.

I think these rules along with the current super sub rule, would revolutionize one day cricket and make the one day captains virtual strategizers for their respective teams and would also make the teams think twice when sending in a pinch hitter if ONE WICKET falls. The pinch hitters might have to be used after the fall of the third or fourth wicket, if the bowling captain chooses to delay the onset of the power plays.

I am not trying to confuse the players and the crowd, but only trying to work within an existing system of power plays to improve the quality and the dynamic nature of the flow of a one dayer, be it at the start, or during the middle stages.

I disagree with devangshu datta that the one dayers demand strategic planning and tactical nous, the way it currently stands. Yes, a certain level of planning for a bowler or batsman does happen in both tests and one dayers, and a certain THINKING ON THE FEET capacity is also important for one day captains more than for test captains, but until and unless the changes i have proferred above are brought in, One day matches are still a relatively simple game of batting and scoring well, and then defending it.

asianick on November 26, 2005, 12:49 GMT

One dayers are nowhere as complicated as a Test match.

The amount of tactical changes that are open to the captain in a test match are enormous.

One day cricket, is simply a microcosm of a given period in a test match.

Both have their merits and both can be very exciting to watch. I do fear that one day cricket is becoming far too formulaic and the changes that have been brought in are only serving to make it into a circus act more than a real test of cricketing skill of 11 v 11.

Slash on November 26, 2005, 1:53 GMT

I think a lot of people totally misunderstand the options that the supersub gives you. Dravid was quoted as saying that the "supersub is only useful if you win the toss". The real truth of the matter is that choosing how you want your supersub is a matter of how aggressive you want to be. It can let you get a great advantage if you win the toss and you choose to be aggressive, but it can also let you try and negate the advantage that the opposition got in winning the toss. if you choose to less aggressive. In the latter case, the choice of the supersub is really a "hedge" that a side can make against winning a toss.

I cannot take credit for these ideas as they were brilliantly explained by dp (deep point) in the newsgroup rec. sport. cricket. while dp has fairly radical ideas about whether or not cricket is a representative sport, I think he is on to something with this analysis.

(Reposting from dp's r. s.c post)

> Agreed to a point, however I think the best supersub strategy is to > select the player to mitigate against the worst possible toss situation > (ie, losing the toss and doing what you wouldn't have done). So, if you > would have batted, then select a batsman, if you would have fielded, > then select a bowler. That way, if you are doing what you don't want to > do last, then you have more options when doing it.

Depends on how much of risk-taker the captain is. If he is a gambler and wants to go for broke, then he could choose the 12th man (I hate that term supersub) assuming he is going to win the toss. Let's say he has decided to bat first if he wins the toss. Then choose a bowler as 12th man. If you win the toss, you get the benefit of using the 12th man, otherwise, the bowler replaces the extra batsman right at the beginning of the match. So if you win the toss, you have the toss advantage as well as substitute advantage, whereas if you lose, you have neither. This strategy could be useful for weaker teams when they are playing against far superior teams. If they know they need the advantage of toss to have any chance of winning the match anyway, they might as well pick the sub hoping to win the toss.

So, basically there are three ways to pick the 12th man:

1. Pick for TossWin scenario (Gamble on toss) 2. Pick for TossLost scenario (Mitigate the impact of losing the toss) 3. Pick a bits-n-pieces guy so that you can use him irrespective of whether you bat first or bowl (Toss-Neutral)

If the advantage of winning the toss is 1 unit and advantage of having an extra specialist batsman or bowler is also 1 unit and advantage of having a bits-n-pieces guy is 0.5, then the pay-offs for each of these strategies will be like this:

Toss Won Lost Gamble 2 0 Mitigate 1 1 Neutral 1.5 0.5

If both teams go for Mitigating strategy, then the impact of toss on the result of the match will be minimal. The toss-winner will have the advantage of toss whereas toss-loser will have the advantage of substitute. If both teams on the other hand go for Gambling, then toss become all-important.

So that way, this rule is an improvement over what existed earlier where winning the toss conferred a distinct advantage to that team and there was no way to mitigate it. This rule is also better than the alternative being suggested - that is, let the teams choose the 12th man after the toss - which is hardly any change from before, except that teams will be playing with 12 players each, one of whom won't be on the field at any given point in time. Whereas, with the rule as it is now, there is some strategic element to it and there is some thinking to be done by the teams.

I also agree that having Shane Bond as sub is not a bad idea at all. In fact, if you have decided to go for Mitigate strategy and have decided to bat first on winning the toss, then your sub should be your #11, like McGrath, Murali or Bond.

Kartik Agaram on November 25, 2005, 17:08 GMT

This discussion seems to be diverging from the original remit.

"I suspect that ODIs force cricketers to be continually thinking on a ball-to-ball basis.." I think what you're focussing on here is neither strategy nor tactics, just the different psychological requirements of Tests and ODIs.

In any case, the question of which game (if any) has more strategic vs tactical content seems irrelevant. Sports are fundamentally about the tension between a meritocratic comparison of opponents and the patience of the audience. Let me advance a couple of arguments why I tend to weight the former more:

1. It is possible to over-strategize a game, to the point where all the strategic decisions made by the teams are in the noise. I think ODIs are close to this point - without access to specific stats, there seems to me to be a clear correlation between who wins the toss and who wins the match, at least for D/N ODIs. If this is true it makes any discussion of which version has more strategy irrelevant.

2. There's something dramatic about a close game, but engineering a sport to make close games more likely is corrupt. Close games were valued in the past precisely because they were so rare - when one occurred the audience realized they were in the presence of something special. To attempt to provide this magical moment on tap by changing rules around, increasing the randomness in the game, well, we might as well all watch.

Lest I be dismissed as a purist, let me make an example of a game that has made an admirable compromise between meritocracy and the audience's patience: Chess. Lately one notices that performance in rapid chess is correlated pretty strongly with ELO rating (which does not take rapid chess into account). In this case the breakthrough that made the compromise possible was the invention of the Fischer clock, which adds a few seconds to the player's clock for each move made. So it is possible to move rules around without losing the spirit of the game in the shuffle, but be careful.

suman on November 25, 2005, 16:37 GMT

It disappoints all indian fans when we see the squabbles within the BCCI. Everyone cries out for better administration with a unity of purpose that goes beyond geographic borders. When it comes to selecting the team, though, all of us seem to muster passionate emotions for our own state or zone players - though we never go to watch them play during a first class game.

Yes, I realize the article by devangshu datta was about test cricket and one day cricket. I also understand that Mr. Arjuna has brought in the subject of Ganguly's selection at the wrong forum.

But has he really? Now, has ganguly's selection not made test cricket poorer, robbing it of talents in form like yuvraj singh, mohammad kaif and suresh raina, who are also excellent fielders? Also, have his statements made to the media been at all sensible? ("I have taken 14 to 15 wickets in duleep trophy. " NINE, MR. GANGULY. the difference is just in numbers, a subject you are least acquainted with in recent times excepting in the context of BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORTING YOU)

Lets look at hard facts. Everyone around India, excepting the passionate and unreasonable Bengali fans, would have supported the move to drop ganguly as player and captain in Tests for a start if it had been taken right after the zimbabwe trip. The logic is simple - he has scored more runs in one dayers and so dropping him in one dayers at the outset might be difficult; and so, lets drop him first for the test matches and ease him out of the one dayers later.

The reality was so stark and different and. well, unreal. Ganguly was dropped for the One day matches since that version demands better physical fitness compared to tests - a notion i severely disagree with - and he has now been selected as an allrounder for the TESTS.

His performance in the recent test matches are common knowledge. Add to that kiran more's Ranbir singh mahendra like stupid statement that Ganguly was chosen as an all rounder in place of ZAHEER KHAN. please help me, cric info. I dont understand the reasoning in all this. for starters, zaheer khan has a poor test record in recent times, and a brilliant record ONLY in the domestic and unofficial matches. And zaheer khan cannot find a place in a team that has found R. P SINGH AND sreesanth, NOT UNLESS THE TWO ARE UNIMPRESSIVE. Add to this convoluted logic is the allrounder tag for ganguly! jesus christ! He cannot find a place in our ONE DAY squad as an all rounder - his bowling is that poor - and now, suddenly, because three board members like his sexy face or some organ that looks just as pretty to them, back he is where he so DOES NOT BELONG. Isnt test cricket all the poorer for having ganguly in its realm? and isnt one day cricket all the richer for the contrary?

I will go back to where i began. We all cry out for good administrators. But when it comes to selecting players, we want bengal or mumbai players selected, irrespective of relative merit. Where are the real hypocrites? within the board? or among us? or within both? Who were the bengali chauvinists that gave a call for a boycott of the ind - sa one dayer since ganguly was not picked? ¿Que sigue? Secession from India? Boycotting bangladeshis? (this is happening already) Driving away out station players? throw out rohan gavaskar for playing for Bengal without being a bengali? The line is drawn, cric info. The line is drawn - by the people. They tolerate and UNDERSTAND the bengali chauvinists, and so the chauvinistc proliferate and survive. They push and push for a player's selection on the basis of region and not on talent or merit, and so the politicians (also known as members of the BCCI) survive by fanning the fury and switching on their air conditioners - not to mention, backbiting, intriguing and down right cheating their way to success.

Sorry bengal. Introspect, for the sake of the soul of our cricket. Understand how far away india is from the top teams, especially when they select ganguly to play - be it in tests or one dayers. And as a parting note, i must compliment the well-behaved calcutta crowd during our loss to south africa today. Your warm applause of graeme smith rivals chennai's gesture when wasim akram's pakistan snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Sorry cric info, for diverging from the iscussion about the merits or otherwise of the two versions of the sport we all love. more on that, without any digressions, tomorrow. and yes, cric info, we all love you.

Arjuna on November 25, 2005, 11:00 GMT

I cant believe Ganguly has been selected in the test squad to play SL. At present he is a liability to the team. He was ok in the past. but the past is the past. india have to look to the future. ganguly is a disrupting influence to the team and without him..they have played very well. By appointing the new coach, straight away one of his first decisions was to get rid of ganguly and appoint dravid. Greg Chappel is not a stupid man, and he knows the best players have to be picked at that time. and he can see ganguly is a fading force and there is a need to give the other young guys like yuvraj and kaif an extended run in the team. By appointing Dravid, gagnuly is not there for his captaincy, but he cant be there for his batting? whens the last time he made a significant innings against a bowling attack of note. u have to go way back to the series against Australia in the Brisbane test..but after that i cant think of anything signifcant? Whens the last time he scored significant total runs over the course of a series consistently. His fielding? well he is regarded as one of the worst around and can be seen as a liablilty in the field. Bowling? well enough said about that..no way can he regarded as an allrounder..thats ridiculous.

Well if he isnt there for his captaincy or his batting or his fielding or his bowling. What is he there for.

sumit ghosh on November 25, 2005, 7:46 GMT

The piece above is rather hastily analyzed! One-day cricket involves as much strategy as Tests, simply because there is no time for the captain to be tactical with every delivery, and mostly captains have to be responsive rather than pre-emptive. Thats where the batsman scores in the shorter version.

But I think, and am sure most ardent fans will agree with me, that each version gains that much more popularity due to the fact that the other exists. If Tests were not there, one wouldn't be able to appreciate the un-ending excitement and furiously paced action of a One-dayer. On the other had, Tests give fans the unparalleled enjoyment of a chess game, and people like me appreciate the nous of Tests more due to the overdose of a packed One-day calendar.

Each makes the other. 20:20 will also thrive simply because it will provide a 3rd shade of contrast. Each of the 3 versions will feed of the others. And so will the players.

Curious alot on November 25, 2005, 7:41 GMT

Great reading. Arguments and the counters. Though quite irrelevant to the topics being discussed here, could not resist asking the following ( Where else could I find so many pundits?).

Have anyone seen Yashpal Singh play (Services). can you kindly let know, aside from ther robust average (62.0) how good he actually is. and how come he has never been discussed before.

Just curious, any answer will be deeply appreciated.

M Choudhury on November 25, 2005, 7:11 GMT

The charm of cricket lies in the battle betwen the bat and the ball, and unfortunately the current trend is to break the balance to make it into a one sided affair for the bat. Fielding restrictions, limited number of overs available for a bowler (actually the concept of limited overs makes the contest in favour of the batsmen, more so visible in the 20-20 phenomenon), and also sundry technical issues like material of the bat (many articles in cricinfo has raised the issue), have all had this effect reducing the game from bat-ball contest to a bat-bat contest, and this will kill the game in the long run, even if not kill it will change the game beyond recognition. Life and everything along with evolves, so if the direction of the civilasation is towards a less complicated, less charming sport with a "wham bham thank you ma'am" attitude, it can't be helped, one has to learn to adapt to the new situation and make the best out of it.

Given all the variety of one-day cricket tactics and strategies that Devangshu has pointed out, most limited over games follow a very similar pattern, the diverse psychological battles which characterise the test cricket is completely absent.

It will take me a book to bring out the analogies of cricket with life in general, but the shift in the focus of approach in cricket mirrors the shift in the philosophy of life that we follow. The trend is to generate artifical excitement in the short term basis in a contrived environment, but no matter how many contraptions one may use in the short term basis, these can never rival the infinite variaties of subtle nuances of the long term battle between the bat and the ball, where both are equal. And that was the charm of cricket.

Puneet Tanwar on November 26, 2005, 18:50 GMT

There might be something in the fact that, of late, a large proportion of test mathces have been immensely absorbing and that most of the posts I have seen seem to discuss how to make ODIs more interesting - rather than tests. As for me - I'd take a test match over an ODI every single time.

There are hardly any ODIS that stand out in my memory - a few where tendulkar took on the aussies, once when he bowled the last over against the 'choker' springboks, the Kaif led chase and maybe a few more - but tests are different. There are so many test matches that stand out in memory with great intensity.

Also - to me a very important distinction - I can hardly watch an ODI if India is not one of the playing teams, but I have watched with the greatest of interest test matches between Windies-Aus (not so these days, though), Eng-Aus, Nzl-Aus, SA-Aus (I can never forget the incident when Mark Waugh saved a test for Aus after surviving a controversial hit-wicket appeal). I think tests provide some of the greatest cricketing moments and contests between great players - ODIs barely manage to stick in memory.

Maybe its just me.

suman on November 26, 2005, 15:09 GMT

this analysis of the super sub by dp is excellent. I really agree with the point that selecting the super sub after the toss is a bad idea. Either we use the strategic elements to utilize a super sub, or we do away with the super sub altogether. No question of selecting a super sub after the toss. Nothing changes then from the scenario of 11 vs 11. it simply becomes 12 vs 12, but the element of strategizing is lost.

As for the power plays, i am waiting for the day an ULTRA AGGRESSIVE captain uses his two power plays between the 35th and the 45th overs, attacking from overs 1 to 35 with spinners and pacemen.

Also, it might make cricket a really brilliant game if the three power plays were all left to be decided by the bowling captain. That way, no batting side can open the innings with a pinch hitter or with the intention of coming out all guns blazing. The ten over power play could be taken at the end of the twenty fifth over or something. This makes the game tremendously nuanced and allows the bowlers the opportunity to neutralize the tremendous advantage that batting sides currently have against them in the first ten overs. AGREED, though, that the entertainment value might be diluted. But i dont know if watching batsmen pummel bowlers for the first ten overs is any more entertainment than watching them pummel bowlers between the 25th and the 35th or indeed, as it happens, right at the DEATH.

asi que. this way, the best batsmen may have to play a different game until the power plays are introduced and will have to change gears once the power plays are introduced, and then again, once the power plays get over. Also, a team that makes a low score batting first due to difficult conditions, can choose to come back into the game by stalling the introduction of the three power plays until the 30TH OVER. They can attack with people on the boundary as well as fielders close in and make a real fist of defending their smallish total, making for a good match even with average or below average totals.

I also AGREE that there should be atleast one power play to be decided by the BATTING CAPTAIN, WHICH ideally should not be the TEN OVER power plays, since that would mean that most teams would take it when batting in their first ten overs itself.

The advantage of giving the batting side one power play out of the two five over power plays is that the strategizing and the element of nuance becomes more pronounced. Also, a rule could be brought in prohibiting the batting captain from using his power play option beyond the 40 over mark - as in, the power plays should be completed by the 45th over AT THE LATEST.

I think these rules along with the current super sub rule, would revolutionize one day cricket and make the one day captains virtual strategizers for their respective teams and would also make the teams think twice when sending in a pinch hitter if ONE WICKET falls. The pinch hitters might have to be used after the fall of the third or fourth wicket, if the bowling captain chooses to delay the onset of the power plays.

I am not trying to confuse the players and the crowd, but only trying to work within an existing system of power plays to improve the quality and the dynamic nature of the flow of a one dayer, be it at the start, or during the middle stages.

I disagree with devangshu datta that the one dayers demand strategic planning and tactical nous, the way it currently stands. Yes, a certain level of planning for a bowler or batsman does happen in both tests and one dayers, and a certain THINKING ON THE FEET capacity is also important for one day captains more than for test captains, but until and unless the changes i have proferred above are brought in, One day matches are still a relatively simple game of batting and scoring well, and then defending it.

asianick on November 26, 2005, 12:49 GMT

One dayers are nowhere as complicated as a Test match.

The amount of tactical changes that are open to the captain in a test match are enormous.

One day cricket, is simply a microcosm of a given period in a test match.

Both have their merits and both can be very exciting to watch. I do fear that one day cricket is becoming far too formulaic and the changes that have been brought in are only serving to make it into a circus act more than a real test of cricketing skill of 11 v 11.

Slash on November 26, 2005, 1:53 GMT

I think a lot of people totally misunderstand the options that the supersub gives you. Dravid was quoted as saying that the "supersub is only useful if you win the toss". The real truth of the matter is that choosing how you want your supersub is a matter of how aggressive you want to be. It can let you get a great advantage if you win the toss and you choose to be aggressive, but it can also let you try and negate the advantage that the opposition got in winning the toss. if you choose to less aggressive. In the latter case, the choice of the supersub is really a "hedge" that a side can make against winning a toss.

I cannot take credit for these ideas as they were brilliantly explained by dp (deep point) in the newsgroup rec. sport. cricket. while dp has fairly radical ideas about whether or not cricket is a representative sport, I think he is on to something with this analysis.

(Reposting from dp's r. s.c post)

> Agreed to a point, however I think the best supersub strategy is to > select the player to mitigate against the worst possible toss situation > (ie, losing the toss and doing what you wouldn't have done). So, if you > would have batted, then select a batsman, if you would have fielded, > then select a bowler. That way, if you are doing what you don't want to > do last, then you have more options when doing it.

Depends on how much of risk-taker the captain is. If he is a gambler and wants to go for broke, then he could choose the 12th man (I hate that term supersub) assuming he is going to win the toss. Let's say he has decided to bat first if he wins the toss. Then choose a bowler as 12th man. If you win the toss, you get the benefit of using the 12th man, otherwise, the bowler replaces the extra batsman right at the beginning of the match. So if you win the toss, you have the toss advantage as well as substitute advantage, whereas if you lose, you have neither. This strategy could be useful for weaker teams when they are playing against far superior teams. If they know they need the advantage of toss to have any chance of winning the match anyway, they might as well pick the sub hoping to win the toss.

So, basically there are three ways to pick the 12th man:

1. Pick for TossWin scenario (Gamble on toss) 2. Pick for TossLost scenario (Mitigate the impact of losing the toss) 3. Pick a bits-n-pieces guy so that you can use him irrespective of whether you bat first or bowl (Toss-Neutral)

If the advantage of winning the toss is 1 unit and advantage of having an extra specialist batsman or bowler is also 1 unit and advantage of having a bits-n-pieces guy is 0.5, then the pay-offs for each of these strategies will be like this:

Toss Won Lost Gamble 2 0 Mitigate 1 1 Neutral 1.5 0.5

If both teams go for Mitigating strategy, then the impact of toss on the result of the match will be minimal. The toss-winner will have the advantage of toss whereas toss-loser will have the advantage of substitute. If both teams on the other hand go for Gambling, then toss become all-important.

So that way, this rule is an improvement over what existed earlier where winning the toss conferred a distinct advantage to that team and there was no way to mitigate it. This rule is also better than the alternative being suggested - that is, let the teams choose the 12th man after the toss - which is hardly any change from before, except that teams will be playing with 12 players each, one of whom won't be on the field at any given point in time. Whereas, with the rule as it is now, there is some strategic element to it and there is some thinking to be done by the teams.

I also agree that having Shane Bond as sub is not a bad idea at all. In fact, if you have decided to go for Mitigate strategy and have decided to bat first on winning the toss, then your sub should be your #11, like McGrath, Murali or Bond.

Kartik Agaram on November 25, 2005, 17:08 GMT

This discussion seems to be diverging from the original remit.

"I suspect that ODIs force cricketers to be continually thinking on a ball-to-ball basis.." I think what you're focussing on here is neither strategy nor tactics, just the different psychological requirements of Tests and ODIs.

In any case, the question of which game (if any) has more strategic vs tactical content seems irrelevant. Sports are fundamentally about the tension between a meritocratic comparison of opponents and the patience of the audience. Let me advance a couple of arguments why I tend to weight the former more:

1. It is possible to over-strategize a game, to the point where all the strategic decisions made by the teams are in the noise. I think ODIs are close to this point - without access to specific stats, there seems to me to be a clear correlation between who wins the toss and who wins the match, at least for D/N ODIs. If this is true it makes any discussion of which version has more strategy irrelevant.

2. There's something dramatic about a close game, but engineering a sport to make close games more likely is corrupt. Close games were valued in the past precisely because they were so rare - when one occurred the audience realized they were in the presence of something special. To attempt to provide this magical moment on tap by changing rules around, increasing the randomness in the game, well, we might as well all watch.

Lest I be dismissed as a purist, let me make an example of a game that has made an admirable compromise between meritocracy and the audience's patience: Chess. Lately one notices that performance in rapid chess is correlated pretty strongly with ELO rating (which does not take rapid chess into account). In this case the breakthrough that made the compromise possible was the invention of the Fischer clock, which adds a few seconds to the player's clock for each move made. So it is possible to move rules around without losing the spirit of the game in the shuffle, but be careful.

suman on November 25, 2005, 16:37 GMT

It disappoints all indian fans when we see the squabbles within the BCCI. Everyone cries out for better administration with a unity of purpose that goes beyond geographic borders. When it comes to selecting the team, though, all of us seem to muster passionate emotions for our own state or zone players - though we never go to watch them play during a first class game.

Yes, I realize the article by devangshu datta was about test cricket and one day cricket. I also understand that Mr. Arjuna has brought in the subject of Ganguly's selection at the wrong forum.

But has he really? Now, has ganguly's selection not made test cricket poorer, robbing it of talents in form like yuvraj singh, mohammad kaif and suresh raina, who are also excellent fielders? Also, have his statements made to the media been at all sensible? ("I have taken 14 to 15 wickets in duleep trophy. " NINE, MR. GANGULY. the difference is just in numbers, a subject you are least acquainted with in recent times excepting in the context of BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORTING YOU)

Lets look at hard facts. Everyone around India, excepting the passionate and unreasonable Bengali fans, would have supported the move to drop ganguly as player and captain in Tests for a start if it had been taken right after the zimbabwe trip. The logic is simple - he has scored more runs in one dayers and so dropping him in one dayers at the outset might be difficult; and so, lets drop him first for the test matches and ease him out of the one dayers later.

The reality was so stark and different and. well, unreal. Ganguly was dropped for the One day matches since that version demands better physical fitness compared to tests - a notion i severely disagree with - and he has now been selected as an allrounder for the TESTS.

His performance in the recent test matches are common knowledge. Add to that kiran more's Ranbir singh mahendra like stupid statement that Ganguly was chosen as an all rounder in place of ZAHEER KHAN. please help me, cric info. I dont understand the reasoning in all this. for starters, zaheer khan has a poor test record in recent times, and a brilliant record ONLY in the domestic and unofficial matches. And zaheer khan cannot find a place in a team that has found R. P SINGH AND sreesanth, NOT UNLESS THE TWO ARE UNIMPRESSIVE. Add to this convoluted logic is the allrounder tag for ganguly! jesus christ! He cannot find a place in our ONE DAY squad as an all rounder - his bowling is that poor - and now, suddenly, because three board members like his sexy face or some organ that looks just as pretty to them, back he is where he so DOES NOT BELONG. Isnt test cricket all the poorer for having ganguly in its realm? and isnt one day cricket all the richer for the contrary?

I will go back to where i began. We all cry out for good administrators. But when it comes to selecting players, we want bengal or mumbai players selected, irrespective of relative merit. Where are the real hypocrites? within the board? or among us? or within both? Who were the bengali chauvinists that gave a call for a boycott of the ind - sa one dayer since ganguly was not picked? ¿Que sigue? Secession from India? Boycotting bangladeshis? (this is happening already) Driving away out station players? throw out rohan gavaskar for playing for Bengal without being a bengali? The line is drawn, cric info. The line is drawn - by the people. They tolerate and UNDERSTAND the bengali chauvinists, and so the chauvinistc proliferate and survive. They push and push for a player's selection on the basis of region and not on talent or merit, and so the politicians (also known as members of the BCCI) survive by fanning the fury and switching on their air conditioners - not to mention, backbiting, intriguing and down right cheating their way to success.

Sorry bengal. Introspect, for the sake of the soul of our cricket. Understand how far away india is from the top teams, especially when they select ganguly to play - be it in tests or one dayers. And as a parting note, i must compliment the well-behaved calcutta crowd during our loss to south africa today. Your warm applause of graeme smith rivals chennai's gesture when wasim akram's pakistan snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Sorry cric info, for diverging from the iscussion about the merits or otherwise of the two versions of the sport we all love. more on that, without any digressions, tomorrow. and yes, cric info, we all love you.

Arjuna on November 25, 2005, 11:00 GMT

I cant believe Ganguly has been selected in the test squad to play SL. At present he is a liability to the team. He was ok in the past. but the past is the past. india have to look to the future. ganguly is a disrupting influence to the team and without him..they have played very well. By appointing the new coach, straight away one of his first decisions was to get rid of ganguly and appoint dravid. Greg Chappel is not a stupid man, and he knows the best players have to be picked at that time. and he can see ganguly is a fading force and there is a need to give the other young guys like yuvraj and kaif an extended run in the team. By appointing Dravid, gagnuly is not there for his captaincy, but he cant be there for his batting? whens the last time he made a significant innings against a bowling attack of note. u have to go way back to the series against Australia in the Brisbane test..but after that i cant think of anything signifcant? Whens the last time he scored significant total runs over the course of a series consistently. His fielding? well he is regarded as one of the worst around and can be seen as a liablilty in the field. Bowling? well enough said about that..no way can he regarded as an allrounder..thats ridiculous.

Well if he isnt there for his captaincy or his batting or his fielding or his bowling. What is he there for.

sumit ghosh on November 25, 2005, 7:46 GMT

The piece above is rather hastily analyzed! One-day cricket involves as much strategy as Tests, simply because there is no time for the captain to be tactical with every delivery, and mostly captains have to be responsive rather than pre-emptive. Thats where the batsman scores in the shorter version.

But I think, and am sure most ardent fans will agree with me, that each version gains that much more popularity due to the fact that the other exists. If Tests were not there, one wouldn't be able to appreciate the un-ending excitement and furiously paced action of a One-dayer. On the other had, Tests give fans the unparalleled enjoyment of a chess game, and people like me appreciate the nous of Tests more due to the overdose of a packed One-day calendar.

Each makes the other. 20:20 will also thrive simply because it will provide a 3rd shade of contrast. Each of the 3 versions will feed of the others. And so will the players.

Curious alot on November 25, 2005, 7:41 GMT

Great reading. Arguments and the counters. Though quite irrelevant to the topics being discussed here, could not resist asking the following ( Where else could I find so many pundits?).

Have anyone seen Yashpal Singh play (Services). can you kindly let know, aside from ther robust average (62.0) how good he actually is. and how come he has never been discussed before.

Just curious, any answer will be deeply appreciated.

M Choudhury on November 25, 2005, 7:11 GMT

The charm of cricket lies in the battle betwen the bat and the ball, and unfortunately the current trend is to break the balance to make it into a one sided affair for the bat. Fielding restrictions, limited number of overs available for a bowler (actually the concept of limited overs makes the contest in favour of the batsmen, more so visible in the 20-20 phenomenon), and also sundry technical issues like material of the bat (many articles in cricinfo has raised the issue), have all had this effect reducing the game from bat-ball contest to a bat-bat contest, and this will kill the game in the long run, even if not kill it will change the game beyond recognition. Life and everything along with evolves, so if the direction of the civilasation is towards a less complicated, less charming sport with a "wham bham thank you ma'am" attitude, it can't be helped, one has to learn to adapt to the new situation and make the best out of it.

Given all the variety of one-day cricket tactics and strategies that Devangshu has pointed out, most limited over games follow a very similar pattern, the diverse psychological battles which characterise the test cricket is completely absent.

It will take me a book to bring out the analogies of cricket with life in general, but the shift in the focus of approach in cricket mirrors the shift in the philosophy of life that we follow. The trend is to generate artifical excitement in the short term basis in a contrived environment, but no matter how many contraptions one may use in the short term basis, these can never rival the infinite variaties of subtle nuances of the long term battle between the bat and the ball, where both are equal. And that was the charm of cricket.

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M Choudhury on November 25, 2005, 7:11 GMT

The charm of cricket lies in the battle betwen the bat and the ball, and unfortunately the current trend is to break the balance to make it into a one sided affair for the bat. Fielding restrictions, limited number of overs available for a bowler (actually the concept of limited overs makes the contest in favour of the batsmen, more so visible in the 20-20 phenomenon), and also sundry technical issues like material of the bat (many articles in cricinfo has raised the issue), have all had this effect reducing the game from bat-ball contest to a bat-bat contest, and this will kill the game in the long run, even if not kill it will change the game beyond recognition. Life and everything along with evolves, so if the direction of the civilasation is towards a less complicated, less charming sport with a "wham bham thank you ma'am" attitude, it can't be helped, one has to learn to adapt to the new situation and make the best out of it.

Given all the variety of one-day cricket tactics and strategies that Devangshu has pointed out, most limited over games follow a very similar pattern, the diverse psychological battles which characterise the test cricket is completely absent.

It will take me a book to bring out the analogies of cricket with life in general, but the shift in the focus of approach in cricket mirrors the shift in the philosophy of life that we follow. The trend is to generate artifical excitement in the short term basis in a contrived environment, but no matter how many contraptions one may use in the short term basis, these can never rival the infinite variaties of subtle nuances of the long term battle between the bat and the ball, where both are equal. And that was the charm of cricket.

Curious alot on November 25, 2005, 7:41 GMT

Great reading. Arguments and the counters. Though quite irrelevant to the topics being discussed here, could not resist asking the following ( Where else could I find so many pundits?).

Have anyone seen Yashpal Singh play (Services). can you kindly let know, aside from ther robust average (62.0) how good he actually is. and how come he has never been discussed before.

Just curious, any answer will be deeply appreciated.

sumit ghosh on November 25, 2005, 7:46 GMT

The piece above is rather hastily analyzed! One-day cricket involves as much strategy as Tests, simply because there is no time for the captain to be tactical with every delivery, and mostly captains have to be responsive rather than pre-emptive. Thats where the batsman scores in the shorter version.

But I think, and am sure most ardent fans will agree with me, that each version gains that much more popularity due to the fact that the other exists. If Tests were not there, one wouldn't be able to appreciate the un-ending excitement and furiously paced action of a One-dayer. On the other had, Tests give fans the unparalleled enjoyment of a chess game, and people like me appreciate the nous of Tests more due to the overdose of a packed One-day calendar.

Each makes the other. 20:20 will also thrive simply because it will provide a 3rd shade of contrast. Each of the 3 versions will feed of the others. And so will the players.

Arjuna on November 25, 2005, 11:00 GMT

I cant believe Ganguly has been selected in the test squad to play SL. At present he is a liability to the team. He was ok in the past. but the past is the past. india have to look to the future. ganguly is a disrupting influence to the team and without him..they have played very well. By appointing the new coach, straight away one of his first decisions was to get rid of ganguly and appoint dravid. Greg Chappel is not a stupid man, and he knows the best players have to be picked at that time. and he can see ganguly is a fading force and there is a need to give the other young guys like yuvraj and kaif an extended run in the team. By appointing Dravid, gagnuly is not there for his captaincy, but he cant be there for his batting? whens the last time he made a significant innings against a bowling attack of note. u have to go way back to the series against Australia in the Brisbane test..but after that i cant think of anything signifcant? Whens the last time he scored significant total runs over the course of a series consistently. His fielding? well he is regarded as one of the worst around and can be seen as a liablilty in the field. Bowling? well enough said about that..no way can he regarded as an allrounder..thats ridiculous.

Well if he isnt there for his captaincy or his batting or his fielding or his bowling. What is he there for.

suman on November 25, 2005, 16:37 GMT

It disappoints all indian fans when we see the squabbles within the BCCI. Everyone cries out for better administration with a unity of purpose that goes beyond geographic borders. When it comes to selecting the team, though, all of us seem to muster passionate emotions for our own state or zone players - though we never go to watch them play during a first class game.

Yes, I realize the article by devangshu datta was about test cricket and one day cricket. I also understand that Mr. Arjuna has brought in the subject of Ganguly's selection at the wrong forum.

But has he really? Now, has ganguly's selection not made test cricket poorer, robbing it of talents in form like yuvraj singh, mohammad kaif and suresh raina, who are also excellent fielders? Also, have his statements made to the media been at all sensible? ("I have taken 14 to 15 wickets in duleep trophy. " NINE, MR. GANGULY. the difference is just in numbers, a subject you are least acquainted with in recent times excepting in the context of BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORTING YOU)

Lets look at hard facts. Everyone around India, excepting the passionate and unreasonable Bengali fans, would have supported the move to drop ganguly as player and captain in Tests for a start if it had been taken right after the zimbabwe trip. The logic is simple - he has scored more runs in one dayers and so dropping him in one dayers at the outset might be difficult; and so, lets drop him first for the test matches and ease him out of the one dayers later.

The reality was so stark and different and. well, unreal. Ganguly was dropped for the One day matches since that version demands better physical fitness compared to tests - a notion i severely disagree with - and he has now been selected as an allrounder for the TESTS.

His performance in the recent test matches are common knowledge. Add to that kiran more's Ranbir singh mahendra like stupid statement that Ganguly was chosen as an all rounder in place of ZAHEER KHAN. please help me, cric info. I dont understand the reasoning in all this. for starters, zaheer khan has a poor test record in recent times, and a brilliant record ONLY in the domestic and unofficial matches. And zaheer khan cannot find a place in a team that has found R. P SINGH AND sreesanth, NOT UNLESS THE TWO ARE UNIMPRESSIVE. Add to this convoluted logic is the allrounder tag for ganguly! jesus christ! He cannot find a place in our ONE DAY squad as an all rounder - his bowling is that poor - and now, suddenly, because three board members like his sexy face or some organ that looks just as pretty to them, back he is where he so DOES NOT BELONG. Isnt test cricket all the poorer for having ganguly in its realm? and isnt one day cricket all the richer for the contrary?

I will go back to where i began. We all cry out for good administrators. But when it comes to selecting players, we want bengal or mumbai players selected, irrespective of relative merit. Where are the real hypocrites? within the board? or among us? or within both? Who were the bengali chauvinists that gave a call for a boycott of the ind - sa one dayer since ganguly was not picked? ¿Que sigue? Secession from India? Boycotting bangladeshis? (this is happening already) Driving away out station players? throw out rohan gavaskar for playing for Bengal without being a bengali? The line is drawn, cric info. The line is drawn - by the people. They tolerate and UNDERSTAND the bengali chauvinists, and so the chauvinistc proliferate and survive. They push and push for a player's selection on the basis of region and not on talent or merit, and so the politicians (also known as members of the BCCI) survive by fanning the fury and switching on their air conditioners - not to mention, backbiting, intriguing and down right cheating their way to success.

Sorry bengal. Introspect, for the sake of the soul of our cricket. Understand how far away india is from the top teams, especially when they select ganguly to play - be it in tests or one dayers. And as a parting note, i must compliment the well-behaved calcutta crowd during our loss to south africa today. Your warm applause of graeme smith rivals chennai's gesture when wasim akram's pakistan snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Sorry cric info, for diverging from the iscussion about the merits or otherwise of the two versions of the sport we all love. more on that, without any digressions, tomorrow. and yes, cric info, we all love you.

Kartik Agaram on November 25, 2005, 17:08 GMT

This discussion seems to be diverging from the original remit.

"I suspect that ODIs force cricketers to be continually thinking on a ball-to-ball basis.." I think what you're focussing on here is neither strategy nor tactics, just the different psychological requirements of Tests and ODIs.

In any case, the question of which game (if any) has more strategic vs tactical content seems irrelevant. Sports are fundamentally about the tension between a meritocratic comparison of opponents and the patience of the audience. Let me advance a couple of arguments why I tend to weight the former more:

1. It is possible to over-strategize a game, to the point where all the strategic decisions made by the teams are in the noise. I think ODIs are close to this point - without access to specific stats, there seems to me to be a clear correlation between who wins the toss and who wins the match, at least for D/N ODIs. If this is true it makes any discussion of which version has more strategy irrelevant.

2. There's something dramatic about a close game, but engineering a sport to make close games more likely is corrupt. Close games were valued in the past precisely because they were so rare - when one occurred the audience realized they were in the presence of something special. To attempt to provide this magical moment on tap by changing rules around, increasing the randomness in the game, well, we might as well all watch.

Lest I be dismissed as a purist, let me make an example of a game that has made an admirable compromise between meritocracy and the audience's patience: Chess. Lately one notices that performance in rapid chess is correlated pretty strongly with ELO rating (which does not take rapid chess into account). In this case the breakthrough that made the compromise possible was the invention of the Fischer clock, which adds a few seconds to the player's clock for each move made. So it is possible to move rules around without losing the spirit of the game in the shuffle, but be careful.

Slash on November 26, 2005, 1:53 GMT

I think a lot of people totally misunderstand the options that the supersub gives you. Dravid was quoted as saying that the "supersub is only useful if you win the toss". The real truth of the matter is that choosing how you want your supersub is a matter of how aggressive you want to be. It can let you get a great advantage if you win the toss and you choose to be aggressive, but it can also let you try and negate the advantage that the opposition got in winning the toss. if you choose to less aggressive. In the latter case, the choice of the supersub is really a "hedge" that a side can make against winning a toss.

I cannot take credit for these ideas as they were brilliantly explained by dp (deep point) in the newsgroup rec. sport. cricket. while dp has fairly radical ideas about whether or not cricket is a representative sport, I think he is on to something with this analysis.

(Reposting from dp's r. s.c post)

> Agreed to a point, however I think the best supersub strategy is to > select the player to mitigate against the worst possible toss situation > (ie, losing the toss and doing what you wouldn't have done). So, if you > would have batted, then select a batsman, if you would have fielded, > then select a bowler. That way, if you are doing what you don't want to > do last, then you have more options when doing it.

Depends on how much of risk-taker the captain is. If he is a gambler and wants to go for broke, then he could choose the 12th man (I hate that term supersub) assuming he is going to win the toss. Let's say he has decided to bat first if he wins the toss. Then choose a bowler as 12th man. If you win the toss, you get the benefit of using the 12th man, otherwise, the bowler replaces the extra batsman right at the beginning of the match. So if you win the toss, you have the toss advantage as well as substitute advantage, whereas if you lose, you have neither. This strategy could be useful for weaker teams when they are playing against far superior teams. If they know they need the advantage of toss to have any chance of winning the match anyway, they might as well pick the sub hoping to win the toss.

So, basically there are three ways to pick the 12th man:

1. Pick for TossWin scenario (Gamble on toss) 2. Pick for TossLost scenario (Mitigate the impact of losing the toss) 3. Pick a bits-n-pieces guy so that you can use him irrespective of whether you bat first or bowl (Toss-Neutral)

If the advantage of winning the toss is 1 unit and advantage of having an extra specialist batsman or bowler is also 1 unit and advantage of having a bits-n-pieces guy is 0.5, then the pay-offs for each of these strategies will be like this:

Toss Won Lost Gamble 2 0 Mitigate 1 1 Neutral 1.5 0.5

If both teams go for Mitigating strategy, then the impact of toss on the result of the match will be minimal. The toss-winner will have the advantage of toss whereas toss-loser will have the advantage of substitute. If both teams on the other hand go for Gambling, then toss become all-important.

So that way, this rule is an improvement over what existed earlier where winning the toss conferred a distinct advantage to that team and there was no way to mitigate it. This rule is also better than the alternative being suggested - that is, let the teams choose the 12th man after the toss - which is hardly any change from before, except that teams will be playing with 12 players each, one of whom won't be on the field at any given point in time. Whereas, with the rule as it is now, there is some strategic element to it and there is some thinking to be done by the teams.

I also agree that having Shane Bond as sub is not a bad idea at all. In fact, if you have decided to go for Mitigate strategy and have decided to bat first on winning the toss, then your sub should be your #11, like McGrath, Murali or Bond.

asianick on November 26, 2005, 12:49 GMT

One dayers are nowhere as complicated as a Test match.

The amount of tactical changes that are open to the captain in a test match are enormous.

One day cricket, is simply a microcosm of a given period in a test match.

Both have their merits and both can be very exciting to watch. I do fear that one day cricket is becoming far too formulaic and the changes that have been brought in are only serving to make it into a circus act more than a real test of cricketing skill of 11 v 11.

suman on November 26, 2005, 15:09 GMT

this analysis of the super sub by dp is excellent. I really agree with the point that selecting the super sub after the toss is a bad idea. Either we use the strategic elements to utilize a super sub, or we do away with the super sub altogether. No question of selecting a super sub after the toss. Nothing changes then from the scenario of 11 vs 11. it simply becomes 12 vs 12, but the element of strategizing is lost.

As for the power plays, i am waiting for the day an ULTRA AGGRESSIVE captain uses his two power plays between the 35th and the 45th overs, attacking from overs 1 to 35 with spinners and pacemen.

Also, it might make cricket a really brilliant game if the three power plays were all left to be decided by the bowling captain. That way, no batting side can open the innings with a pinch hitter or with the intention of coming out all guns blazing. The ten over power play could be taken at the end of the twenty fifth over or something. This makes the game tremendously nuanced and allows the bowlers the opportunity to neutralize the tremendous advantage that batting sides currently have against them in the first ten overs. AGREED, though, that the entertainment value might be diluted. But i dont know if watching batsmen pummel bowlers for the first ten overs is any more entertainment than watching them pummel bowlers between the 25th and the 35th or indeed, as it happens, right at the DEATH.

asi que. this way, the best batsmen may have to play a different game until the power plays are introduced and will have to change gears once the power plays are introduced, and then again, once the power plays get over. Also, a team that makes a low score batting first due to difficult conditions, can choose to come back into the game by stalling the introduction of the three power plays until the 30TH OVER. They can attack with people on the boundary as well as fielders close in and make a real fist of defending their smallish total, making for a good match even with average or below average totals.

I also AGREE that there should be atleast one power play to be decided by the BATTING CAPTAIN, WHICH ideally should not be the TEN OVER power plays, since that would mean that most teams would take it when batting in their first ten overs itself.

The advantage of giving the batting side one power play out of the two five over power plays is that the strategizing and the element of nuance becomes more pronounced. Also, a rule could be brought in prohibiting the batting captain from using his power play option beyond the 40 over mark - as in, the power plays should be completed by the 45th over AT THE LATEST.

I think these rules along with the current super sub rule, would revolutionize one day cricket and make the one day captains virtual strategizers for their respective teams and would also make the teams think twice when sending in a pinch hitter if ONE WICKET falls. The pinch hitters might have to be used after the fall of the third or fourth wicket, if the bowling captain chooses to delay the onset of the power plays.

I am not trying to confuse the players and the crowd, but only trying to work within an existing system of power plays to improve the quality and the dynamic nature of the flow of a one dayer, be it at the start, or during the middle stages.

I disagree with devangshu datta that the one dayers demand strategic planning and tactical nous, the way it currently stands. Yes, a certain level of planning for a bowler or batsman does happen in both tests and one dayers, and a certain THINKING ON THE FEET capacity is also important for one day captains more than for test captains, but until and unless the changes i have proferred above are brought in, One day matches are still a relatively simple game of batting and scoring well, and then defending it.

Puneet Tanwar on November 26, 2005, 18:50 GMT

There might be something in the fact that, of late, a large proportion of test mathces have been immensely absorbing and that most of the posts I have seen seem to discuss how to make ODIs more interesting - rather than tests. As for me - I'd take a test match over an ODI every single time.

There are hardly any ODIS that stand out in my memory - a few where tendulkar took on the aussies, once when he bowled the last over against the 'choker' springboks, the Kaif led chase and maybe a few more - but tests are different. There are so many test matches that stand out in memory with great intensity.

Also - to me a very important distinction - I can hardly watch an ODI if India is not one of the playing teams, but I have watched with the greatest of interest test matches between Windies-Aus (not so these days, though), Eng-Aus, Nzl-Aus, SA-Aus (I can never forget the incident when Mark Waugh saved a test for Aus after surviving a controversial hit-wicket appeal). I think tests provide some of the greatest cricketing moments and contests between great players - ODIs barely manage to stick in memory.

Maybe its just me.

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Whilst appearing on Matt Finnigan’s ‘Become A Sports Trader’ podcast last week, I was asked what cricket trading advice I’d give someone starting out. I offered some general market advice as I’ve already covered some specifics on this blog, but it did get me thinking about what I’d want to know if I was transported back to when I started my journey. What key things would speed up my learning process? Here are the 5 quick tips I came up with: 1. Specialise – If you’ve dreams of making a significant amount of money on the exchanges you need to go to where the money is, and this means focusing your energy on one or maybe two of the major trading sports. The big markets as you’d probably expect are football, tennis, cricket and pre-off horse racing so concentrate your forces and target on these. I did have early success with darts, and still have an edge in rugby union, but the liquidity just isn’t there to scale things up. If you’re going to invest in a long learning process it’s worthwhile doing it in a market that has a decent chance of standing the test of time. 2. Be Organised – Try and resist the urge to get involved in every market you see. There’s a reason why the Betfair homepage looks like a Vegas sportsbook! They want to lure you into betting outside your comfort zone and churn money through the exchange with regular wins and losses. Instead, gain control by looking ahead and create a schedule. Use Google Calendar or a similar tool to post events that you plan to trade and don’t deviate from it. You’ll be surprised how after a short period you’ll be able to forecast reasonable expectations. If possible also try and section off a

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Cricket is, arguably, Australia’s national sport, not least because unlike Australian Rules football. rugby league and rugby union. it generates equal interest in all eight states and territories that comprise the great big southern land. This article is dedicated to betting on cricket in Australia, however we do have a more generic cricket betting guide if you are looking looking for a more international focus.

Even though only the proverbial one man and his dog turn up to watch four-day matches in the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition that has been running since 1892, the various limited-overs games drew large crowds, as do the frequent international fixtures.

Because Australia’s home Test and limited-overs matches are broadcast on free-to-air television it is almost impossible not to watch cricket during the Australian summer. No other Australian sport receives anything like the same level of free-to-air coverage, exposure that has, in recent times, resulted in an explosion in cricket betting. After all, few sports lend themselves to live betting action better than cricket and Australians are crazy about the bat-and-ball game.

Indeed, the world’s only specialist cricket bookmaker was established in Australia in 1999. Cricketbet, which now holds licences in both Australia and the United Kingdom, has gone from strength to strength under the Nott family, specialising in high-staking and successful clients.

All Australia-facing bookmakers have developed large cricket betting offerings to satisfy the demands of their clients, with the sport’s statistics enabling an incredible range of interesting markets. Although Cricketbet is a specialist, they offer no greater service than the best online sportsbooks who have the most competitive cricket lines along with supreme lines in all other sports should you wish to diversify your punting fields. Let’s take a look at where you should be betting on Australian cricket.

Places to Bet On Australian Cricket

Australian cricket betting types

Cricket is a sport to rival the North American favourites of American football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey for the generation of meaningful statistics that only provide insights into how it is played but also supply bookmakers with data around which to frame markets for punters.

Cricket match betting

Some cricket punters back a winner before the match gets under way. That is because most bookmakers, recognising the importance of the toss, offer odds on which team captain will call correctly. Of course, none of them offer even money or better about heads or tails and the market is, therefore, one strictly for mugs who have no idea about value. It is amazing how popular betting on the toss is.

When it comes to betting on the actual match, cricket punters are spoilt for choice. Naturally, betting on the result – home win, away win or draw – is the most popular but there are several exotics that attract significant turnover, particularly top batsman and top bowler.

Top batsman sounds subjective but it is not. Basically, it is a market on the highest scoring batsman in a particular innings. In some limited-overs games, especially Twenty20 matches, it pays to concentrate on the batsmen at the top of the order because they may be the only ones who get a hit.

Top bowler sounds subjective also but it is not, with the winner being the bowler who takes the most wickets in an innings. A maximum of 10 wickets fall into an innings so, usually, any bowler that takes four or more wickets has an excellent chance of being adjudged the market winner.

Other cricket match betting exotics that have developed a following in recent years include opening partnership (which team will score the most runs before losing its first wicket of the game), first innings lead (which team will score the most first-innings runs) and man of the match. There is an official man of the match named for every Test, One-Day International and Twenty20 International, while many domestic competitions hand out similar player awards.

Cricket futures betting

Futures betting is not something that captures the attention of cricket punters very often, with the exceptions being for major Test series such as The Ashes between Australia and England and the Cricket World Cup that takes place every four years and determines the best one-day team.

For a series such as The Ashes, cricket bookmakers bet on not only the basic outcome of the series but also the correct score. And Australian punters love nothing more than to back their cricket heroes to whitewash the Poms 5-0.

Cricket betting strategies

Always look to oppose the Test draw

Often Test matches do not last the allocated time and the jibe aimed at cricket – that the teams play for five days and then it ends in a draw – could not be further from the truth, especially in the modern era of attacking cricket.

It is possible to make a good profit by continually laying the draw on betting exchanges or backing both sides with bookmakers. The fact that Indian punters love to back the draw, largely irrespective of price, means that sensible punters who pick and choose their spots can make money.

Draws, even on the Indian subcontinent, have become less common since the Steve Waugh-captained Australia team of the late 1990s and early 2000s, inspired most Test sides to throw caution to the wind and play with more panache.

Get to know Messrs Duckworth and Lewis

The Duckworth-Lewis method is the mathematical formulation that cricket authorities used to determine the winner of weather-affected limited-overs matches. One must have a sound grasp of the D/L method when betting on limited-overs games, either during the innings break or in the run.

Never bet before the toss

The toss really matters in cricket and sometimes one can write off a team that calls incorrectly before a ball is bowled. Never bet before knowing who is batting first.

En general

One would be hard pushed to think of a sport better suited to live betting than cricket and it is little surprise that many Test matches generate millions of dollars in turnover on betting exchanges such as Betdaq. There are specialist cricket punters out there who make a decent living from trading games, using the fluctuations in odds to develop books that produce profits regardless of the final result.

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Not a pro but IMO Cricket a relatively easy game to make money on if you can identify value like last night when Sanga went you could make out that Lankans would struggle to get 50 runs on 12 overs with Gul, Afridi and Ajmal bowling and the odds were 1.1. Was a definate, screaming out, blind lay if not for a Paki win but for a bounce at a minimum.

1st SA-Australia got most of us, had a big loss but in hindsight if I would have gone with my gut that Australia-Safrica is never an easy test you could have made a killing, most people assumed that with a lead of 200 Aussies had won the game. Even in the second test we have seen all 3 outcomes cross 10 and also go below 2.

Not a pro but IMO Cricket a relatively easy game to make money on if you can identify value like last night when Sanga went you could make out that Lankans would struggle to get 50 runs on 12 overs with Gul, Afridi and Ajmal bowling and the odds were

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Cricket is played internationally in three major formats: Test, ODI and Twenty20.

One Day Cricket

One day cricket is divided into two principal categories at international level with 50-over ODIs and Twenty20 cricket the only formats.

At domestic level, there are variations on this – for example the CB40 competition in England.

50-over cricket is the format played in the ICC Cricket World Cup every four years, in which every team has fifty overs to get as many runs as possible. The batting team has to cleverly use ‘powerplays’ where there are fewer fielders permitted to field in defensive positions, while the bowling team must use a minimum of five bowlers, with the amount of overs that each can bowl limited to ten.

Twenty20 is a shorter version of this, with each bowler permitted to bowl just four overs andjust the one powerplay – coming in the first six overs. The idea of this is to encourage batting teams to attack at the beginning, and one betting market available is the amount of runs at this point in the game.

One day cricket betting tends to focus on the amount of runs each side will get, who will win the match, and player performances. It is also a popular, if notvolatile, trading sport.

Test Cricket

Test matches are considered the pinnacle of international cricket, testing both the mind and body over five grueling days.

With both sides having two innings to amass as many runs as possible, there are no limits to the amount of overs a bowler can bowl, nor are there limits to how long a team can bat for.

Test match betting has become increasingly popular as a trading sport due to the ease with which a punter can accumulate profitable positions as the match progresses. A quick flurry of wickets can suddenly alter the destiny of the match, but external factors like the weather have a significant effect on the sport, so an in-depth understanding is crucial.

If you're keen to bet on Test Cricket, you'll find this article on our blog regarding home field advantage in International Test Cricket very interesting.

Cricket Betting

Cricket betting varies depending on the format but all forms tend to be conducive to trading. Test matches allow you to build profitable positions gradually over the course of five days, while the violent swings in Twenty20 cricket mean that you have the potential to quickly win (or lose) big amounts quickly.

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Twenty20 cricket – 6 tactics for winning

Is Twenty20 cricket nothing much more than a slogathon, a sort of cricketing version of a bar room brawl? Or is it a cricketing version of speed chess?

When Michael Clarke was appointed the Australian captain (temporary?) for the Twenty20 match against New Zealand at Perth, Ricky Ponting applauded the choice on the grounds that Clarke was an ‘instinctive’ cricketer whose instincts are generally correct. The implication in this (and I trust I am not drawing too long a bow) is that the Twenty20 game is so fast that decisions must be ‘instinctive’ than carefully worked out along tactical lines.

Michael Slater endorsed this approach to the game when he introduced the game on Channel 9 by describing Twenty20 cricket as ‘rock n roll cricket.’

But when he discussed with Adam Gilchrist what instructions he’d been given, Gilchrist said that he was told to take as many singles as possible. This suggested to me that the Australian coaching staff has worked out a form of tactical approach to the game. Which in turn suggests that the speed chess analogy is probably the correct one.

The Twenty20 game involves the batting side having 20 overs to score a total. Bowlers are only allowed four overs each which means that five bowlers at a minimum must be used. There are restricted field placings for the first six overs. But within this restriction there is no requirement for any fielders to to be placed in a catching position.

Now for some tentative thoughts, very tentative it must be emphasised, towards an understanding of a tactical approach to Twenty20 cricket.

1. The approach of the batting side should be to score 9 runs an over. This would provide a total of about 180 runs which would generally be defendable.

2. Bill O’Reilly claimed that the 50 over one-day format was biased towards batting. He argued that a team of 11 batsmen should be selected, with the batsmen having instructions to hit everything all the time. The 10 overs allocated to each bowler though somewhat scuttled the theory. A great bowler, or a good bowler having a great day, has sufficient balls (60) to take up to five wickets. But in the Twenty20 game this is not possible. Bowlers have only 24 balls each to bowl whereas a batsman may have up to 60 balls to face. It is the Twenty20 game, therefore, that is the loaded towards the batting side.

3. Fast bowlers and spinners are more effective in the Twenty20 game than medium-pacers. As the Australian fast attack demonstrated at Perth, the fact that each bowler had only 24 balls to deliver allowed the quickies to let fly right from the beginning. And the NZ spinners were more effective than the side’s medium pace bowlers because they took wickets and were able to place fields that covered the big outfield at Perth more effectively than the medium pacers could.

4. With the relative innocuousness of the medium pacers it seems that it might be better to stack a side with batsmen, allowing for only three front line bowlers say. It is hard to dismiss a side, 10 wickets required in only 120 balls, so batting sides can afford to keep hitting relentlessly. Bowling sides should rely on the three front line bowlers to keep the batsmen honest. Captains should perhaps experiment with most of the side having a bowl, working on the theory that mediocre bowling is about as ‘useful’ as ordinary medium pace stuff.

4. On field placing, I’d place my fielders inside the circle, or on the circle line itself. This would mean that the only close catcher, apart from the bowler, is the wicket-keeper. Having the inner ring fieldsmen on the circle should mean fewer fours and probably fewer singles. The thought here is that any ball that is restricted to a scoring shot of one run is a victory to the bowling side, and any scoring shot above two is a victory to the batting side.

5. To bat or to field if the toss is won? Always bat, in my view. The batting side has the opportunity of setting a target. Conversely, the bowling side confronting a side batting first does not know how valid that target will be. This poses questions about which bowlers to use towards the end of an innings. The side fielding second has no such doubts. It knows the target. It knows how the opposition is progressing towards the target. It can, therefore, use its bowling attack in the most effective way possible in preventing the target being reached.

6. All the batsmen should be capable of hitting sixes. I don’t know what the statistics are but I’d be surprised if the side that hit the most sixes didn’t win most of the Twenty20 matches. And the biggest hitters should be relatively high in the batting order. NZ, for instance, bats Jacob Oram too low.

Twenty20 cricket is a newish form of the game. It will be fascinating to see how tactics specifically applicable to the form evolve. So far, I believe, not a great deal of thought has gone into developing specific tactics.

Let’s start this interesting process here.

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December 17th 2007 @ 05:59 am

With regards point 2, I think the balance the Aussies had v the kiwis was fantastic. 5 legitimate strike bowlers. With only 20 overs you really need to be able to back your top order to bat for that long (only 20 overs), therefore stacking your lower order with legitimate bowlers (not part timers like Symonds, Hopes etc) puts the pressure on the opposition, with absolutely no respite during their innings.

December 17th 2007 @ 06:13 am

My piece of advice would be to pick 8 genuine batsman, leaving a three-man pace attack. Yes you will only get 12 overs out of them but i believe thats all you need. The change of pace and veritety is the best to take wickets and even part time bowlers would appear hard to hit. Michael Clarke can bowl his orthodox and maintain a steady line and length. Thats four bowlers, and people like a symo to role over a handful of his offies and mediums (i know medium pace is not great in twenty20 but he can use his change of pace and spin to his advantage). There we go 20 overs are covered with the likes of Watto and Noffke also avaliable for a throw down and a big hit with the bat.

December 17th 2007 @ 01:17 pm

Andrew McCormack said

interesting tactics and they all make perfect sense,

On point #6 I agree about the importance of six hitters in a Twenty20 team however the ability to fluently knock the ball into the right places and take ones should not be looked over. If you look at the amount of singles scored by teams in one-day games - generally the team with the most amount wins. Singles are the things that keeps an innings ticking over, boundaries alone aren’t the answer. Obviously hitting every ball to the rope or over it isn’t possible, the runs that come in between the boundaries I would say are just as important. Hence why the Aussies were looking for plenty of ones early doors to get their innings underway.

December 17th 2007 @ 05:17 pm

Great article Spiro I think you need at least three, probably four frontline bowlers because as Reg said, you have to rely on your top order to get the job done. I don’t think there is any need for a designated batter at seven or eight because of the length of the game, if you get down to that position and still need to rely on a full-time batter then you are probably going to lose anyway due to the flow of runs being lost early on by losing wickets. As we briefly saw in Perth, part-time bowlers like Symmo are sparodic at best when it comes to Twenty20 form and should only be used very sparingly. The four full-time bowlers will get the job done with one all-rounder (maybe a Hogg-type) picking up the remaining overs. Selecting guys like Watson, Johnson and Lee as your front line pace attack will still give you waggle at the tail-end.

December 20th 2007 @ 10:48 am

Greg Russell said

Spiro, I agree particularly with the point about being able to hit sixes. This calls into question the naming of M Clarke as Australian captain, as of all current Australian batsmen, he has the least capacity to clear the boundary. Indeed, just look at his dismissal in Perth: attempting to hit a 6 off Vettori, he was caught at long-on. Those who have followed his one-day career will have seen him dismissed many other times in this exact some way. Given this, one has to wonder whether Clarke should even be in Australia’s T20I side, let alone be captain of it. (And don’t get me wrong, I think Clarke is a fabulously entertaining player with singular talent.)

June 20th 2008 @ 10:43 am

Aaron Doherty said

Great Article! Like in all forms of the cricket runs on the board is the utmost importance. Singles are probably the most important thing. If a team can hit 2 boundaries at least in an over and four singles, thats at least 12 runs and done consistently should have you near the 180/200 mark. Having your symonds, Oram, Glichrist like players in your lineup are important but balance with you punchy single getters shouldn’t be overlooked, because as proved by the run drought at the end of the IPL there will be periods where the bowlers get it right and boundries become hard and hitting those singles are important. Because with the bowlers only having a short time to bowl it won’t be long until you can face someone you can get a hold off and catch up the runs with a big over or so. Pace seems to be the way to go with our bowling, evidenced by our perth 20-20, with your part timers coming in with a change of pace. Victorias win over tasmania (i think) where hodge bowled himself and hussey to really slow the tigers down and then got on top of them and won the final is evidence that your slower bowlers can be match winners too.

An Explanation of Cricket

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Cricket is a team sport for two teams of eleven players each. A formal game of cricket can last anything from an afternoon to several days.

Although the game play and rules are very different, the basic concept of cricket is similar to that of baseball. Teams bat in successive innings and attempt to score runs . while the opposing team fields and attempts to bring an end to the batting team's innings. After each team has batted an equal number of innings (either one or two, depending on conditions chosen before the game), the team with the most runs wins.

(Note: In cricket-speak, the word "innings" is used for both the plural and the singular. "Inning" is a term used only in baseball.)

Cricket Ball: Hard, cork and string ball, covered with leather. A bit like a baseball (in size and hardness), but the leather covering is thicker and joined in two hemispheres, not in a tennis ball pattern. The seam is thus like an equator, and the stitching is raised slightly. The circumference is between 224 and 229 millimetres (8.81 to 9.00 inches), and the ball weighs between 156 and 163 grams (5.5 to 5.75 ounces). Traditionally the ball is dyed red, with the stitching left white. Nowadays white balls are also used, for visibility in games played at night under artificial lighting. Cricket Bat: Blade made of willow, flat on one side, humped on the other for strength, attached to a sturdy cane handle. The blade has a maximum width of 108 millimetres (4.25 inches) and the whole bat has a maximum length of 965 millimetres (38 inches). Wickets: There are two wickets - wooden structures made up of a set of three stumps topped by a pair of bails. These are described below. Stumps: Three wooden posts, 25 millimetres (1 inch) in diameter and 813 millimetres (32 inches) high. They have have spikes extending from their bottom end and are hammered into the ground in an evenly spaced row, with the outside edges of the outermost stumps 228 millimetres (9 inches) apart. This means they are just close enough together that a cricket ball cannot pass between them. Bails: Two wooden crosspieces which sit in grooves atop the adjacent pairs of stumps.

A complete wicket looks like this:

Protective Gear: Pads, gloves, helmet, etc for batsmen to wear to prevent injury when struck by the ball. Shoes: Leather, usually with spiked soles for grip on the grass. Clothing: Long pants, shirt (long or short sleeved depending on the weather), possibly a sleeveless or long-sleeved woollen pullover in cold weather. For games played with a red ball, the clothing must be white or cream. With a white ball, players usually wear uniforms in solid team colours. Add a hat or cap to keep the sun off. There are no regulations regarding identifying marks or numbers on clothing.

A cricket field is a roughly elliptical field of flat grass, ranging in size from about 90 to 150 metres (100-160 yards) across, bounded by an obvious fence or other marker. There is no fixed size or shape for the field, although large deviations from a low-eccentricity ellipse are discouraged. In the centre of the field, and usually aligned along the long axis of the ellipse, is the pitch . a carefully prepared rectangle of closely mown and rolled grass over hard packed earth. It is marked with white lines, called creases . like this:

The dimensions are in centimetres (divide by 2.54 for inches).

The order in which the teams bat is determined by a coin toss. The captain of the side winning the toss may elect to bat or field first.

All eleven players of the fielding team go out to field, two players of the batting team go out to bat. The remainder of the batting team wait off the field for their turn to bat. Each batsman wears protective gear and carries a cricket bat.

The game progresses by the bowling of balls . The sequence of events which constitutes a ball follows:

The fielding team disperses around the field, to positions designed to stop runs being scored or to get batsmen out. One fielder is the bowler . He takes the ball and stands some distance behind one of the wickets (i. e. away from the pitch). Another fielder is the wicket-keeper . who wears a pair of webbed gloves designed for catching the ball and protective pads covering the shins. He squats behind the opposite wicket. The rest of the fielders have no special equipment - gloves to assist catching the ball are not allowed to anyone but the wicket-keeper.

One batsman stands behind each popping crease, near a wicket. The batsman farthest from the bowler is the striker . the other is the non-striker . The striker stands before his wicket, on or near the popping crease, in the batting stance. For a right-handed batsman, the feet are positioned like this:

The batsman stands with his bat held down in front of the wicket, ready to hit the ball, which will be bowled from the other end of the pitch. The batsman usually rests the lower end of the bat on the pitch and then taps the bat on the pitch a few times as "warm-up" backswings.

The non-striker simply stands behind the other popping crease, waiting to run if necessary. The bowler takes a run-up from behind the non-striker's wicket. He passes to one side of the wicket, and when he reaches the non-striker's popping crease he bowls the ball towards the striker, usually bouncing the ball once on the pitch before it reaches the striker. (The bowling action will be described in detail later.)

The striker may then attempt to hit the ball with his bat. If he misses it, the wicket-keeper will catch it and the ball is completed. If he hits it, the two batsmen may score runs (described later). When the runs are completed, the ball is also considered completed. The ball is considered to be in play from the moment the bowler begins his run-up. It remains in play until any of several conditions occur (two common ones were just described), after which it is called dead . The ball is also dead if it lodges in the striker's clothing or equipment. Once the ball is dead, it is returned to the bowler for the next delivery (another name for the bowling of a ball). Between deliveries, the batsmen may leave their creases and confer with each other.

When one bowler has completed six balls, that constitutes an over . A different member of the fielding team is given the ball and bowls the next over - from the opposite end of the pitch. The batsmen do not change ends, so the roles of striker and non-striker swap after each over. Any member of the fielding team may bowl, so long as no bowler delivers two consecutive overs. Once a bowler begins an over, he must complete it, unless injured or suspended during the over.

Another possibility during a ball is that a batsman may get out . There are ten different methods of being out - these will be described in detail later. If a batsman gets out, the ball is dead immediately, so it is impossible to get the other batsman out during the same ball. The out batsman leaves the field, and the next batsman in the team comes in to bat. The not out batsman remains on the field. The order in which batsmen come in to bat in an innings is not fixed. The batting order may be changed by the team captain at any time, and the order does not have to be the same in each innings.

When ten batsmen are out, no new batsmen remain to come in, and the innings is completed with one batsman remaining not out. The roles of the teams then swap, and the team which fielded first gets to bat through an innings. When both teams have completed the agreed number of innings, the team which has scored the most runs wins.

Whenever a batsman hits the ball during a delivery, he may score runs. A run is scored by the batsmen running between the popping creases, crossing over midway between them. When they both reach the opposite crease, one run is scored, and they may return for another run immediately. The fielding side attempts to prevent runs being scored by threatening to run out one of the batsmen.

If the batsmen are attempting to take runs, and a fielder gathers the ball and hits a wicket with it, dislodging one or both bails, while no batsman is behind that wicket's popping crease, then the nearest batsman is run out. Specifically, the batsman must have some part of his body or his bat (provided he is holding it) grounded behind (not on) the crease.

The batsmen carry their bats as they run, and turning for another run is accomplished by touching the ground beyond the crease with an outstretched bat. The batsmen do not have to run at any time they think it is unsafe - it is common to hit the ball and elect not to run.

If the batsmen run one or three (or five! rare, but possible), then they have swapped ends and their striker/non-striker roles are reversed for the next ball (unless the ball just completed is the end of an over).

In addition to scoring runs like this, if a batsman hits the ball so that it reaches the boundary fence, he scores four runs, without needing to actually run them. If a batsman hits the ball over the boundary on the full, he scores six runs. If a four or six is scored, the ball is completed and the batsmen cannot be run out. If a spectator encroaches on to the field and touches the ball, it is considered to have reached the boundary. If a fielder gathers the ball, but then steps outside or touches the boundary while still holding the ball, four runs are scored. If a fielder catches the ball on the full and, either during or immediately after the catch, steps outside or touches the boundary, six runs are scored.

The batsmen usually stop taking runs when a fielder is throwing the ball back towards the pitch area. If no fielder near the pitch gathers the ball and it continues into the outfield again, the batsmen may take more runs. Such runs are called overthrows . If the ball reaches the boundary on an overthrow, four runs are scored in addition to the runs taken before the overthrow occurred.

Runs scored by a batsman, including all overthrows, are credited to him by the scorer. The number of runs scored by each batsman is an important statistic.

If, while running multiple runs, a batsman does not touch the ground beyond the popping crease before he returns for the next run, then the umpire at that end will signal one short . and the number of runs scored is reduced by one.

Here is a full list of the ten different ways of getting out. But first, a few necessary definitions:

The wicket is said to be broken if one or both of the bails have been dislodged and fallen to the ground. If the bails have fallen off for any reason and the ball is still in play, then breaking the wicket must be accomplished by pulling a stump completely out of the ground. If the wicket needs to be broken like this with the ball, the uprooting of the stump must be done with the ball in contact with the stump.

The field is notionally split into two halves, along a line down the centre of the pitch. The half of the field in front of the striker is called the off side . the half behind is called the leg side . or sometimes the on side . Thus, standing at the bowler's wicket and looking towards a right-handed striker's wicket, the off side is to the left and the leg side to the right (and vice-versa for a left-handed striker). The stumps of the striker's wicket are called off stump . middle stump . and leg stump . depending on which side they are on.

When a batsman gets out, no matter by what method, his wicket is said to have fallen . and the fielding team are said to have taken a wicket .

Now, the ways of getting out:

Caught: If a fielder catches the ball on the full after the batsman has hit it with his bat. However, if the fielder catches the ball, but either during the catch or immediately afterwards touches or steps over the boundary, then the batsman scores six runs and is not out. Bowled: If the batsman misses the ball and it hits and breaks the wicket directly from the bowler's delivery. The batsman is out whether or not he is behind his popping crease. He is also out bowled if the ball breaks the wicket after deflecting from his bat or body. The batsman is not out if the wicket does not break. Leg Before Wicket: If the batsman misses the ball with his bat, but intercepts it with part of his body when it would otherwise have hit the wicket, and provided several other conditions (described below) are satisfied. An umpire must adjudicate such a decision, and will only do so if the fielding team appeal the decision. This is a question asked of the umpire, usually of the form "How's that?" (or "Howzat?"), and usually quite enthusiastic and loud. If the ball bounces outside an imaginary line drawn straight down the pitch from the outside edge of leg stump, then the batsman cannot be out LBW, no matter whether or not the ball would have hit the stumps. If the batsman attempts to play a shot at the ball with his bat (and misses) he may only be given out LBW if the ball strikes the batsman between imaginary lines drawn down the pitch from the outside edges of leg and off stumps (ie. directly in line with the wicket). If the batsman does not attempt to play the ball with his bat, then he may be given out LBW without satisfying this condition, as long as the umpire is convinced the ball would have hit the wicket. If the ball has hit the bat before the hitting the batsman, then he cannot be given out LBW. Stumped: If a batsman misses the ball and in attempting to play it steps outside his crease, he is out stumped if the wicket-keeper gathers the ball and breaks the wicket with it before the batsman can ground part of his body or his bat behind his crease. Run Out: If a batsman is attempting to take a run, or to return to his crease after an aborted run, and a fielder breaks that batsman's wicket with the ball while he is out of the crease. The fielder may either break the wicket with a hand which holds the ball, or with the ball directly. It is possible for the non-striker to be run out if the striker hits the ball straight down the pitch towards the non-striker's wicket, and the bowler deflects the ball on to the wicket while the non-striker is out of his crease. If the ball is hit directly on to the non-striker's wicket, without being touched by a fielder, then the non-striker is not out. If the non-striker leaves his crease (in preparation to run) while the bowler is running up, the bowler may run him out without bowling the ball. Batsmen cannot be run out while the ball is dead - so they may confer in the middle of the pitch between deliveries if they desire. Hit Wicket: If, in attempting to hit a ball or taking off for a first run, the batsman touches and breaks the wicket. This includes with the bat or dislodged pieces of the batsman's equipment - even a helmet or spectacles! Handle The Ball: If a batsman touches the ball with a hand not currently holding the bat, without the permission of the fielding side. This does not include being hit on the hand by a delivery, or any other non-deliberate action. Obstructing The Field: If a batsman deliberately interferes with the efforts of fielders to gather the ball or effect a run out. This does not include running a path between the fielder and the wicket so that the fielder cannot throw the stumps down with the ball, which is quite legal, but does include any deliberate attempt to swat the ball away. Hit The Ball Twice: If a batsman hits a delivery with his bat and then deliberately hits the ball again for any reason other than to defend his wicket from being broken by the ball. If the ball is bouncing or rolling around near the stumps, the batsman is entitled to knock it away so as to avoid being bowled, but not to score runs. Timed Out: If a new batsman takes longer than two minutes, from the time the previous wicket falls, to appear on the field.

These methods of getting out are listed in approximate order of how commonly they occur. The first five are reasonably common, the last five quite rare. The last three methods are almost never invoked.

If a batsman is out caught, bowled, LBW, stumped, or hit wicket, then the bowler is credited with taking the wicket. No single person is credited with taking a wicket if it falls by any other method.

The game is adjudicated by two umpires . who make all decisions on the field and whose word is absolutely final. One umpire stands behind the non-striker's wicket, ready to make judgements on LBWs and other events requiring a decision. The other umpire stands in line with the striker's popping crease, about 20 metres (20 yards) to one side (usually the leg side, but not always), ready to judge stumpings and run-outs at his end. The umpires remain at their respective ends of the pitch, thus swapping roles every over.

If the technology is available for a given match, a third umpire is sometimes used. He sits off the field, with a television replay monitor. If an on-field umpire is unsure of a decision concerning either a run out or a stumping attempt, he may signal for the third umpire to view a television replay. The third umpire views a replay, in slow motion if necessary, until he either reaches a decision or decides that he cannot make a clear decision. He signals the result to the on-field umpire, who must then abide by it. If the equipment fails, the replay umpire signals no decision. The replay umpire cannot be used for any decisions other than run outs and stumpings.

Whenever any decision is in doubt, the umpire must rule in favour of the batsman.

If the ball hits an umpire, it is still live and play continues. If it lodges in an umpire's clothing, then it is dead.

The game is also presided over by a match referee . who watches from outside the field. The referee makes no decisions of relevance to the outcome of the game, but determines penalties for breaches of various rules and misconduct. In professional games, these penalties are monetary fines.

Arguing with an umpire's decision is simply not tolerated. Anything more than a polite question to the umpires is heavily frowned upon and could attract a penalty from the referee. The most serious misconduct in a cricket match is of the order of a rude gesture to an opponent or throwing the ball into the ground in disgust. Such gross misbehaviour would attract large fines and possibly match suspensions. Penalties for physical violence can only be guessed at, but would possibly be a career suspension.

Extras are runs scored by means other than when the ball is hit by a batsman. Extras are not credited to any batsman, and are recorded by the scorer separately. The total number of runs for the innings is equal to the sums of the individual batsmen's scores and the extras. There are four types of extras: no balls, wides, byes, and leg byes .

The bowler must bowl each ball with part of his frontmost foot behind the popping crease. If he oversteps this mark, he has bowled a no ball . The umpire at that end calls "no ball" immediately in a loud voice. The batsman may play and score runs as usual, and may not be out by any means except run out, handle the ball, hit the ball twice, or obstructing the field. Further, if the batsman does not score any runs from the ball, one run is added to the batting team's score. Also, the bowler must bowl an extra ball in his over to compensate. A no ball is also called if any part of the bowler's back foot is not within the area between the return creases.

If the bowler bowls the ball far to one side or over the head of the batsman, so making it impossible to score, the umpire will signal the ball as a wide . This gives the batting team one run and the bowler must rebowl the ball. The striker may not be out hit wicket off a wide ball.

If the striker misses a ball and the wicket-keeper fails to gather it cleanly, the batsmen may take runs. These runs are called byes and are scored as extras.

If the striker, in attempting to play a shot, deflects the ball with part of his body, the batsmen may attempt to take a run. Such runs are called leg byes . If the striker did not attempt to play a shot with his bat, leg byes may not be taken. The umpire adjudicates by signalling a dead ball if the batsmen attempt to run when, in his opinion, no attempt was made to play a shot.

Batsmen may be run out as usual while running byes and leg-byes. If, while running either form of bye, the ball reaches the boundary, four byes (of the appropriate type) are scored.

The bowling action itself has to conform to several restrictions. The bowler's arm must be straight when the ball is bowled (so no "throwing" is allowed). The ball must be bowled overarm, not underarm.

The difference between 'bowling' and 'throwing': When you throw the ball, the elbow is cocked and used to impart energy to the ball by straightening. When a ball is bowled, the elbow joint is held extended throughout. All the energy is imparted by rotation of the arm about the shoulder, and possibly a little by wrist motion. For a right-handed bowler, the action goes roughly as follows:

After the run-up, the right foot is planted on the ground with the instep facing the batsman. The right arm is extended backwards and down at this stage. The left foot comes down on the popping crease as the bowler's momentum carries him forward - he is standing essentially left-side on to the batsman. As the weight transfers to the left foot, the right arm is brought over the shoulder in a vertical arc. The ball is released near the top of the arc, and the follow-through brings the arm down and the right shoulder forward rapidly.

Bouncing the ball on the pitch is not mandatory. It's usually done because the movement of the ball off the pitch makes it much harder to hit. Unbounced deliveries, or full tosses are almost always much easier to hit, and mostly they are bowled accidentally. A full toss above hip height is no ball, and an umpire who suspects that such a ball was deliberate will give the bowler an official warning. A warning is also given if the umpire believes the bowler is bowling at the body of a batsman in a deliberate attempt to injure the batsman. After two warnings a bowler is barred from bowling for the rest of the innings.

If any rule governing the bowling action is violated, a no ball results.

Bowlers are allowed to polish the ball by rubbing it with cloth (usually on their trouser legs) and applying saliva or sweat to it. Any other substance is illegal, as is rubbing the ball on the ground. Usually one side of the ball is polished smooth, while the other wears, so that the bowler can achieve swing (curving the ball through the air). It is also illegal to roughen the ball by any means, including scraping it with the fingernails or lifting the seam. A bowler who illegaly tampers with the ball is immediately suspended from bowling for the rest of that innings.

The bowler may bowl from either side of the wicket, but must inform the umpire and the batsmen if he wishes to change sides. Bowling with the bowling arm closest to the wicket is called over the wicket . and is most common. Bowling with the non-bowling are closest to the wicket is called around the wicket .

The bowler may abort his run-up or not let go of the ball if he loses his footing or timing for any reason. The umpire will signal dead ball and the ball must be bowled again. If a bowler loses his grip on the ball during the delivery action, it is considered to be a live ball only if it is propelled forward of the bowler. If such a ball comes to rest in front of the striker, but any distance to the side, the striker is entitled to walk up to the ball and attempt to hit it with his bat. The fielding team must not touch the ball until the striker either hits it or declines to do so.

A delivery may also be aborted by the striker stepping away from his stumps, if distracted by an insect or dust in the eye, for example.

Field placements in cricket are not standardised. There are several named field positions, and the fielding captain uses different combinations of them for tactical reasons. There are also further descriptive words to specify variations on the positions labelled by simple names, so that any position in which a fielder stands can be described.

The following diagram shows the rough positions of all of the simply named field positions. In this diagram, the pitch is indicated by three '#' marks; the striker's end is at the top. The bowler is not shown, but would be running upwards towards the bottom end of the pitch. The approximate field positions are marked with numbers or letters, according to the key on the right of the diagram. The three marks: '+', '*', and '

' indicate that the adjective shown at the bottom of the list can be used to describe a modification of that position, as shown in the example.

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Other modifiers used to qualify positions: square: close to a line perpendicular to the pitch, through the batsman; fine: close to a line straight along the pitch; short: close to the batsman.

The only restriction on field placements is that, at the time the ball is delivered, there must be no more than two fielders in the quadrant of the field backward of square leg. (This rule exists mainly for historical reasons - see the Bodyline section below.)

Sometimes fielders close to the bat wear helmets for safety. When not in use, the helmet (or any other loose equipment) may be placed on the field (usually behind the wicket-keeper, where it is unlikely to be hit by the ball). If any such loose fielding equipment is hit with the ball, five runs are scored, either to the batsman who hit the ball or as the appropriate form of byes. The ball is then considered dead and no further runs can be taken, nor can a batsman be run out.

If a fielder is wearing a protective helmet, and the striker hits the ball so that it bounces off the helmet, he may not be out caught off the rebound. If a ball rebounds from any other part of the body of a fielder, he may be out caught if another fielder (or the same one) then catches the ball before it hits the ground.

In case of injury, substitutes may replace any number of fielders. A substitute may only field - he may not bowl, nor bat. A substitute may not keep wicket. A substituted player must return to the field as soon as he is able to resume playing without danger.

If a batsman is injured, he may retire and resume his innings when fit again, so long as his team's innings is not over. If a batsman is too injured to bat when no other batsmen remain to come in after a wicket falls, his innings must be forfeited and his team's innings ends. If a batsman is able to bat, but not run, then another player may run for him. The runner must wear the same equipment as the batter, and performs all his running. The injured non-runner must remain behind his crease at all times when the ball is in play or risk being run out, even if his runner is safely behind a crease.

If a bowler is injured during an over and cannot complete it, another bowler must bowl the remaining deliveries in that over. The bowler chosen to finish the over must not be the bowler who bowled the previous over, and must not bowl the over immediately following either.

A player may not leave the field for injury unless the injury is sustained on the field. An injured player who takes the field may not leave because of his pre-existing injury, unless it is clearly aggravated further on the field.

Play is suspended at the umpires' discretion for rain. Light rain is usually tolerated, though nothing heavier, because of the possibility of damage to the pitch. If the players are off the field, they must remain off until the rain has stopped completely. During rain the pitch is covered with waterproof material to protect it. Often the bowlers' run-ups and an area around the pitch are also covered.

During very windy conditions, sometimes the bails will tend to blow off the top of the stumps. If this becomes a problem, the umpires can decide to play without bails. In this case, the wicket does not need to be broken by uprooting a stump, and the umpires must take full responsibility for deciding, in a reasonable manner, whether the wicket is broken or not.

The umpires signal various events with gestures, as follows:

Out: When a batsman is out, the umpire making the decision raises one hand above his head, with the index finger extended. Not Out: There is no formal signal to indicate that a batsman is not out. The umpire can either shake his head 'no' or not signal at all. Four: A four scored by the ball reaching the boundary is signalled by an arm extended horizontally and waved briefly back and forth in a horizontal arc. Six: A six is signalled by raising both arms straight over the head. No Ball: A no ball is signalled by holding an arm out horizontally. Wide: A wide is signalled by holding both arms out horizontally. Byes: Runs scored as byes are signalled by raising one arm over the head, palm open. Leg Byes: Leg byes are signalled by raising one leg and tapping the knee with one hand. Dead Ball: If the umpire has to signal dead ball to prevent the players from assuming that the ball is still alive, he waves both arms across each other in front of his abdomen. One Short: One short is signalled by touching the tip of one hand to the same shoulder. TV Replay: If an umpire wishes the third umpire to make a decision based on a TV replay, he signals by drawing a large square shape in the air with both hands, spreading them out high in the air in front of him, bringing them down, and then together again.

Cricket is played in two very distinct forms. The first is limited duration, in which a specific number of hours of playing time are allocated and each team plays two innings.

The second is limited overs, in which each team plays one innings of a pre-determined number of overs.

First class cricket matches are the most prestigious games, played at a professional level. The top level games are international Test matches . played between countries. There are also domestic first class cricket competitions. First class matches are of limited duration. Test matches will be described first, then any differences for other first class matches will be described.

Test matches are played over five days, with six hours of play each day. Each day's play is divided into three sessions of two hours each, with a 40 minute break between the first two session for lunch, and a 20 minute tea break between the last two sessions. A short drinks break is taken once an hour, or more often in very hot weather. Play usually goes from 11:00 local time to 18:00, although this may be varied if sunset occurs early. The scheduled close of play time is called stumps . Test matches are never played under artificial lighting.

Each team has two innings, usually played in alternating order. Each innings is over when either ten batsmen are out, or the captain of the batting side declares the innings closed (for strategic reasons, more later). When all the innings are completed, the team with the most runs wins. If there is a tie, the result stands (this is rare - it has only ever happened twice).

If by the end of the final day's play all the innings are not completed, the game is a draw . no matter who appeared to be "winning". Thus the strategic importance of sometimes declaring an innings closed, in order to have enough time to dismiss the other team and so win the game.

The order of the innings alternates except when the follow-on is enforced. This can occur if the second team to bat in the first innings scores 200 or more runs fewer than the first team. The captain of the first team may then ask the second team to follow on: to bat its second innings immediately, and defer his own team's second innings until afterwards.

Whenever a change of innings occurs during a session, a ten minute break is taken. If the end of an innings occurs within ten minutes of the end of the first or second sessions, the ten minute break is lost and the scheduled interval is shifted to begin immediately. If the end of an innings occurs within ten minutes of stumps, the day's play ends early.

Test matches are played with a red cricket ball. A new ball is used for the beginning of each innings. The same ball must be used throughout the innings, being replaced only in the following cases:

The captain of the bowling team may elect to take a new ball at any time after 80 overs have been bowled with the previous ball.

If the ball is lost, it is replaced.

If the ball is damaged, either by the stitching coming undone or the ball becoming clearly non-spherical, it is replaced.

In cases 2 and 3, the ball must be replaced by a previously used ball of similarly worn condition to the old ball, as chosen by the umpires. If the ball is ever hit so that a spectator gathers it, the spectator must return it so that play can continue.

On each day of play in a Test match, a minimum of 90 overs must be bowled. If the bowling team has not bowled the required minimum by the scheduled stumps time, play is extended until the required number of overs have been bowled. Whenever an innings ends, the number of overs to be bowled is recalculated, disregarding the number of overs bowled so far during the same day. The required minimum is calculated to be the number of minutes of play remaining, divided by 4 and rounded up. On the last day of play, this formula is used up until one hour before stumps, then fifteen overs are added to the result. If extra overs are bowled before the time one hour before stumps on the final day, then there still must be a minimum of fifteen overs bowled after the time one hour before stumps. All of these conditions are recalculated for time lost due to poor weather, at a rate of one over per 4 minutes of lost time. If a day's play ends early because of poor weather conditions, all calculations are reset for the next day.

If there is heavy cloud cover, the umpires may decide that the ambient light level is too low and that the batsmen may be in danger because of difficulty in sighting the ball. If so, they offer the light to the batsmen, who may agree to leave the field or may decide to play on. If the light deteriorates further, the umpires will offer again. If the batsmen decide to leave the field and the light improves, the umpires make the decision to resume play.

If a fielder leave the field for any reason and then returns during the same innings, he may not bowl until he has been on the field again for as much time as he spent off the field.

Test matches are played in Series between two of the official Test nations. A Test Series consists of a set number of matches, from one to six, all of which are played to completion, even if one team gains an unassailable lead in the Series. Series of three or five matches are most common. Some pairs of nations compete against one another for a perpetual trophy. If a Series between two such nations is drawn, the holder of the trophy retains it.

Non-Test first class cricket differs from Test cricket in only a few respects. A non-Test first class match is usually three or four days long, not five. In a four-day game, the cut-off figure for enforcing the follow-on is 150 or more runs behind the first team. The formula used to determine the minimum number of overs bowled in a non-Test first class match may be different to that used for a Test match; there is no standard regulation.

Non-Test first class competitions are usually round-robins amongst several domestic teams. Other first class matches include single games between visiting international sides and domestic first class teams.

One-day cricket differs significantly from first class cricket. A one-day match is played on a single day. Either a red or a white cricket ball may be used, and play under artificial lighting is common.

Each team gets only one innings, and that innings is restricted to a maximum number of overs. Usual choices for the number of overs are 50, 55, or 60. Recently, an abbreviated form of the games has been developed called Twenty20, with a maximum of 20 overs per innings. Each innings is complete at the end of the stipulated number of overs, no matter how many batsmen are out. If ten batsmen are out before the full number of overs are bowled, the innings is also over. If the first team's innings ends in this manner, the second team still has its full number of overs to score the required runs. The timing of the innings and the break between them are not regulated.

Whichever team scores the most runs wins. A tied score stands. There is no draw result. If the match is washed out, so that the innings are not played, the game is declared a no-result.

In each innings, each bowler is restricted to bowling a maximum number of overs equal to one fifth of the total number of overs in the innings. Either a single new ball is used for each innings, or two new balls which are alternated between overs. (This is often done with white balls because they wear much faster than red balls.) New balls are never taken during an innings, but replacements for lost or damaged balls are taken as in first class matches.

In case of rain interruption to the first innings, the number of overs for each innings is recalculated so that they will be the same. If rain interrupts the second innings, making it impossible for an equal number of overs to be bowled, the number of runs scored by the first team is adjusted to compensate. The standard adjustment formula now used is the "Duckworth-Lewis method", which is arcane even for cricket aficionados and too complicated to describe here. There is also a predetermined number of overs that must be bowled in each innings for any result to be considered valid; if this limit is not reached the game is a no-result.

Because of the emphasis on scoring runs quickly, wide balls and high balls (called as no ball) are enforced much more strictly in one-day cricket.

One-day competitions are played either as Series between pairs of international teams, round-robin competitions among groups of international teams, or round-robins among domestic teams. A World Cup one-day competition is played between all the Test nations every four years.

All of the rules of cricket have been described above, as well as some other information which is not "rules", such as names of fielding positions. The rest of this file concerns other information that is useful to know, but not actually "rules".

There are two basic approaches to bowling: fast and spin. A fast bowler bowls the ball as fast as practicable, attempting to defeat the batsman with its pace. If the ball also swings in the air, or seams (moves sideways) off the pitch because of bouncing on the seam, it can be very difficult to play. A spin bowler has a more ambling run-up and uses wrist or finger motion to impart a spin to the ball. The ball then spins to one side when it bounces on the pitch, thus also hopefully causing it to be hard to hit. Fast bowlers are generally used with a new ball, while spin bowlers get more spin with a worn ball. There is also medium pace bowling, which concentrates more on swing and seam than pace.

A swing bowler will hold the seam of the ball at a certain angle and attempt to release the ball so that it spins with the seam at a constant angle. With one side of the ball polished and the other rough, differential air pressure will cause it to swing in the air.

A seam bowler attempts to keep the seam vertical, so that the ball hits the seam when it bounces on the pitch and deflects in its path either to the right or left.

A fast bowler can also pull his fingers down one side of the ball as he lets it go, imparting a small amount of sideways spin to the ball. This can cause the ball to move sideways off the pitch. Such a delivery is called a leg-cutter if the ball moves from the leg side to the off side of a right-handed batsman, or an off-cutter if moves from the off to the leg. A specialist spin bowler can get a lot more spin that a fast bowler bowling cutters, however.

There are two types of spin bowling: off-spin . and leg-spin . Imagine holding a ball in your right hand and, for simplicity's sake, throwing it. If you twist your hand in a clockwise direction on release, then the spin on the ball will be such that when it bounces it will spin to your right. This is essentially off-spin bowling (so called because, to a right-handed batsman, the ball spins from the off side to the leg side). The off-spin delivery itself is called either an off-spinner or an off-break . An off-spin bowler will sometimes not spin the ball so much, putting more pace on the delivery. Such a delivery is called an arm-ball .

Now imagine twisting the ball anticlockwise and releasing it from the palm so that it 'rolls' over the base of the little finger. This gives the ball spin in the opposite direction, so it spins left when it bounces. This is basic leg-spin (because to a right-handed batsman it spins from leg to off). The basic leg-spin delivery is called a leg-spinner or leg-break .

The interesting thing about leg-spin is that if you cock your wrist at various angles you can in fact, with the same basic bowling action, produce spin in different directions. With the wrist cocked a little towards the inside of the arm, you can produce top-spinners . Go further and you actually end up producing spin in the same direction as an off-spinner. A ball bowled in this way by a leg-spin bowler is called a wrong 'un . or sometimes a googly . Probably trickiest of all is a ball bowled with the hand in the same position as a top-spinner, but released from under the hand, thereby gaining back-spin. This ball is called a flipper .

(Mike Whitaker tells me that a flipper is actually bowled from the back of the hand like a normal leg-spinner, but with the forearm twisted outwards, so the ball spins about a vertical axis. I'm not sure which of these is correct, so I'm mentioning both here!)

Mike has also kindly supplied a graphic which attempts to show the arm and wrist action of the different leg-spin deliveries. Sorry for those with only ASCII browsers, but this is too difficult to show in ASCII! For those of you with graphical browsers, the following diagram shows a view of a (right-handed) leg-spinner's arm, from in front (i. e. batsman's point of view). The rotation of the ball out of the hand is the same in each case, with the ball spinning with the seam as an "equator".

So right handed spinners fall into two classes: off-spinners, with their simple off-spin and arm-ball deliveries; and leg-spinners, with their leg-spinners, top-spinners, wrong 'uns, and flippers. Leg-spinners are naturally much more difficult to bat against, because of the great variety of balls they can produce, but they are actually rarer than off-spinners because it is so much more difficult to bowl reasonably accurately with the leg-spin hand action.

For left-handed spin bowlers there is a whole different system of nomenclature!

A left-handed bowler who uses the same action as an off-spinner is called an orthodox spinner. Such bowlers are not uncommon. A left-hander who bowls with the same action as a leg-spinner is called an unorthodox spinner - and these are the rarest bowlers in cricket. The left-handed analogue of the leg-spin delivery (which spins the opposite way, of course) is called an unorthodox spinner. The top-spinner and flipper retain their names. And the left-handed analogue of the wrong 'un is called a Chinaman .

Typical bowling speeds are:

Fast bowler: 130-140 km/h (80-90 mph) Medium pace bowler: 100-130 km/h (60-80 mph) Spin bowler: 70-90 km/h (45-55 mph)

Bowlers also make use of the state of the pitch, which is quite crucial to the game, and is one of the things the commentators look at in great detail before the game begins. Because it's a natural surface, there are usually small inconsistencies in its flatness, hardness and elasticity. Over a multi-day game, or even over a single day, these become more pronounced, so it often gets more difficult to bat as the game progresses. Spin bowlers in particular often find that they get much more spin from an old pitch than a freshly prepared one.

Some of the different types of balls bowled have special names:

Bouncer: A ball bounced short so that it bounces high, usually chest height or higher as it passes the batsman. Yorker: A ball bounced very close to the batsman's crease. This is difficult to score from and often gets batsmen out, but is difficult to bowl without accidentally bowling a full toss.

The different types of shots a batsman can play are described by names:

Block: A defensive shot played with the bat vertical and angled down at the front, intended to stop the ball and drop it down quickly on to the pitch in front of the batsman. Drive: An offensive shot played with the bat sweeping down through the vertical. The ball travels swiftly along the ground in front of the striker. A drive can be an on drive . straight drive . off drive . or cover drive . depending in which direction it goes. Cut: A shot played with the bat close to horizontal, which hits the ball somewhere in the arc between cover and gully. Edge, or Glance: A shot played off the bat at a glancing angle, through the slips area. Leg Glance: A shot played at a glancing angle behind the legs, so that it goes in the direction of fine leg. Pull: A horizontal bat shot which pulls the ball around the batsman into the square leg area. Sweep: Like a pull shot, except played with the backmost knee on the ground, so as to hit balls which bounce low. Hook: Like a pull shot, but played to a bouncer and intended to hit the ball high in the air over square leg - hopefully for six runs. French Cut: An attempt at a cut shot which hits the bottom edge of the bat and goes into the area behind square leg. Reverse Sweep: A sweep with the bat reversed, into the point area.

Most of these shots can also be lofted . in an attempt to hit the ball over the close fielders (or the boundary). The batting strokes can be divided into two categories: Straight bat and cross bat . The straight bat shots are played with the bat held close to the vertical, and are the blocks, drives and glances. Cross bat shots are played with the bat held more horizontally, like a baseball bat. These include cuts, pulls, sweeps and hooks.

The following terms are used more informally and are not standard:

Hoik: A wild swing intended only to hit the ball as hard and as far as possible, usually with little or no control. Agricultural Shot: Any shot played with very little skill.

If a bowler completes an over without any runs being scored from it, it is termed a maiden .

If a batsman gets out without scoring any runs, he is said to be out for a duck . The origin of this term is unclear, but commonly rumoured to be because the '0' next to his name on the scorecard resembles a duck egg. A batsman out for a duck while facing his first delivery of the innings is out for a golden duck .

The runs scored while two batsmen bat together are called their partnership . There are ten partnerships per completed innings, labelled from first-wicket partnership to tenth-wicket partnership . en orden.

A nightwatchman is a batsman who comes in to bat out of order towards the end of a day's play in a multi-day game, in order to 'protect' better batsmen. To elucidate, the batting order in an innings is usually arranged with two specialists openers who begin the innings, then the rest of the batsmen in order of skill, best to worst. The job of the openers is to bat for a while against the new ball. A brand new ball is very hard and bouncy, and fast bowlers can use this to great advantage and can often get batsmen out. So it is harder to bat against a new ball. It is also somewhat difficult to begin batting. A new batsman is more likely to get out than one who has been on the field and scoring runs for a while.

Now, in a multi-day game, it sometimes happens that a team's innings will have only a few men out towards the end of the day's play. If a batsman gets out with about half an hour or less until stumps, the batting captain will sometimes send in a poor batsman next instead of a good one. The idea is that the poor batsman (the nightwatchman) will last 20 minutes and so protect the good batsman from having to make a fresh start that evening and again the next morning. It is essentially a sacrifice ploy. Of course, it can backfire dangerously if the nightwatchman does get out before stumps. The nightwatchman is a tactic that is used about 50% of the time when the appropriate situation arises (which itself occurs perhaps once every 4 or 5 games). It just depends on how the captain feels at the time.

A sightscreen is a large screen positioned on the boundary so that it forms a backdrop behind the bowler, so that the striker can see the ball clearly. Sightscreens are white when a red ball is used, and black for a white ball.

A rabbit is a player (almost invariably a bowler, but sometimes a wicket-keeper) who is a very poor batsman. A ferret is an extremely poor batsman (so called because he "goes in after the rabbits").

The following statistics are recorded:

Batsmen: number of runs scored, time spent batting, number of balls faced, how out (and by which bowler and catcher if appropriate). Bowlers: number of overs bowled, number of maidens bowled, number of wickets taken, number of runs conceded (i. e. scored off his bowling). Team: extras, total runs, wickets fallen, overs bowled, total at each fall of wicket.

A single innings scorecard might look like this:

The team score is usually given as "(number of wickets) for (number of runs)" in Australia. In England, New Zealand, and some other countries it is given as "(number of runs) for (number of wickets)". Bowling figures are sometimes printed in shortened form, for example: Donald 40-5-106-2, de Villiers 37-7-85-5, etc.

The partnership scores can be seen from the differences between successive fall of wicket scores.

Good performances are considered to be:

A batsman scoring 50, or 100, or multiples thereof.

A partnership adding 50, or 100, or multiples thereof.

A bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.

A bowler taking ten wickets in a two innings match. (This is an excellent performance and a relatively rare feat.)

A bowler taking a hat trick . i. e. three wickets in three successive balls (perhaps in different overs). This is even more rare.

Each of these tasks is usually greeted with enthusiastic applause from the spectators. The crowd also usually applauds significant events such as: any wicket falling, a six, a four, a good over from a bowler (one that the batsmen have great difficulty playing safely), a good athletic effort from a fielder to gather the ball, the innings total reaching a multiple of 50.

The number of runs scored in an innings average about 3 per over for a first class match, and 4 per over in a one-day match. The variation in these numbers can be quite large, differences of up to one run per over being not uncommon. In a first class match, a captain makes his decision on declaring the innings closed based on the remaining time in the match and the size of his team's lead. He will try to allow as much time as possible to bowl the opposition out, while ensuring they do not have enough time to score enough runs to win.

Over a single player's career, the two most important statistics are:

Batting Average: The aggregate number of runs scored divided by the number of times the batsman has been out. The higher, the better. Bowling Average: The aggregate runs scored against a bowler divided by the number of wickets taken. The lower, the better.

Each of these averages is kept separately for Test cricket, first class cricket in general, and one-day cricket. A batting average above 30 is very good, 40 excellent, and 50 is legendary. Mention must be made of the Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman, whose career average was a record 99.94, far and away the greatest batsman ever to play the game. A bowling average below 25 is considered excellent.

The official Test Cricket nations are currently: England, Australia, West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and Bangladesh.

The West Indies is actually a consortium of Caribbean countries: Barbados; Jamaica; Guyana; The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Antigua and Barbuda; St. Kitt's-Nevis; Dominica; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Montserrat; and Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.

Minor cricketing nations (which do not play Test cricket, but do compete for a place in the World Cup One-Day competition) include: Ireland, Kenya, Fiji, Canada, The Netherlands, USA.

The most famous Test cricket Series is The Ashes, played every two years between Australia and England. The Ashes trophy is a small urn containing "the ashes of English cricket" (in reality the ashes of a set of bails), which "died" in a match in 1882 when Australia beat England for the first time. The Ashes are currently held by Australia, although the physical trophy is kept permanently in a room at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.

The most infamous event in cricket was the 1932-33 English tour of Australia - the Bodyline tour. The English team used a new tactic to get batsmen out, by bowling at their bodies and placing many fielders in short fielding positions backward of square leg. As the batsmen fended the ball away in an effort to protect themselves, the ball often flew off the edge of the bat into the waiting hands of the fielders, getting the batsman out caught. The English referred to this tactic as "Leg Theory", but the Australians, angry that the English bowlers were aiming at their bodies, christened it "Bodyline".

Several Australian batsmen were injured because of this, some seriously. The English tactics cause a diplomatic row between the countries. After the tour was over, cricket officials introduced the rules against dangerous bowling, and the restriction of no more than two fielders backward of square leg.

Last updated: 1-Dec-2009.

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Cricket is quite possibly unique in the sheer number and diversity of tactical possibilities that lie within the game. Whilst there is nothing as blatant as the differences between a 5-4-1 and 3-4-3 formation in football, the subtleties and nuances are worthy of their own book – and many have been published, the most famous of which is The Art of Captaincy by former England skipper Mike Brearley – essential reading for any captain, as far as I’m concerned.

In this section, I’m not going to look in detail at the aspects of field setting and plans for batsmen – it goes without saying that this ought to vary depending on the strengths, weaknesses and confidence of both batsman and bowler alongside the game situation. There has been, as I’ve said, much written on this subject, so I’m going to leave it at one quote (yes, it’s indirectly plagiarised from Brearley’s book, but for me it’s an excellent summary) – ‘You only regret the things that you didn’t do’ I’ll let you think on that.

Instead, I’m going to concentrate on less specific tactics, both technical and mental, that are often successful in getting the best out of a team’s performance. There’s a chance that this may descend worryingly into the realms of autobiography in some of the following examples – you have been warned!

It’s an old cliche, but the best eleven players don’t necessarily make the best team. ‘Team spirit’ and plain and simple self-belief can go a long, long way to bridging any gaps of talent in any team sport at any level, and cricket is no exception. The hallmark of the great Australian sides of the current era – under Border, Taylor, Waugh and now Ponting – has been, alongside great skill, unshakeable belief that they will win, no matter what the story the scoreboard tells – something never more evident than Michael Bevan and Andy Bichel breaking English hearts at Port Elizabeth in the 2003 World Cup.

Now, this is something that only comes from consistently winning and obviously this isn’t within everyone’s reach, but the principle of playing at the very limit of your personal effort and for the team above anything else is very much possible for any side. It’s difficult to express in words exactly how this can be built, but countless teams upsetting the odds in all sports show that it’s not just the stuff of back-page fantasy. For me, the first stage in building a spirit and unity along these lines is to encourage enjoyment in every aspect of the game’s play – the coach, the captain and any individual player can play equally strong roles in establishing this, and once this foundation is created, it becomes easier for a player to go the extra yards for something he enjoys and feels part of. Once this stage is reached, the ‘snowball effect’ often takes hold, then the team as a unit goes from strength to strength – then there’s little limit to what’s possible, as countless tales of FA Cup shocks show.

Another approach that can have a significant effect on team performance is to emphasise the importance that running between the wickets has upon the course of a game for both the batting and fielding sides. If a team isn’t allowed to pick up singles and rotate the strike, pressure will always build in the batsmen’s minds as they become conscious of the run-rate falling. On the other hand, if a batting team is able to easily take four or five runs an over due to lax fielding or unnecessarily defensive field placings the match could be lost. A fielding side that’s able to restrict the flow of runs will not only benefit from a lower scoring rate, but also from more mistakes from the under-pressure batting side.

The basics of positive, aggressive fielding and running between the wickets (reinforced, of course, by backing up in both aspects of the game) can be concentrated upon in training/practice sessions in the form of either exercises or competitive environments, as natural inter-player competitiveness is likely to increase the intensity – and as such effectiveness – if there is a genuine ‘edge’ alrededor de ellos. With enough practice, these actions will become second nature and become an integral part of what the players see as cricket. Another benefit to ‘competitive’ practices of this nature are that they encourage batsmen to assess fielding positions and promote shots that are not only appropriate to the delivery, but also to the game situation and field setting – the mental aspect of a cricketer’s development is, for me, just as important as the technical side (if not even more so).

D&C Promotions T20 Cricket….El Dorado Trading & Hopkinson Mining on board

September 1, 2011 | By KNews | Filed Under Sports

El Dorado Trading and Hopkinson Mining have joined forces with D&C Promotions for this weekend’s massive 8-team Twenty20 knock-out cricket tournament set for the Bartica Community Centre Ground. CEO of El Dorado Trading, Saddiqi who handed over the cheque to representative of D&C Promotions Andrea Fredericks said that they have always been in the business of supporting the positive development of sport and more so in Bartica.

CEO of El Dorado Trading hands over the cheque to Ms. Andrea Fredericks of D&C Promotions in the presence of Mr. Yusuf Khan, Treasurer of the Rising Stars Cricket Club, one of the participating clubs.

“We are proud that such a tournament is being held in this community and we will always be of support since it showcases the talent of a number of players from the community coming up against some of the best teams in the country.” Mr. Morris Hopkinson of Hopkinson Mining also stated his pleasure at being associated with the tournament and is looking forward to another successful and entertaining competition. “We at Hopkinson Mining are looking forward to an explosive competition featuring some of the best players in the business. We look forward to good crowd support.” This tournament is being run in association with the Bartica Cricket Committee and the Essequibo Cricket Board and will bowl off on Saturday from 18:00hrs.

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Position Sizing

The following interview is one you'll want to print out and read again and again until it becomes second nature.

It's one of the most important ideas any investor can learn. It's an essential element of success for everyone, from the conservative novice investing for retirement to the professional short-term trader. Ignoring this idea is responsible for more losses than any other investment mistake.

To explain this idea, we welcome Brian Hunt. Brian is a successful private investor and trader, and the Editor in Chief of Stansberry Research, one of the country's largest independent financial publishing firms.

If you're looking to take your investing or trading to the next level, you must master this idea.

Stansberry Research: Brian, one of the most important things any new investor can learn is correct position sizing. Can you define the idea for us?

Brian Hunt: Sure. Position sizing is an incredibly important part of your investment or trading strategy. If you don't know the basics of this concept, it's unlikely you'll ever succeed in the market. Fortunately, it's an easy concept to grasp.

Position sizing is the part of your investment or trading strategy that tells you how much money to place into a given trade.

For example, suppose an investor has a $100,000 account. If this investor buys $1,000 worth of shares in company ABC, his position size would be 1% of his total capital. If the investor bought $3,000 worth of stock, his position size is 3% of his total capital.

Many folks think of position size in terms of how many shares they own of a particular stock. But the successful investor thinks in terms of what percentage of their total account is in a particular stock.

Stansberry Research: Why is position sizing so important?

Hunt: Position sizing is the first and probably most important way investors can protect themselves from what's known as the "catastrophic loss."

The catastrophic loss is the kind of loss that erases a large chunk of your investment account. It's the kind of loss that ends careers. and even marriages.

The catastrophic loss typically occurs when a trader or investor takes a much larger position size than he should. He'll find a stock, commodity, or option trade he's really excited about, start dreaming of all the profits he could make, and then make a huge bet.

He'll place 20%, 30%, 40% or more of his account in that one idea. He'll "swing for the fences" and buy 2,000 shares of a stock instead of a more sensible 300 shares. He'll buy 20 option contracts when he should buy three.

The obvious damage from the catastrophic loss is financial. Maybe that investor who starts with $100,000 suffers a catastrophic 80% loss and is left with $20,000. It takes most folks years to make back that kind of money from their job.

But the less obvious damage is worse than losing money. It's the mental trauma that many people never recover from. They can get knocked out of investing forever. They just stick their money in the bank and stop trying. They consider themselves failures. They see years of hard work – as represented by the money they accumulated from their job or business – flushed down the toilet. It's a tough "life pill" to swallow. Their confidence gets shattered.

So clearly, you want to avoid the catastrophic loss at all costs. And your first line of defense is to size your positions correctly.

Stansberry Research: What are the guidelines for choosing a position size?

Hunt: Most great investors will tell you to never put more than 4% or 5% of your account into any one position. Some professionals won't put more than 3% in one position. One percent, which is a much lower risk per position, is better for most folks.

Seasoned investors may vary position size depending on the particular investment. For example, when buying a safe, cheap dividend stock, a position size of up to 5% may be suitable. Some managers who have done a ton of homework on an idea and believe the risk of a significant drop is nearly non-existent will even go as high as 10% or 20% – but that's more risk than the average investor should take on.

When dealing with more volatile vehicles – like speculating on junior resource stocks or trading options – position sizes should be much smaller. like a half a percent. or 1%.

Unfortunately, most novices will risk three, five, or 10 times as much as they should. It's a recipe for disaster if the company or commodity they own suffers a big, unforeseen move. or when the market in general suffers a big unforeseen move. These big, unforeseen moves happen with much greater frequency than most folks realize.

Stansberry Research: Can you explain how the math works with position sizing?

Hunt . Sí. But first I need to explain a concept that goes hand in hand with determining correct position sizing: protective stop losses.

A protective stop loss is a predetermined price at which you will exit a position if it moves against you. It's your "uncle" point where you say, "Well, I'm wrong about this one, time to cut my losses and move on."

Most people use stop losses that are a certain percentage of their purchase price. For example, if a trader purchases a stock at $10 per share, he could consider using a 10% stop loss. If the stock goes against him, he would exit the position at $9 per share. or 10% lower than his purchase price.

If that same trader uses a stop loss of 25%, he would sell his position if it declined to $7.50 per share, which is 25% less than $10.

Generally speaking, a stop loss of 5% is considered a "tight stop"– that is close to your purchase price – and a 50% stop loss is considered a "wide stop" – that is a long way from your purchase price.

Combining intelligent position sizing with stop losses will ensure the trader or investor a lifetime of success. To do this, you need to understand the concept many people call "R."

Stansberry Research: Please explain.

Hunt . "R" is the value you will "risk" on any one given investment. It is the foundation of all your position-sizing strategies.

For example, let's return to the example of the investor with a $100,000 account. We'll call him Joe.

Joe believes company ABC is a great investment, and decides to buy it at $20 per share.

But how many shares should he buy? If he buys too many, he could suffer a catastrophic loss if an accounting scandal strikes the company. If he buys too little, he's not capitalizing on his great idea.

Here's where intelligent position sizing comes into play. Here's where the investor must calculate his R.

R is calculated from two other numbers. One is total account size. In this case, it's $100,000. The other number is the percentage of the total account you'll risk on any given position.

Let's say Joe decides to risk 1% of his $100,000 account on the position. In this case his R is $1,000. If he decided to dial-up his risk to 2% of his entire account, his R would be $2,000. If he was a novice or extremely conservative, he might go with 0.5%, or an R of $500.

Joe is going to place a 25% protective stop loss on his ABC position. With these two pieces of information, he can now work backwards and determine how many shares he should buy.

Recuerda. Joe's R is $1,000, and he's using a 25% stop loss.

To calculate how large the position will be, the first step is to always divide 100 by his stop loss.

In Joe's case, 100 divided by 25 results in four. Now, he performs the next step in figuring his position size. He then takes that number – four – and multiplies it by his R of $1,000.

Four times $1,000 is $4,000, which means Joe can buy $4,000 worth of ABC stock. or 200 shares at $20 per share.

If ABC declines 25%, he'll lose $1,000 – 25% of his $4,000 – and exit the position.

Eso es. That's all it takes to practice intelligent position sizing.

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Player transfers before IPL 2015

A list of IPL player transfers before the 2015 season

Big names out in Daredevils revamp

After a disastrous 2014, Delhi Daredevils have opted to overhaul their squad by releasing a total of 13 players including their captain Kevin Pietersen and senior Indian pair of Dinesh Karthik and Murali Vijay

Royal Challengers let go of Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh, the most expensive buy of the last IPL auction, has been released by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Royal Challengers had paid Yuvraj Rs 14 crores ($2.33 million), an amount that consumed a massive share of their auction purse.

Kings XI release Pujara, Balaji and Murali Kartik

Kings XI Punjab have released Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Kartik and L Balaji from their squad for the next season of IPL. Kings XI can now add the amount generated from the release of Rs 4.7 crore ($782,000) to their auction purse for the 2015 season.

Royal Challengers pick up Mandeep

Royal Challengers Bangalore have acquired Mandeep Singh from Kings XI Punjab. Mandeep, who won the emerging player award in the 2012 edition, played only three matches last year and scored 24 runs. His recent performance in the Ranji Trophy includes a double-century against Saurashtra last December.

Players released on December 15

Auction purse (INR, in crores)

Yuvraj Singh, Muttiah Muralitharan, Albie Morkel, Ravi Rampaul, Sachin Rana, Shadab Jakati, Tanmay Mishra

Iqbal Abdulla moves to Royal Challengers Royal Challengers Bangalore made another addition to their squad during the transfer period, signing left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla who was part of the Rajasthan Royals franchise last season. Abdulla played only one game for Royals in IPL 2014, after spending six seasons with Kolkata Knight Riders where he took 33 wickets in 41 matches at 25.48.

Royal Challengers acquire Bisla Royal Challengers Bangalore have acquired Kolkata Knight Riders' wicketkeeper batsman Manvinder Bisla and have released Parthiv Patel to Mumbai Indians. Bisla, who played his first IPL season in 2010 with Kings XI Punjab, has been a part of the Knight Riders squad since 2011 and played a match-winning innings for the franchise in the IPL 2012 final. He had been re-purchased by the franchise in the auction earlier this year but played just one game for the side in IPL 2014.

Mumbai release Hussey and Praveen Kumar Mumbai Indians have bought batsman Unmukt Chand from Rajasthan Royals and medium-pacer Vinay Kumar from Kolkata Knight Riders during the first trading window for IPL 2015, which began on October 6. They have also acquired Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.

Mumbai have released batsman Michael Hussey and medium-pacer Praveen Kumar. both of whom may go into the player auction ahead of the 2015 season.

Hussey had a disappointing IPL in 2014, making only 209 runs at an average of 23 and strike rate of 114 in nine innings. Praveen only played three matches for Mumbai in IPL 2014, taking three wickets at an economy of 6.50.

Unmukt got only one game for Royals in the 2014 season, while Vinay took seven wickets in nine games and had an economy of 8.78.

The 2015 season will begin on April 8 and end on May 24. The IPL governing council also announced the windows for the 2016 and 2017 tournaments. IPL 2016 will be played between April 8 and May 29. IPL 2017 will be played between April 5 and May 21.

& # 169; ESPN Sports Media Ltd.

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on February 17, 2015, 13:10 GMT

I absolutely adore the IPL despite im not from india, My favourite team is and have been supporting them since the last 3 seasons, Mumbai Indians, who have one of the best cricketers of all time on their side Sachin Tendulkar. i would love it if Mumbai can bring in a batsman who is like Yuvraj Singh or AB De Villiers. a really good finisher, someone who we can rely on when the team is short of wickets, someone who can come in halfway down the batting order and help us to victory. Also a really good bowler like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, someone to give us as much hope as Malinga does, someone who can grab a bagfull of wickets every match, Apart from this i think we have a really good team and a great chance of qualifying all the way to the finals and hopefully winning it. KDAR

on February 16, 2015, 9:12 GMT

Is amla playing in this saeson?

on February 16, 2015, 5:59 GMT

बधाई युवी You Really Big Fighter Good game play in ipl 2015 india team fight back

Mr. CricketJKNotHussey on February 15, 2015, 10:27 GMT

KXIP have a solid batting unit, perhaps one reserve keeper/batsman would be good, so they could look for a cheap option. They do need to improve their bowling though. Getting rid of Balaji was a good move and they should try to pick up Siddharth Kaul. He bowls with Sandeep Sharma in Ranji and they both have a good partnership. He is also quite cheap. Axar and Shivam/Karanveer did a great job with the spinning duties, so Bangar could choose to give them more opportunities, although KXIP could try and make a move for someone like Mishra or Ojha. The player KXIp should go all out for is Trent Boult. He has been in amazing form and is hitting his peak right now. Johnson tuvo una temporada indiferente la última vez y parece centrarse más en las pruebas. Boult would add great depth to our bowling and is a fantastic player himself.

on February 11, 2015, 10:11 GMT

My team is KXIP and IPL 8 winner is KXIP

on February 9, 2015, 18:56 GMT

very good move of removing balaji from kings x1 well done kings x1

Worldcricketlover on February 7, 2015, 4:45 GMT

Delhi has released the number of player. But what imran tahir is doing in the team. Yes because gary is coach so he is in the team. Look rahul is much better bowler then him even jaydev, laxmi ratan shukla all are good. But gary want to develop most of the south African medicare cricketer. So bad gary

on February 6, 2015, 5:27 GMT

Kkr should go for yuvraj

IndianBarcafan on February 5, 2015, 18:12 GMT

@NARESH28. yeah i do agree Mandeep is good puller of the short ball but IMO a bad move by RCB as Mandeep Singh's game is ill suited to T20, he lacks the big shots both of pacers and spinners alike and is unable to rotate the strike and gets stuck at the crease that's why Manan Vohra replaced him in Kings xi last IPL, however as he is a good player of fast bowling and if he can regain his form in Ranji and Duleep trophy he can feature for India A team in overseas conditions but competition is fierce and Mandeep better start scoring big runs.

Pradeep Gowda on February 5, 2015, 16:54 GMT

Rcb need someone like mathews or marsh. sanga or Williamson could be a good choice

on February 17, 2015, 13:10 GMT

I absolutely adore the IPL despite im not from india, My favourite team is and have been supporting them since the last 3 seasons, Mumbai Indians, who have one of the best cricketers of all time on their side Sachin Tendulkar. i would love it if Mumbai can bring in a batsman who is like Yuvraj Singh or AB De Villiers. a really good finisher, someone who we can rely on when the team is short of wickets, someone who can come in halfway down the batting order and help us to victory. Also a really good bowler like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, someone to give us as much hope as Malinga does, someone who can grab a bagfull of wickets every match, Apart from this i think we have a really good team and a great chance of qualifying all the way to the finals and hopefully winning it. KDAR

on February 16, 2015, 9:12 GMT

Is amla playing in this saeson?

on February 16, 2015, 5:59 GMT

बधाई युवी You Really Big Fighter Good game play in ipl 2015 india team fight back

Mr. CricketJKNotHussey on February 15, 2015, 10:27 GMT

KXIP have a solid batting unit, perhaps one reserve keeper/batsman would be good, so they could look for a cheap option. They do need to improve their bowling though. Getting rid of Balaji was a good move and they should try to pick up Siddharth Kaul. He bowls with Sandeep Sharma in Ranji and they both have a good partnership. He is also quite cheap. Axar and Shivam/Karanveer did a great job with the spinning duties, so Bangar could choose to give them more opportunities, although KXIP could try and make a move for someone like Mishra or Ojha. The player KXIp should go all out for is Trent Boult. He has been in amazing form and is hitting his peak right now. Johnson tuvo una temporada indiferente la última vez y parece centrarse más en las pruebas. Boult would add great depth to our bowling and is a fantastic player himself.

on February 11, 2015, 10:11 GMT

My team is KXIP and IPL 8 winner is KXIP

on February 9, 2015, 18:56 GMT

very good move of removing balaji from kings x1 well done kings x1

Worldcricketlover on February 7, 2015, 4:45 GMT

Delhi has released the number of player. But what imran tahir is doing in the team. Yes because gary is coach so he is in the team. Look rahul is much better bowler then him even jaydev, laxmi ratan shukla all are good. But gary want to develop most of the south African medicare cricketer. So bad gary

on February 6, 2015, 5:27 GMT

Kkr should go for yuvraj

IndianBarcafan on February 5, 2015, 18:12 GMT

@NARESH28. yeah i do agree Mandeep is good puller of the short ball but IMO a bad move by RCB as Mandeep Singh's game is ill suited to T20, he lacks the big shots both of pacers and spinners alike and is unable to rotate the strike and gets stuck at the crease that's why Manan Vohra replaced him in Kings xi last IPL, however as he is a good player of fast bowling and if he can regain his form in Ranji and Duleep trophy he can feature for India A team in overseas conditions but competition is fierce and Mandeep better start scoring big runs.

Pradeep Gowda on February 5, 2015, 16:54 GMT

Rcb need someone like mathews or marsh. sanga or Williamson could be a good choice

Pradeep Gowda on February 5, 2015, 14:57 GMT

dd got to buy these players mathews or marsh. Williamson moeen sanga/amla mishra kayle Abbot pathan

on February 5, 2015, 14:53 GMT

For the upcoming IPL season, teams can look for some local indian talents, here are them Sreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Swarupam Purkayastha, Shreayas Gopal, Chirag Khurana, Lukman Merriwala, Shardul Thakur, Baba Indrajith, Basil Thambi, Himanshu Rana(high regards on the 16 year boy),Sarfraz Khan, Puneet Datey, Ankush Bains, Shubman Gill

iplsuks on February 5, 2015, 14:45 GMT

sorry this is not the time to discuss ipl..only losers will get into this while the world cup is our top priority.

Naresh28 on February 5, 2015, 14:26 GMT

Yah I remember when Mandeep was been touted as a India team player not so long ago. He is now languishing in unknown depths. A player who they felt could handle fast bowling easily. The selectors forget very quickly about these good players. I know that India is quite capable of fielding at least two teams in world cricket. Its just that the selectors are so blinded. BCCI does not encourage professionalism in the sport. A good development is the IPL which has allowed a broader scope to choose from.

on January 11, 2015, 12:31 GMT

People who keep saying "xyz team should buy xyz player, or go for xyz player, " should keep in mind that this is not a full fledged auction and most teams have retained almost all of their sides and have very little money left. This time, sides like RR, SRH, etc have money but CSK, MI, KXIP don't have too much left. Delhi is one side who have 40 crores plus in their purse and so I see yuvraj going to them if they wish to take him. Because no one else simply has that kind of money. otherwise, SRH might go for someone like pietersen, given their lack of leaders, and experience. speaking of experience we have to keep in mind the Sri Lankan trio sangakkara, dilshan and jayawardene, who will most likely retire from internationals after world cup, and all 3 can be leaders too..I don't see CSK, MI, KXIP, KKR etc in the action, given their complete squads and relative lack of purse. someone made a fine point about Williamson and Ryder. Marsh, Taylor, Samuels, etc may find takers too.

on January 11, 2015, 12:21 GMT

rr got 13 crore in dere purse and they shoyld look to buy irfan pathan from this money and angelo mathews as well. equipo. karun nair. rahane. samson, watson, smith. binny. faulkner. bhatia. d. hooda. richarson, tambe. (pathan will give a big boost)

on December 30, 2014, 6:48 GMT

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) should go for Yuvraj Singh as he is one of the best T20 batsman of all time & it will strengthen their batting. Also should look for Dinesh Karthik as he would be a great replacement for BISLA. Finally ANGELO MATTHEWS should be a great addition as he is a great batsman + bowler which makes him an awesome all rounder. Also his captaincy skills are great & can be the vice captain (captain in case pf Gambhir's absence)

on December 18, 2014, 20:36 GMT

Would be keen to know if anyone has Kane Williamson or Jesse Ryder in their sights?

on December 17, 2014, 15:07 GMT

Sunrises shall buy 2 foreign players who are very good in batting and it's compelsary to buy Murli vijay if they buy these players the team players will be Dhawan, Warner, vijay, new batsman. new all rounder, Naman Ohja. Karan Sharma. Parvez, Amit Mishra, dale styen, bhuvi

Rally_Windies on December 16, 2014, 18:27 GMT

Krishmar Santokie on the block. Guau.

Chennai, can't use Badree, but they won't let him go because they don't want him on another team bowling at them.

but WOW. in 20/20 format at least. Santokie is the best wibly wobly medium pacer in the game. "easily one of the best bowlers of the last 20/20 world cup"

Triple_A on December 16, 2014, 17:49 GMT

Sunrisers had a team with such potential:

Dhawan Warner Finch N. Ojha I. Pathan Sammy Steyn Mishra Karn Sharma Bhuvi I. Sharma

3 explosive openers, one WK in great form, 2 fast bowling allrounders, 2 spin allrounders, 2 pacers who can crank it up to 150 and one wily swing bowler. Dont know where it went all wrong for them.

I wonder where Delhi is going to get its cream from if they have released all their players. Probably get some new faces, but I dont see them promoting youngsters like RR.

KKR, RR and CSK and KXIP have made some smart decisions. Finally people are understanding that you cant have massive squads coz eventually the same 12-13 players play the whole tournament.

MI have also made good choices; they had too many local lads who were crowding the squad without adding any benefit. Now they can probably get a couple of players released and work out their batting coz that was a mess last year. Rohit, Pollard, Rayudu, Corey, Patel can form the crux with KP or Finch.

on December 16, 2014, 17:43 GMT

MI should try to pick KP, DK, Sharath, L Balaji & Amit Mishra.

They then end up with a batting lineup that goes -

Rohit, Parthiv / DK, KP, Anderson, Rayadu, Pollard, DK Bhajji, Amit Mishra, Malinga & Balaji / Sharath.

If Balaji / Amit have a bad day, MI might concede 200 but with MI's batting - is 200 safe.

vikumsd007 on December 16, 2014, 17:09 GMT

Sunrisers came with a plan to. the 2014 auction with only a few players in their mind and went all out for those players and lost some other good players now they'll hav an opportunity to correct the mistake so they go for middle order batsmen they should go all out for one of Yuvraj or Pietersen. Yuvraj a better choice as he is experienced and is an all rounder and they should also buy Parnell a very good competition to Steyn and also Neesham and M. Marsh replace Sammy they should also look to buy P. Ojha and and the attacking move could be to give the captaincy to Yuvi Playing XI(Probable):- Warner, Dhawan, Rahul, Yuvi, M.Marsh, Neesham, Karn, Bhuvi, Steyn, P.Ojha, Ishant

on December 16, 2014, 17:00 GMT

Great move to start with clean slate from DD. Given that they will with most pressure during auction. Hope they fetch Srilankan and british players, likes of Alex Hales, Moin Ali, Mahila and Mathews. They are pretty much doomed when it comes to domestic players.

crickenthusiastic on December 16, 2014, 16:52 GMT

i would like to see IRFAN PATHAN in RAJASTHAN ROYALS or ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGLORE

D-Coach on December 16, 2014, 16:42 GMT

CSK can go for M. Vijay, L. Balaji, P. Kumar, K. Cooper

on December 16, 2014, 14:08 GMT

RCB should target balaji & zaheer.

on December 16, 2014, 12:37 GMT

Aaron Finch would be ideal for Delhi daredevils, He would be a solid opener as well as a captain. I would look to buy Cheteshwar Pujara as the other opener. Though Pujara is more a test player he is solid and its good to have those kind of players. I would look for a few international middle order batsman and indian middle order batsman. Id look to add batsman such as Brad Hodge, Cameron White, Alex Hales, Martin Guptill, Mike Hussey. For Indian batsman id go Manprit Juneja, CM Gautam, Laxmi Shukla. I do get two good wicket keepers. I honestly don't know why Dinesh Karthik is getting released you don't get much better keepers. If not Karthik id go CM Gautam. Id get two overseas all rounders probably Angelo Matthews and James Neesham. For bowlers id aim for L Balaji, Brett Lee, Ben Laughlin, Praveen Kumar. In the spin department id go for Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra.

on December 16, 2014, 12:08 GMT

Rajasthan Royals should focus on spinners which it lacks, for that it should buy Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha. Also, it should buy Karnataka pace bowler Sreenath Aravind, Jimmy Neesham (an extra overseas all-rounder is beneficial in case Watson or Faulkner are out-of-form next season) and also Aaron Finch, who can open with Rahane and boost the scoring rate early in the innings, an area where Rajasthan suffered last season.

IPLCrackers on December 16, 2014, 11:21 GMT

love to see uv with mumbai indians. Thats will become his second home team.

thinkgood on December 16, 2014, 11:04 GMT

so who is left in DD of the old squad. Kedar Jadav.

on December 16, 2014, 9:59 GMT

CSK SHOULD take balaji as balaji is lucky. which ever team he joins that team reaches minimum of knock out stage. - Kolkata Knight Riders. CSK, Kings XI Punjab etc

baghels. a on December 16, 2014, 9:41 GMT

Things are done differently in IPL compared to European Football leagues, in Football one year contracts are only given to players who are aging or coming to end of there careers but here in IPL young and fully fit players are given one year contract which is unfair from players point of view. while for such players football clubs offer a minimum of 4 year contract.

Some of the franchises will go for young Indian players and also u-19 hotshots like Aditya Garhwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant, Shubham Khajuriya etc. Bit surprised to see RR release someone like Ankush Bains a young upcoming wicketkeeper batsman because RR are known to nurture young Indian players but i guess Rahul Dravid knows best. BCCI has not released the auction dates yet.

on December 16, 2014, 9:30 GMT

CSK should get back Vijay to open at cheap rate and buy some good Foreign Pace Bowlers which it lacks. They have enought batsman to play.

on December 16, 2014, 9:28 GMT

CSK should concentrate on Fast Bowler which it lacks.

on December 16, 2014, 9:12 GMT

Mumbai should target yuvraj and Murli Vijay

on December 16, 2014, 8:45 GMT

DD should buy back Dinesh Karthik at low price along with Brad Hodge, Finch, Mishra and one Indian fast bowler.

on December 16, 2014, 8:40 GMT

KKR already has a set team. To augment their batting further, they can look at Finch / White (Explosive batting upfront) + Yuvi (Batting Allrounder) + Mathews / Marsh (Overseas All Rounder cum explosive finisher). Any 2 from the above would be enough to make KKR stronger than what they were in IPL7

on December 16, 2014, 8:33 GMT

Cameroon Delport will be the target on IPL auction as he has produced stunning 34 of 9 balls

sreehk on December 16, 2014, 7:19 GMT

One look at SRH squad will tell a story. They had no idea what they were buying in last auction. Srikanth and Moody to be blamed for madmox buying. Brendon Taylor, Holder, Finch, Henriques, Vrao, Chama Milind, all useless buys. It is such a shame that they could not get hold of even one quality Mid order batsman foreign or even Indian. How on earth the team is supposed to breath? Team with longest tail perhaps. Wonder whether they purposefully do this. Average cricket thinker can also think better so how can an expert committee go so horribly wrong? At least they buy 3 to 4 VERT STRONG Middle Order batsmen this time. Spend 9 Cr on Yuvraj and DKarthik. Another 8 crore on 2 good foreign bats and 3 crore on some smart buy bowler may be.

sreehk on December 16, 2014, 7:05 GMT

SRH must buy at least two of Yuvraj, DKarthik, and Pujara/Vijay. They only have Warner and Steyn as valuable foreign players. So they need to buy two foreign batters and one bowler. Not sure what the player availability is. Ross taylor and Peiterson both dont inspire confidence. So who else is available?

on December 16, 2014, 6:26 GMT

Smart move by RCB to release Yuvraj, considering he haven`t played international cricket since last T20 WC and not being selected in WC 2015. They will easily purchase him again at cheaper amount and use that money to buy new good and expensive players. Bravo RCB.

Rakes7 on December 16, 2014, 5:55 GMT

SRH did right thing to leave out Finch. they have already 2 opener Dhawan n Warner. they nead a strong middle order batsman.

Rakes7 on December 16, 2014, 5:38 GMT

KKR must get Dinesh karthik, as they leave Bisla, they nead a proper WK and go for either Mathews or Marsh and obiviously yuvraj singh. they should not miss him this time like last year.

on December 16, 2014, 5:30 GMT

MITCHEL MARSH may be the target for Most of the Team. along with Alex Hales, Kane Williamson.

on December 16, 2014, 5:15 GMT

SRH should aim for Batsman. Vijay, Yuvi Bowlers. Amit mishra All rounders. Irfan. Foreign players. Finch or KP

If they can get 3 out of the above 7 then I think SRH will become unbeatable

on December 16, 2014, 5:01 GMT

DD should target Angello Mathews, a three-in-one combination: Captain+Batsman+Bowler

Siva_Bala75 on December 16, 2014, 4:41 GMT

My prediction: High demand (Rs 5 crores): Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Yuvraj Singh, Angelo Mathews

Medium demand (Rs 2-3 crores): Amit Mishra, Aaron Finch, Irfan Pathan

Low demand (1 crore or less): Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Jalaj Saxena, Krishmar Santokie, Darren Sammy, Kevin Pietersen, Jayadev Unadkat, Ross Taylor, Laxmi Ratan Shukla. Rahul Sharma, J Neesham, Siddarth Kaul, Rahul Shukla, HS Sharath, L Balaji, Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Ankit Sharma, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravi Rampaul, R Herath, James Taylor, Jos Buttler, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Kyle Abbott, Josh Hazlewood.

on December 16, 2014, 4:07 GMT

yuvi is the best in all players in auction. i think mumbai will go for him.

AjayB on December 16, 2014, 3:08 GMT

I like the Royals. Quiet and unassuming performers. They should go for Sangakkara and/or Sammy. They can mentor a good leader in the talented group. Shane Watson's leadership was uninspiring.

on December 16, 2014, 2:36 GMT

if melbourne stars and cameron white do well in upcoming bigbash league then delhi daredevils might consider cameron white to be their captain. he is very unlucky to miss out last year.

Siva_Bala75 on December 16, 2014, 2:05 GMT

Most teams have a very decent 'overseas' contingent, so the teams will look to strengthen their 'Indian' part. Again there will be a big demand for Indians compared to the overseas players. Again there will be meaningless comparisons between Indians and Overseas players on quality/ price. Again, ignoring basic simple Supply/ Demand theory, there will be comments that Indian players are grossly over paid compared to the overseas players. Dejavu!

Siva_Bala75 on December 16, 2014, 1:41 GMT

The release itself proves that CSK is the best - best in retaining and being consistent and clear in their decision making process.

on December 16, 2014, 1:09 GMT

If Reardon Performs in this BBL then I think he would be a great addition to Rajasthan having Lost Brad Hodge. He didn't have a great T20 Debut, but if he gets going he can really push the score along during the middle overs.

pravineswar on December 16, 2014, 0:23 GMT

First, i think Pujara & Vijay should go to English County and play 4 day games & ODI's to improve their overall game. Bowlers like Umesh & Aaron should be rested from IPL. Most of high profile players like Mike Husy, KP, DK, Yuvi, Amit Mishra, Ohja & Finch will be bought back my respective teams at lesser price to save their budgets. I predict RP Singh will have good auction. Being CSK Fan, i think they need two Indian Bowlers and maybe Ravi Rampaul in place of Ben.

on December 16, 2014, 0:04 GMT

The players for the team to keep their eyes on them are Jacques Kallis Sharab Jakati and Amit Mishra

sumitode on December 15, 2014, 23:11 GMT

I think KKR needs to build some batting depth, they just one more quality batsman and perhaps another quality spinner, I would go for one of Karthik (one of the best domestic players), Vijay (would be a quality Indian opener with Utthapa), or Finch (super explosive, something that KKR lacks). For bowlers, I would go for either Irfan Pathan or Unadkat

on December 15, 2014, 20:39 GMT

I think mumbai indians should buy dinesh karthik because he fits into the team at no. 3 automatically. while they should look to buy ravi rampaul as they will get an experienced t20 bowler. I don't think mi should have retained simmons as his current form is very poor

on December 15, 2014, 19:58 GMT

I think Csk will have the comfort to get Bravo back in the team as they have released David Hussey who was signed as a replacement for injured bravo and also they shud sign somebody like Zaheer Khan if he is fit else get back holder or Bala

getgopi on December 15, 2014, 18:27 GMT

The respective teams should have retained Jakati, Hodge, Mishra and Sammy. These are players who delivered more often that most other players did (Jakati did that while at CSK).

Abbas67 on December 15, 2014, 18:07 GMT

Big 3 every team will eye on this Auctions: KXIP - Mishra, Morkel, Rampaul CSK - Sammy, Cooper, Neesham KKR - Dilshan, Taylor, CM Gautam MI - Sangakarra, Holder, Jakati RR - Pietersen, Mathews, Pathan SRH - Ojha, Vijay, Yuvraj RCB - Finch, K. Parera, Balaji DD - Karthik, Morgan, Marsh

VenkyN on December 15, 2014, 17:23 GMT

I expected CSK to leave out David Hussey. His inclusion was a little bewildering to begin with. And after THAT semi-final against KXII, Dhoni came out very harshly against, so of the "most experienced international batsmen" playing very irresponsibly, and he could have only been referring to Hussey. A little harsh perhaps, but that is life in the fast lane. I think though that on balance David Hussey will do better in this auction, since he really was a mishit at CSK, and did not quite fit in with the balance of the team.

If CSK manages to pick up a couple of good domestic bowlers this time around, they will be golden. Looking at Ojha or Unadkat perhaps.

on December 15, 2014, 17:16 GMT

Cant believe Dinda is still alive with RCB. Rajasthan Royals seem to be in very good shape. If they buy one or two quality indian player like DK, they would be unstoppable in IPL 8.

Cricfever_PM on December 15, 2014, 16:23 GMT

DD have released their entire squad! I feel they could have kept KP & Rose but anyhow it's team decision and they may think to rebuild the team.

on November 11, 2014, 17:45 GMT

@ Rishav Dharewal. T20 is all about team combination and form during the IPL window. KKR is the biggest example. Replacing Kallis with Sangakarra, Chris Lynn with Jos Butler / Alex Hales & Russel with Mathews can be KKR's option for IPL 8.

on November 9, 2014, 18:51 GMT

There are some good domestic player in Auction as well as international like Shreyas iyer, Sarfraz khan, Monu kumar, Virat Singh. s Lad, Akhil hedwarkar, and Vishal dabolkar grab anyone Mi

on November 9, 2014, 14:04 GMT

To give yourself a fair chance at winning IPL, your squad of 30 should have at least 8, preferably 9 Indian players who would be automatic selections (4 / 5 match-winners & the rest, at least very good fighters at the International level). Back them with 2 foreign stars & minimum 3 good foreign players. MI are close to getting there, another good Indian Batsman / bowler / All-rounder & they would be set. If they could trade with DD for Manoj / Saurabh, their Indian contingent would be taken care of. They could then go all-out for 2 more good foreign players, preferably fast bowlers (almost any of the Pakistani's would fit the bill). And the playing 11 would be - 3 Quicks / seamers (Malinga, Bumrah & 1 of the 2 new foreighners) 1 Spinner (Harbhajan) 2 Allrounders (Anderson & Pollard) 1 WK, Parthiv / Tare 4 Batsmen Rohit Sharma, Rayudu, Lendle Simmons / Ben Dunk & Tiwary.

Deepak_Bandhakavi on November 8, 2014, 19:53 GMT

My Suggestions for Mumbai Indians in Picking the Team of 11 Members. 1. Lendl Simmons*/ Ben Dunk# (OBt) 2.Parthiv Patel* (Wk & Bt)/ Unmukth Chand# (OBt) 3.Corey Anderson* (Bt-All) 4.Ambati Rayudu*/ Aditya Tare#/ C M Gautam$ (Wk & Bt) 5.Rohit Sharma* (C & Bt) 6.Keiron Pollard* (Bt-All) 7.Shreyas Gopal*/ Jalaj Saxena# (Bl-All) 8.Harbhajan Singh* (Bl-ALL) 9.Vinay Kumar*/ Zaheer Khan#(Bl-SupAll) 10.Lasith Malinga*/ Merchant De Lange#/ Krismar Santokie#/ Josh Hazzlewood$ (Bl) 11.Jasprit Bumrah*/ Pawan Suyal$/ Pragyaan Ojha# (Bl)

Where " * " is Top Priority (Best Result) " # " is Second Priority (Good/ Fair Result) " $ " Being Third Priority (Can't But Stage for obtaining better results)

Still if you want to trade some more players, then go for Indian All-Rounders available for trading from other Franchises. With This I wish MI a Very Good Luck and Elegance when it comes to Play.

on November 8, 2014, 7:02 GMT

My Mumbai Indian s playing lineups should be like this - 1)Simmons 2) Parthiv Patel 3) Unmukt Chand 4) Corey Anderson 5) Rohit Sharma 6) Aditya Tare/Ambati Rayudu 7) Kieron Pollard 8)Harbhajan Singh 9) Zaheer /Gopal 10) Vinay Kumar /ojha 11) Malinga Unmukt chand is a opener so he should Bat at top 3 but not lower than that. And at 6 there is uncertainty of Aditya and Rayudu. I prefer Aditya over rayudu because Aditya might be prove effective in Death overs than Rayudu and can hit anyball for boundary. Mi need to release Dunk and Santokie. But I Think Dunk has saved his place because of his Double Century against Queensland.

on November 8, 2014, 3:20 GMT

Great move by the Mumbai Indians. If u closely observe after 2011 MI acquired DK and Ojha in the trading window which proved effective. They have strengthened their Indian pool. Hussey was no where close to his prime. It was a repeat of what MI experienced with the likes of Ponting and Symonds. With these 3 additions the line up could look like :- 1)Parthiv 2) Simmons 3) rayudu 4) rohit 5) Corey 6) pollard 7) Unmukht/Tare 8) Bhajji 9)Zak 10)Malinga 11) Ojha/ Vinay The presence of 4 experienced Indian bowlers in Bhajji Zak Vinay and Ojha gives us the option of resting Malinga and using an additional foreign all rounder or batsman like Dunk. MI should go all out for Marlon Samuels or Eoin Morgan. Team will be complete then.

on November 8, 2014, 2:13 GMT

i think mumbai shouldnt have sell hussey he is a great cricketer he can hit the ball out of the park. but parthiv is a good selection he can score runs in initial overs.

NIKSTERROR on November 7, 2014, 19:33 GMT

I can hinge my bet on Raj Royals that they will trade some unknown, shocking and later that trade would prove to be a astute decision. Please don't let go any foreign players except Southee and Richardson and retain Cutting Buy some hard hitting late order indian batsmen like K. Jadhav. Ojha (if they are available).Invest in Pakistani players like Umar Akmal and Zulfiqar Babar. I know this is stupid but invest in small team players like Mahamdullah. Masakadza. Shenwari. M. Nabi. P. Utseya

shashi00123 on November 7, 2014, 19:28 GMT

Good buy for RCB. Next auction got to buy Angelo or Mitch Marsh also Saurabh Tiwary as mostly DD would like trade him as they have plenty of batsman with no all rounders. This two buys and u have a winning Combo besides if possible trade Nadeem it will be extraordinary.

Fangahawk on November 7, 2014, 18:40 GMT

Nice choice RCB, Bisla is a good wk/batsman. Parthiv was going to slow, so hope that Bisla will give a faster start if he is opening for RCB. RCB should try getting Praveen Kumar and Mitchell Marsh, which would complete RCB's lineup

Abbas67 on November 7, 2014, 18:36 GMT

Waiting for Rajasthan Royals. they will surely let go Cutting, Richardson & A random indian players. their eyes must be on Badrinath, Irfan Pathan, Ojha, White, Rossow, Marsh & Philander

Professor. Biscuit. Khan on November 7, 2014, 18:23 GMT

de Kock*, M. Vijay, KP*, DK(wk), Duminy*, Jadhav, Coulter-Nile*, LR Shukla, Shami, Rahul Sharma, Nadeem.

Rahul should be given more chances to prove himself. He should use his height to good effect.

DD have too many Ind batsmen which they don't even use. Saurabh Tiwary, Manoj Tiwary. they may trade one of them.

Problem with DD is their Captain KP doesn't play International Cricket anymore. he is not in form. Rest of the players are okay but not gelling as a team.

on November 7, 2014, 18:09 GMT

good selection by rcb now need to purchase mitchel marsh or irfan pathan or angelo mathews as all rounder and manoj tiwary or mayank agarwal as he other batsman then get praveen kumar or umesh yaadav or shami the old rcb boy and may be go for steyn or bollinger if get

on November 7, 2014, 17:58 GMT

rcb pls buy. mitchell marsh

AayushVarma18 on November 7, 2014, 17:39 GMT

RCB buy Hussey, retain Gayle, and there you go. The greatest T20 opening combination, ever. Bisla too is a good buy. Mumbai have lost a gem in Hussey.

vikumsd007 on November 7, 2014, 16:52 GMT

Good buys by Mumbai Parthiv could give them a great start with Simmons at the top and RCB buying Bisla is also pretty sensible as it gives an left-right combination at the top with Gayle and now Delhi should make some trades I think they should trade in some all rounders and give away one of their batsmen Saurabh Tiwary or Manoj Tiwary as they are being wasted in the bench

Siva_Bala75 on November 7, 2014, 6:30 GMT

Praveen Kumar can not bowl at death or in the middle but can be very effective in the first few overs. Dhoni has this habit of giving 3 or even 4 overs at a stretch - PK can nicely fit in to that, so CSK should go for Praveen Kumar.

on November 7, 2014, 4:57 GMT

good news for all Indian fans

on November 6, 2014, 4:00 GMT

csk is an super team built by msd. he s an extraordinary man in giving chances to young ones I think hussey will be byued by csk. hussey is the kangaroo king in batting order. and chennai is a good team

on November 5, 2014, 18:16 GMT

Good Buy for MUMBAI INDIANS. They require some inform players. These players can give strength to their team. Now they should try to buy MARLON SAMUELS who can prove handy with the bat in middle order and can be a spin bowling option.

on November 5, 2014, 9:19 GMT

I am getting the feelings that Mi would Buy Hussey at low cost or make him the Advisor of side

on November 5, 2014, 8:40 GMT

Parthiv, Aditya Tare, Sushant Marathe, CM Gautam, Ben Dunk plus 2 part time wicketkeepers Simmons and Rayudu, how many wicketkeeprs Mumbai Indians need?

on November 5, 2014, 7:29 GMT

To all those criticizing MI for letting go of these two. MI had their worse auction last year. where they splurged money like there was no tomorrow on certain players (well above their worth) and were left with nothing much afterwards. now if they have acquired these parthiv as well then. it is a simple game plan. plug the gaps. Indian batsman, trustworthy wicketkeeper (though tare was good), 3rd fast bowler. it dosen't get better. as of now the playing 11 will (and should) look like

Parthiv, Simmons, Chand, Rohit, Rayudu, Anderson, Pollard, Harbhajan, Vinay, Zak, Malinga

unless there are some more additions/deletions

and also pk and hussey can always be bought back in auction for less. without affecting their cap so much. MI has always been a better offseason team while picking players (with no supposed cap on investment)

Entonces sí. I am all for these selections and releases. and anderson and pollard HAVE TO play in every game.

on November 5, 2014, 7:05 GMT

I think this is a good move to acquire the services of chand and vinay kumar. Iam though concerned about delhi daredevils. The owners have mismanaged the franchise like no one else has. And unless they use the trading window and the auction to their advantage, the perennial occupiers of the wooden spoon will keep sitting there. Delhi must go for mitchell marsh in the auction. they need someone who can pack a punch. Kedar Jadhav is a proper batsman and DD plays him as a pinch hitter, sending him with only 3-4 overs left. And if they can lay their hands on Eion Morgan, that would do world of good.

DD. 1). Vijay 2). KP 3). DK 4). Kedar Jadhav 5). JP 6). Saurabh Tiwari 7). M. Marsh 8). Coulter-Nile 9). Shami 10). Nadeem 11). Unadkat

MansoorAllaji on November 5, 2014, 5:40 GMT

Hussey is a very Good Batsman. I think if CSK will take hime Once again will give them the Good Support for them in Batting & the Fielding Side

indianzen on November 4, 2014, 20:05 GMT

Its astonishing how players play fantastic when they play for Chennai and then go down when they are released. Some samples are Vijay, Hussey, albie, Bollinger, etc etc.

Nampally on November 4, 2014, 19:39 GMT

MI relied heavily on Hussey, Smith & Pollard to pull them thru' the batting with a middle order strength of Karthick & Rohit Sharma. But without Rohit MI had poor batting. The addition of Chand & Parthiv will boost their batting. Both are good aggressive openers. With these additions MI will have a longer batting line up. But the bowling is still a suspect & needs lot of reinforcing. Vinay is not an economical bowler. Hence his addition is not a great one. They still need to find their right bowlers via trades.

on November 4, 2014, 18:55 GMT

Hussey shld go to Delhi. Vijay and Huss were the best openers for a long time in IPL. I wish KP gets Huss.

on November 4, 2014, 18:25 GMT

please get the pakistani players.

on November 4, 2014, 17:27 GMT

Praveen Kumar. CSK are also in need of a Specialist, Experienced and Talented Fast Bowler. plz plz csk francise take this player. \\\

on November 4, 2014, 17:21 GMT

CSK are also in need of a Specialist Experienced and Talented medium-pacer Praveen Kumar. plz plz

on November 4, 2014, 17:20 GMT

@desiboy Vinay was with KKR in the previous season

on November 4, 2014, 17:15 GMT

No me gusta esto en absoluto. Hussey showed form in India while Praveen was underused. Unmukt Chand hasn't done anything in the IPL while Vinay Kumar is just terrible. Horrible planning by Nita and co.

desiboy454 on November 4, 2014, 17:00 GMT

RR: 1. Rahane 2. Nair 3. Watson 4. Samson 5. Hodge 6. Faulker 7. Binny 8. Bhatia 9. Tambe 10. Southee 11. Dhawal Kulkarni

SH: 1. Finch 2. Dhawan 3. N. Ojha 4 Warner 5. Brendan Taylor 6. Kl Rahul 7. Karn Sharma 8. Irfan 9. Steyn 10. Bhuvi 11. Mishra

RCB: 1. Gayle 2. Vijay Zol 3. Virat 4. ABD 5. Yuvi 6. Albie 7.Patel 8. Y. Chahal 9. Starc 10. Aaron/Dinda 11. Jakati - Thin on good Indian Bowlers

DD: 1. Quinton De Kock 2. Vijay 3. KP 4. DK 5. M. Tiwari 6. JP 7. Laxmi Shukla 8. Rahul Shamra 9. M. Shami 10. Unadkat 11. Courter Nile/Parnell

Not sure why delhi cant use this combo. Shami/Courtner Nile would be good at death. Batting seems good and Laxmi Shulka can be a good all rounder. With JP/Shukla you can get your 4 overs or more depending on how your 4 main bowlers go. Rahul Sharma is not a bad bowler, but is average.

IndianBarcafan on November 4, 2014, 16:48 GMT

Unmukt Chand is a good addition for MI as i felt they were lacking in Indian batting department apart from Rohit Sharma, perhaps in the auction they can also go for young Mumbai batting talents like Sarfaraz Khan, Shreyash Iyer, Armaan Jaffer. I expect lot of bidding for young Aditya Gaharwar and some other u-19 talents.

@Rishabh Dharewal: i don't think RR will rue the decision regarding Unmukt Chand as they have Samson, Rahane, Karun Nair plus emerging players like Deepak Hooda and Ankush Bains among there Indian contingent.

green_jelly on November 4, 2014, 16:47 GMT

I think Huss has a future as coach of CSK. CSK have been very strategic, with Flemming playing as opener and going on to be a very effective coach. Their previous coach Wessels was also in the same mold. Hussey seems to be the natural next choice.

binu. emiliya on November 4, 2014, 16:46 GMT

Chennai should buy Rahul Shukla of Jharkhand currently he is with DD even he should be selected to the Indian Team to replace injured Varun Aron, he is a good bowler well built

desiboy454 on November 4, 2014, 16:38 GMT

Post 1/2: Good move by mumbai, Chand opening with simmons and not losing an overseas player to have hussey open. mumbai 4 overseas: Simmons, Anderson, Pollard, Malinga. They needed an indian talent.

RCB, good to get rid of VK, they have many bowlers, they need an indian batsman. 4 overseas: Gayle, AB, Starc, All-rounder (not albie). Their indian bowlers need some work. better choices than Dinda and RP. They should take Praveen, idk why mumbai let Praveen go.

Delhi need some good Indian bowlers/batsman.

KKR: 1. Uttapa 2. GG 3. Pandey 4. Shakib 5. Yusuf 6. Ten Doeschate 7. Yadav 8. Chawla 9. Narine 10. Umesh 11. Morkel

KXIP: 1. Sewagh 2. Vohra 3. Maxwell 4. Saha 5. Bailey 6. Miller 7. Aksar 8. MJ 9. Karnveer 10. Awana 11. Balaji

MI: 1. Simmons 2. Chand 3. Rohit 4. Rayadu 5. Anderson 6. Pollard 7. Tare 8. Bhajji 9. Ojha 10. Malinga 11. Indian Bowler

CSK: 1. McCullum 2. Smith 3. Raina 4. Faf 5. MSD 6. Bravo 7. Jadeja 8. Ashwin 9. Mohit 10. Nehra 11. Indian seamers

Chandramouli. G on November 4, 2014, 16:23 GMT

Any chance of Pakistan players included atleast in this IPL? If yes, then every owner would be eager in putting their money, not on Afridi, not on Hafeez, not on Umar Gul, but on Misbah. But frankly, every Pakistan player have their abilities and will go for big money, IF under the hammer!

BCCI and PCB should have talks with each other and let play Pakistan players in IPL. We all have seen how good were Lahore Lions in the CLT20 right from their qualification till thier last match! All is Well, That Ends Well!

Chandramouli. G on November 4, 2014, 16:11 GMT

Now, this is the time that CSK act smartly and buy Mr. Cricket, Mike Hussey. We all know how good a player Hussey is, and I don't think Mrs. Ambani knows that! Mike is a capable player who anchors the innings very well, and a must-have player. His presence in the dressing room is a boost for the team.

CSK are also in need of a Specialist, Experienced and Talented Fast Bowler, preferably Indian because of 4 overseas players already fitted. Mr. Ashish Nehra is too old a bowler, and goes costly at times, as seen in the CLT20Finals. Maybe, Praveen Kumar if available but not necessarily him. They should put their money on some Fast Bowler of Domestic League fame. They could also go in search of some young talents!

SamWintson92 on November 4, 2014, 16:11 GMT

1. Vinay is an excellent buy for MI. KKR under utilized him. Vinay is very skillful, excellent at the death & can win you matches. I thought RCB would get him on board as he captains the Karnataka side exceedingly well. However, Vinay is a win for MI. 2. RR won't suffer releasing Chand. I feel people rate him very highly for no reason. He has very average records, averages just 20 in T20s & in mid 30s in FC & List A. He's relatively young, needs to work on. 3. I don't think CSK will buy M Hussey. DD can think about buying him. He's still very good & will offer stability to DD top order being a run machiene. 3. KXIP under utilized Shaun Marsh & Thishara Perera. Other franchises can try to buy them from KXIP. 4. I agree, RCB must buy Jesse Ryder in the auction. 5. KKR needs a world class wicket keeper & should buy Jos Butler. 6. Other exciting buys for franchises can be Alex Hales, Mitchell Marsh, Cameron White, Adam Voges, Shaun Tait, Mitchell McClenaghan, Alfonso Thomas, Rusty Theron.

on November 4, 2014, 16:05 GMT

Praveen Kumar was treated very unfairly. after every good performance he was dropped without any reason and even mike hussey was shaping up well in the side after a good clt20 show. Mumbai getting it wrong again

on November 4, 2014, 14:53 GMT

Ryder could b d man to come for rcb.

on November 4, 2014, 14:52 GMT

Praveen deserved this. he got so many injury issues

on November 4, 2014, 14:51 GMT

rcb release morkel dinda maddinson and takavaale. try to buy Mathews or Mitch Marsh. morkel is not a consistent player. use some techniques

on November 4, 2014, 14:12 GMT

Buying Unmukt chand is gud opening player, but vinay kumar as praveen kumar is not so good. Mumbai Indians should buy indian batsman or few all rounder. Great buy is " #Alex Hales, #Angelo mathews, #decock. #blizzard and in indian player #dinesh karthik, #shami, #mayank agarwal, #kl rahul, #yuvi, #sarfraz khan(u-19)

Fangahawk on November 4, 2014, 13:58 GMT

Pleaaaseeee RCB! Please make a few good replacements. Try to trade Ashoke Dinda with an ECONOMICAL bowler, or just release him. We also need a foreign all-rounder. If all goes well, then the RCB line-up should be as follows - 1.LK Rahul 2. Chris Gayle 3.Virat Kohli 4.ABD 5. Yuvi 6.Mitchell Marsh 7.Mitchell Starc 8.Praveen Kumar 9.Abu Nechim 10.Yuzvendra Chahal 11.Varun Aaron

Would be an amazing lineup. LK Rahul plays the guy who partners Gayle, Gayle goes for big runs, Kohli will get regular runs and a decent speed, ABD and Yuvi hit out in the middle and death overs, Marsh, if needed will play in the death overs, Starc&Praveen will be the new ball bowlers, Aaron will be the guy who troubles batsmen with his express pace, Yuzvendra will be the eco bowler with Nechim bowling with him, and Marsh, Yuvi and Gayle could bowl a few overs here and there.

VyshakhP on November 4, 2014, 13:02 GMT

It's sad that they released Hussey. He is a 50-50 though. He might take some time to fire but I'd laugh if he performs really well for another team. I think Mumbai wants to play both Anderson and Pollard in the same team. That would be the best strategy. But India would require more Indian batsmen. Alex Hales would be a good buy. He played well in the T20 world cup and that proves that he can play in indian conditions really well. Kane Williamson will be another good buy. But MI should concentrate on getting more indian players. Praveen Kumar can bowl way better than Vinay Kumar. Praveen is more economical than Vinay but Praveen has serious injury issues.

on November 4, 2014, 12:45 GMT

got to buy sang a r Mathews

Prats20 on November 4, 2014, 12:03 GMT

I can sense RR planning something, they will definitely win next year

naren1983 on November 4, 2014, 11:24 GMT

End of Road for Mike Hussey for IPL.

ladycricfan on November 4, 2014, 11:21 GMT

CSK should get MHussey as the batting coach.

bleedblue22 on November 4, 2014, 11:20 GMT

Smart buys from MI. Vinay in for Praveen is a great improvement. Hussey is past his best. Unmukt will give the right balance @ the top.

My XI: Unmukt, Simmons, Anderson, Rohit, Pollard, Rayudu, Tare, Bhajji, Bumrah, Malinga, Ojha/Vinay

Anderson should be used in the same way as KXIP use Maxi. if he comes off, he ll win u the game.

on November 4, 2014, 11:17 GMT

Mumbai indians must need a good indian player especially an allrounder or a good batsman to complete their playing 11

on November 4, 2014, 11:12 GMT

Mi should trade j saxena for Aparajith. And he is more talented than saxena won t play for csk and give drinks to dhoni. Get Aparajith, De kock. Kl Rahul because there team management dont know how to utilize their talent upfront.

on November 4, 2014, 11:05 GMT

i dont know why They release Mike Hussey he plays all his part in every natch which MI won last season so i would sa MI should sign Jos Buttler, Alex hales or Jason Roy from England if Pakistani are allow then surely it be Imran Nazir Ahmed Shehzad or Sarfraz Ahmed they will add extra energy in the team and they badly need a 1 good overseas bowler in t20 which should be Junaid Khan

on November 4, 2014, 10:52 GMT

will be interesting to see what changes teams like RCB, SRH and Delhi Daredevils make. especially DD who did terribly last year.

on November 4, 2014, 10:48 GMT

Pakistani players should be allowed in ipl. will add much needed flavor.

on November 4, 2014, 10:46 GMT

Vinay Kumar can probably be good 3rd seamer option. can bat a bit as well. very effective in death overs. nd has been part of winning teams. karnataka in ranji. KKR in IPL. so can prove to be lucky as well.

on November 4, 2014, 10:42 GMT

Bonito. Pls buy badri. Will add good addition

on November 4, 2014, 10:42 GMT

That Silly getting Vinay Kumar and releasing praveen i think he should have been retain to make Mi bowling outfit stronger. Vinay and Malinga show lets see. But They should go for an overseas bowler and All rounder might be go for Bollinger. Instead of hussey i think should have release dunk but In late Hussey and Simmons had a great partnership so removing hussey was silly but other point is he was the costliest player of Mi this Seasons

on November 4, 2014, 10:41 GMT

What wrong did Praveen do. He was only given three matches and did well troubling Dwayne smith. He is a better bowler than bhuvneshwar. They are treating him like how newzealand are treating Ryder.

on November 4, 2014, 10:31 GMT

rajasthan absolutely will rue this decision. binny and some of those indians tried by rajasthan can be successful in 1-2 year but unmukt had to be the future of india and royals after absolutely mis-utilising him now sold him.

leaving vinay kumar wont hurt kkr but if saqib doesn't get a noc then they might have to leave morkel out to strengthen batting and if umesh gets injured then kkr will be in trouble

mi have done smart trades. doubt if huss gets a franchise. may b csk. i dont see any1 else getting him.

on November 4, 2014, 10:24 GMT

Pls don't depend up on Malinga, Pollard. Need a good opening player Indian Opener may be good. Unmukt Chand Good selection, but vinay i totally disappointment.

Out Pollard, Ooja, Brumah,

on November 4, 2014, 10:23 GMT

bueno. now team will be balanced..Hussey is great player but out of form.

simmons..unmukt..rohit..anderson..pollard..raydu..tare..harbhajan. malinga..vinay kumar..ojha

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on November 4, 2014, 10:23 GMT

bueno. now team will be balanced..Hussey is great player but out of form.

simmons..unmukt..rohit..anderson..pollard..raydu..tare..harbhajan. malinga..vinay kumar..ojha

on November 4, 2014, 10:24 GMT

Pls don't depend up on Malinga, Pollard. Need a good opening player Indian Opener may be good. Unmukt Chand Good selection, but vinay i totally disappointment.

Out Pollard, Ooja, Brumah,

on November 4, 2014, 10:31 GMT

rajasthan absolutely will rue this decision. binny and some of those indians tried by rajasthan can be successful in 1-2 year but unmukt had to be the future of india and royals after absolutely mis-utilising him now sold him.

leaving vinay kumar wont hurt kkr but if saqib doesn't get a noc then they might have to leave morkel out to strengthen batting and if umesh gets injured then kkr will be in trouble

mi have done smart trades. doubt if huss gets a franchise. may b csk. i dont see any1 else getting him.

on November 4, 2014, 10:41 GMT

What wrong did Praveen do. He was only given three matches and did well troubling Dwayne smith. He is a better bowler than bhuvneshwar. They are treating him like how newzealand are treating Ryder.

on November 4, 2014, 10:42 GMT

That Silly getting Vinay Kumar and releasing praveen i think he should have been retain to make Mi bowling outfit stronger. Vinay and Malinga show lets see. But They should go for an overseas bowler and All rounder might be go for Bollinger. Instead of hussey i think should have release dunk but In late Hussey and Simmons had a great partnership so removing hussey was silly but other point is he was the costliest player of Mi this Seasons

on November 4, 2014, 10:42 GMT

Bonito. Pls buy badri. Will add good addition

on November 4, 2014, 10:46 GMT

Vinay Kumar can probably be good 3rd seamer option. can bat a bit as well. very effective in death overs. nd has been part of winning teams. karnataka in ranji. KKR in IPL. so can prove to be lucky as well.

on November 4, 2014, 10:48 GMT

Pakistani players should be allowed in ipl. will add much needed flavor.

on November 4, 2014, 10:52 GMT

will be interesting to see what changes teams like RCB, SRH and Delhi Daredevils make. especially DD who did terribly last year.

on November 4, 2014, 11:05 GMT

i dont know why They release Mike Hussey he plays all his part in every natch which MI won last season so i would sa MI should sign Jos Buttler, Alex hales or Jason Roy from England if Pakistani are allow then surely it be Imran Nazir Ahmed Shehzad or Sarfraz Ahmed they will add extra energy in the team and they badly need a 1 good overseas bowler in t20 which should be Junaid Khan

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New tennis trading idea

For a while now I've been sat there watching the tennis markets, looking at player stats and scratching my head trying to work out some new approaches to my tennis trading. Nothing particularly wrong with what I already do but I guess us striped blazers should always be looking for ways to improve. Fine tune and discover better spots to get involved in the market and all that.

As part of this process I've been spending some time simply asking myself what an ideal trading situation might be. At what moments in a tennis match I'd like to get involved if all conditions, but especially stats, price, and game scenario, were in my favour. So in between all the daydreaming on it I managed to come up with some realistic scenarios and today a match cropped up that I knew would give me the opportunity to put one of them into action.

Monfils v Nalbandian was the match. I knew I wouldn't be able to do the whole game but made sure I got the chance to catch a set and a half or so and see what happened. I suppose the good news is I made a profit! More importantly, I made a profit from the trades I was particularly interested in - the ones based on the new idea. Early days of course, and far too soon to judge whether it will work long term, but it's an idea I will continue testing.

To be honest I'm hoping I might be on the right tracks as it was noticeable that I'm definitely not the only one to have hit upon the idea. There was clearly money hitting the market with mine at the price I wanted at the specific moments I'd identified to get involved. I'm sure the proper shrewdies out there have identified lots of potential profitable trading opportunities, including the one I was trying today, and are sat there patiently waiting to pounce.

Anyway, I guess the point I'm trying to make is it pays to study and not rest on your laurels. Actively seeking out new opportunities has to be a good thing right? I can't see any real negatives to improving trading strategy! It just seems that recently, in tennis at least, I've been guilty of concentrating too much on what I'm doing, happy with it, and not enough on thinking through how I could possibly improve what I do.

The spark for all this was looking through my annual results and realising the size of the gulf that has grown between my cricket and tennis trading results in the last year. Cricket trading now accounts for a far larger proportion of profits than it used to. Sure, I use bigger stakes on cricket now. But that decision was made because I felt comfortable with the increase given long term results.

That got me thinking that I should just raise my tennis stakes. But I found I couldn't do this for the simple reason that I just don't have the same confidence in my tennis trading that I do in my cricket trading. Examining the reasons for this I realised that in terms of complexity, for want of a better word, my cricket trading is more advanced than my tennis trading. Put simply, I think I'm better at trading cricket than tennis.

The trouble is my cricket trading may well treat me nicely. But there's a hell of a lot more televised tennis matches than there are cricket matches! Feel equally proficient in both and in theory I should be able to turn a much nicer profit. So inevitably this is how I got to thinking about how to improve my tennis trading. Which led to my coming up with the idea I tried today.

No lo sé. There's a long way to go but I feel today I started down the path. I'm not going to lapse on the cricket side of stuff but I plan to actively put more effort towards improving my tennis results. Perhaps then I'll have the confidence to increase the stakes and reap the potential rewards.

All good in theory anyway. But today the reality is it's just too sunny so I've been outside rather than stuck in doing the French Open. I also saw Emma off on another business trip to China today and wasn't particulary in the mood for a trading session. Still, it should give me more time to have a look in over the next week or so. Best of luck if you're invovled today.

3 Comments:

Blimey, you're on a decent run here, Wiltshire-based 34-year old called Dave, you dont wanna go to Sri Lanka, there's a war on. All the best, dont start thinking you've got the game beat tho, eh.

Hi, Just wondering if you had any advice for a newbie? I trade mainly on tennis but have looked at other markets. Tennis is a game I know and like watching so that helps. I started a few weeks ago and am hoping to accumalate rather than put the same amount in each day. I put £10 into my betfair account and luckily got upto £100 quite easily, however this seems to be beginners luck as now I am just staying around the same amount. Losing then winning, then losing again so going nowhere fast. Do you have any tips on when to back and lay? How do you read a market? Many thanks Ruth Bennett PS Sri Lanka and Maldives is a great combination for honeymoon, my husband and I did it two years ago and it was amazing.

Prek> Thanks for the good wishes. As for thinking I've got the game beat it's a good warning. I've been bitten enough times to hopefully know you've never got it beaten though and aim to keep up the process of evaluation to find mistakes and look for better opportunities.

Ruth> Wow. Glad you enjoyed the honeymoon. We know Sri Lanka pretty well from previous trips but any advice for there, and especially the Maldives, would be most welcome. We're a bit worried about the worsening situation but this time are not planning to go North but stay in the Hill Country, south and south west. Well, with maybe a quick trip back to Sigiriya. unesdoc. unesco. org unesdoc. unesco. org

As for the tennis. £10 to £100 in a month is a considerable profit % wise! It's not clear from your message but I'm assuming you're playing in running rather than just betting at the start and leaving it?

In the past I've tended not to explain the finer points of how I trade. But I have explained a basic method previously so am happy to point you towards that. (See the comments at the bottom of the post. There's a useful link for stats there too.)

To be honest though I always find the best way to learn these things is to just open the market up and watch it. Watch how it behaves as a match progresses. Ask yourself why it is behaving like it is. Get used to predicting where the market will go if a point goes each way / if a player gets broken etc. My approach has always been understand the market and you'll spot opportunities. This is especially true if you start taking more and more stats into consideration. This is a process I'm going through again myself at the moment as a recent post explained a little.

Hope this helps and best of luck with your trading. unesdoc. unesco. org unesdoc. unesco. org

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Traders may also look for price patterns on the chart like triangles, flags, and double bottoms. Based on the pattern, a trader will determine the entry and exit points for the stock. A technical trader is not as concerned about why something is moving because the trends and patterns on the charts are their signals.

Forex has many of the same technical tools that are used in stock trading. A technical forex trader will assess the price action, trend, support and resistance levels. Many of the patterns used in equities trading are also traded in foreign exchange including those noted above.

Additionally, the indicators and oscillators added to a price chart are very similar between the stock and foreign exchange markets. Promedios móviles. Bandas de Bollinger. MACD. Relative Strength Index (RSI), and stochastic tends to be some of the more common tools in a technical traders tool box. This is a result of the indicators ease of use and clarity of signal it provides.

Technical analysis does not include ‘black magic’ that many fundamentalists claim. Getting started in technical analysis can be done quickly by assessing the direction and strength of trends. After speaking to thousands of people in our webinars, seminars and twitter, my observation is that trend technical analysis is integrated into most facets of trading. Traders will use the trend analysis to help them determine which pair to trade and the direction to trade it.

(Creado con los gráficos de Marketscope 2.0 de FXCM)

Above is an example of how a technical trader would notice this 6,000 pip trend where the AUD is very strong relative to a very weak EUR (which is why the rate is moving down). A trader would trade in the direction of this trend by selling the EUR/AUD pair (selling the EUR while simultaneously buying the AUD).

In conclusion, there are two common types of analysis (fundamental and technical). Most traders use a combination of both when making their trading decisions of which currency to trade, when to enter, and when to exit.

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Cory Mitchell, CMT, is a short-term technical trader and financial writer with more than a decade of trading experience.

Updated February 17, 2016.

There are simple and in depth answers to the question of how long you should hold a day trade (or a trade of any time length). Is there a sweet spot? If you buy, should you hold the trade through a pullback or try to pick mini-tops and bottoms? Is holding a trade for an hour too long, or one minute too short? How long you tend to hold your positions will have a direct impact on profitability, so giving it consideration is important if you want to improve.

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The Simple Answer - Your Trading Plan

In How Often a Day Trader Should Trade the same simple answer was given: trade exactly how your trading plan tells you trade--whether that is how long you hold trades or how often you trade.

That simple advice will serve you well once you have a trading plan, but if you're just starting, and don't have a plan yet, that advice won't help you much. The following guidelines will help you formulate a plan for how long you will trades, based the type of trader you want to be and your natural inclinations.

How Long to Hold a Trade - Notice the Price Waves

Prices don't move in a straight line. If the price is rising (uptrend), it will rise, pull back, and rise again. If we bought on the initial rise though we can't be certain the price will rise again after the pull back. That only becomes evident in hindsight (see chart; click for larger version ).

If the price is falling (downtrend) it falls, pulls back and then falls again. If we went short on the decline though, we can't be certain the price will continue to fall following the pullback.

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When deciding how long you will hold your trades, one of the first decisions you'll make is if you'll hold through pullbacks or not.

This also isn't an easy question to answer. Constant gyrations in the price mean tiny pullbacks are occurring all the time. Therefore the trader must define what a pullback means to them, and whether they are willing to hold through it.

Not holding through a significant pullback means profits are limited to how much the price moves in a single thrust in your direction. If you are willing to hold through pullbacks then you can potentially capture bigger profits because you may end with the price making multiple waves in your direction.

For example, let's say you typically hold for one thrust in your anticipated direction (you don't like holding through pullbacks - see How to Day Trade the Forex Market ). You buy at $20 expecting the price to go higher. It moves to $20.10 relatively steadily, starts to consolidate and then begins to drop a little. You exit your trade at $20.07, for a $0.07 profit per share (total profit is $0.07 times your position size ).

Another trader also enters long (buys) at $20. They are willing to hold through a pullback or two, and may have a stated profit target at $20.20, for example. Instead of exiting during the pullback (as the trader above did) they opt to hold. The price declines to $20.05 and then starts to rise again, reaching $20.15. There again it stalls out and begins to decline. It declines to $20.12 and then proceeds higher to $20.23. This trader held through a couple pullbacks in order to attain their target price of $20.20. They have a bigger profit on one trade than the first trader.

Your profit target can be based on how much the price typically moves in one wave (thrust) or how much in moves in several waves, or be based on some other factor such as chart patterns (triangles or flags as examples) or a risk/reward ratio .

The first trader could take more trades though; they could have traded each wave higher, collecting small winning trades each time. The two traders could end up with similar overall profits, but the first is more active (taking three trades) while the second trader is less active (one trade).

How Long to Hold a Trade - The Trade Off

As stated earlier, we can't be a sure a trend will continue following a pullback. The trader who holds through some pullbacks is assuming it will, and by doing so will typically have larger winning trades.

The trader who exits before a pullback, or near the start of a pullback, will typically have smaller winning trades but is likely to win slightly more often. The reason is that some trades that pullback will not continue to trend, and may reverse course. The trader who goes for the smaller profit takes their profit and is out of the trade before the reversal. The trader who holds through the pullback watches their profits evaporate and is now facing a losing trade .

How Long to Hold a Trade - Which Option is Right for You

There is no right or wrong choice. Practice in a demo account and see which method results in the most consistent performance and profitability over many traders. Some traders may find they don't like holding through pullbacks and prefer to be more active, attempting to capture small profits from each price wave. Other traders may find constantly buy and selling drives them nuts, and holding each trade for a bit longer (and a potentially larger profit) is a better option.

Define exactly how and why you will take profits, and write it down in your trading plan. Then follow those guidelines on each trade so you know exactly what to do in a given circumstance, and so you aren't changing your approach with each trade or in the midst of a trade.

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Muscat: Future Oilfield recorded an easy 51-run win against Professional Trading in a The Passage to India-sponsored D Division match at the Municipality Ground IV during the afternoon session on Friday.

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In another D Division match, Landscape Architecture humbled Al Meer for a 94-run win at the Municipality Ground I during the afternoon session on Friday.

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Brief scores: Landscape Architecture 212 for 4 in 20 overs (Prasad Peruli 118, Iqbal Ahmed 64) bt Al Meer 118 for 8 in 20 overs (Sanket S. 36; Mohammed Ihtesham 3/16 ). Points: Landscape Architecture – 3, Al Meer - 0.

Sayarti beat Atkins

In an E Division match, Sayarti defeated Atkins by six wickets at the Municipality Ground III during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, Atkins were bowled out for 133 in 19.5 overs. Prithvi Raj top scored with an unbeaten 44. Parthiban claimed three wickets for Sayarti.

In reply, Sayarti scored 137 for four in 13.3 overs. Sunil Kumar and Ruwan scored 72 and 32 runs respectively, to claim the bonus point.

Brief scores: Atkins 133 in 19.5 overs (Prithvi Raj 44 n. o; Parthiban 3/25) lost to Sayarti 137 for 4 in 13.3 overs (Sunil Kumar – 72). Points: Sayarti – 3 (BP) ; Atkins - 0.

Ibrahim Kishri prevail

In another E Division match, Ibrahim Kishri prevailed over Al Fairuz for a 19-run win at at the Municipality Ground II during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, Ibrahim Kishri scored 179 for seven of 20 overs with Kamaljot Singh scoring 94 runs. Sunil Kumar claimed two wickets for Fairuz. In reply, Fairuz scored 160 for eight in 19.3 overs to in a narrow loss. Sunil scored 50. Kashif picked up four wickets for Ibrahim.

Brief scores: Ibrahim Kishri 179 for 7 in 20 overs (Kamaljot Singh 94; Sunil Kumar 2/28) bt Fairuz 160 for 8 in 20 overs (Sunil 50; Kashif 4/29). Points: Ibrahim Kishri – 2, Fairuz - 0.

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In an F Division match, Al Daam posted an easy nine-wicket win over OCT Muscat B at the Municipality Ground IV during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, OCT Muscat B scored 122 for nine in 20 overs with Riyadh Qader top scoring with 33. Vineesh and Aneesh claimed three wickets for Al Daam. In reply, Al Daam scored 124 for one in 12.4 overs to claim the bonus point. Vineesh and Abhilash scored 40 not out and 59 respectively.

Brief scores: OCT Muscat B 122 for 9 in 20 overs (Riyadh Qader 33; Vineesh 3/21, Aneesh 3/9) lost to Al Daam 124 for 1 in 12.4 overs (Vineesh 40 n. o. Abhilash 59). Points: Al Daam – 3, OCT Muscat B - 0.

Easy for Trust Oilfield

In a G Division match, Trust Oilfield defeated RK Group by six wickets at the OAC Ground III during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, RK Group were bowled out for 114 in 17.1 overs. Peter claimed three scalps while Musheer, Shamsudeen and Mohammed Ilyas claimed two apiece. In reply, Trust Oilfield scored 115 for four in 9.2 overs to claim the bonus point. Wajid Akram top scored with 42. Abhishek claimed three scalps for RK Group in vain.

Brief scores: RK Group 114 in 17.1 overs (Mohammed Adnan 29; Peter 3/17) lost to Trust Oilfield 115 for 4 in 9.2 overs (Wajid Akram 42; Abhishek 3/33). Points: Trust Oilfield – 3, RK Group - 0.

In a H Division match, NBO defeated RAHRC by 37 runs at the OAC Ground III during the morning session on Friday.

Batting first, NBO scored 181 for six in 20 overs with Khurram Bilal top scoring with an unbeaten 80. Sajith Ramesh claimed three scalps for RAHRC. In reply, RAHRC scored 144 for eight in 20 overs. Sujith top scored with 51. Manas claimed three wickets for NBO and Khurram took two.

Brief scores: NBO 181 for 6 in 20 overs (Khurram Bilal 80 n. o; Sajith Ramesh 3/29) bt RAHRC 144 for 8 in 20 overs (Sujith 51; Manas 3/23). Points: NBO – 3, RAHRC - 0.

Big win for Khalsa United

In an I Division match, Khalsa United registered a 100-run win over Bank Dhofar at the SQU Ground during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, Khalsa scored 202 for five in 20 overs with Saifullah and Sushil contributing 54 and 51 runs respectively. Rahgu M. was the pick of the bowlers for Bank Dhofar, claiming three wickets. In reply, Bank Dhofar were bowled out for 102 in 16.3 overs. Mohammed Yasser claimed five scalps for Khalsa United and Aravind took three.

Brief scores: Khalsa United 202 for 5 in 20 overs (Saifullah 54, Sushil 51; Raghu M. 3/41) bt Bank Dhofar 102 in 16.3 overs (Mohammed Yasser 5/8). Points: Khalsa United – 3, Bank Dhofar - 0.

Techno Elevators too good for HFP

In a J Division match, Techno Elevators defeated Hussain Fadhil & Partners (HFP) by six wickets at the SQU Ground during the morning session on Friday.

Batting first HFP scored 118 for nine in 20 overs. Sreeraj top scored with 44. Mohammed Wasim claimed three wickets for Techno Elevators. In reply, Techno Elevators scored 120 for four in 15 overs. Michael and Nadeem top scored with 50 not out and 38 respectively.

Brief scores: HFP 118 for 9 in 20 overs (Sreeraj 44; Mohammed Wasim 3/21) lost to Techno Elevators 120 for 4 in 15 overs (Michael 50 n. o. Nadeem 38). Points: Techno Elevators – 3, HFP - 0.

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The captain is the person who sets the field in conjunction with the bowler. For every field position there is a unique name such as slip, square-leg etc. With the exception of the fielding restrictions rules mentioned earlier, fielders may be placed anywhere in the field. Captains put the fielders in positions which they feel is optimal. For example, a fielder with a strong arm, who can throw the ball fast are usually placed near the boundary. Fielders with sharp reflexes are placed close to the batsmen.

An attacking field is one in which fielders are positioned in such a way that they are likely take catches, and thus likely to get the batsman out. Such a field generally involves having many fielders close to the batsman. A defensive field is one in which most of the field is covered by a fielder; the batsman will therefore find it hard to score large numbers of runs. This generally involves having many fielders far from the batsman and in front of him, in the positions where he is most likely to hit the ball.

Mis-fields

A mis-field occurs if the fielder drops a catch or doesn't field a hit ball clearly enabling the batman to pinch an extra run or two. The bowler and the wicket-keeper usually stand behind either wicket after a ball is hit. A few infielders also position themselves behind so as to field the ball if either of the two fails to cleanly collect the ball – this is known as backing up .

If the ball is thrown to either of them and the fielders backing up also fail to collect the ball, then the batsmen can run overthrows, which are additional runs credited to them. Overthrows may also be garnered if the thrown ball hits the wickets directly, and ricochets in an odd direction.

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When a new batsman comes to bat, before he gets acclimatised to the conditions.

Attack when the ball is new as fast bowlers get the most swing and bounce with a newer ball, factors that make it harder to play without making an error.

Attack when returning from a break in play as batsmen must settle into a batting rhythm again after the resumption.

Attack with quality bowlers as the team's best bowlers take the most wickets, so get the most benefit from the support of an attacking field.

Attack when the pitch helps the bowler as such conditions can lead to catches flying to close attacking fielders.

Attack when the batting team is under pressure.

Defend when

The batsmen are settled in and scoring runs at will as it is difficult to get batsmen out when they have been batting for a long time and are comfortable with the bowling.

If batting team needs to score runs quickly in situations where the batting team must score quickly in order to win or press an advantage. Slowing down the rate of scoring runs lessens their chance of doing so.

Defend when the batting team is scoring quickly as it is unlikely they are offering many chances to get them out, so reduce the run scoring rate.

Defend when the ball and pitch offer no help to the bowlers as there no point in having an attacking field.

Defend when using weak bowlers to limit the potential damage by containing the free scoring of runs.

Many factors govern the decisions on field placements, including: the tactical situation in the match; which bowler is bowling; how long the batsman has been in; the wear on the ball; the state of the wicket; the light; or even how close you are to an interval in play.

Field modifiers

To describe certain fielding positions, modifiers are used along with the basic field positions. To illustrate some modifiers, I'll take the position of mid-on which is exactly on the 30 yard circle (27 m ). An imaginary line can be drawn from the striker to this fielder. If the fielder is placed along that line into the outfield near the boundary, it becomes deep mid-on . If he is placed closer, it becomes short mid-on . If the fielder stands near the edge of the pitch, very close to the batsman, it is silly mid-on .

'Square' is the modifier used to describe the region along the batting crease up to the boundary, on either side of the pitch. Fine is the modifier used to describe the imaginary line connecting both wickets extended behind the wicket-keeper. Travelling in an arc towards the region behind the wicket-keeper becomes finer . and the reverse becomes squarer .

The modifier backward is use to describe the entire region beyond the batting crease, behind the batsman. In front of the batting crease towards the bowler, it is known as forward .

Some notable positions

Names of the field positions in cricket

Slips are fielders placed in a parabolic arc on the off-side from the wicket-keeper. Slip fielders have to take sharp reflex catches off the edge of the bat. They are an almost permanent feature in test matches but in ODI matches, slips are used generally for the first few overs. All nine fielders can be placed as slips. Slips are numbered outwards; the first slip is the closest to the wicket-keeper. A fly-slip is a deeper position on the 30 yard circle. The third-man is in the deep at the boundary.

The point is a crucial position on the off-side. The fielder placed here is usually the best in the team as he saves a lot of crucial runs as well as takes many catches in this region. The next best fielder is placed at square-leg on the on-side.

The straight-hit, fly-slip, slips greater than the fifth slip are almost never used. Similarly the long-stop behind the wicket-keeper has never been used for the past 100 years in international cricket!

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Once a $14 billion hedge fund, SAC Capital agreed last month to pay $1.2 billion and plead guilty to fraud charges as part of the insider trading probe. Cohen, who has not been criminally charged, faces an SEC administrative action accusing him of failing to supervise Martoma and Steinberg and prevent insider trading.

WAVE OF PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS

The excerpts of Cohen's testimony came in a wave of pre-trial motions by Martoma's lawyers on Friday night, seeking to limit what is presented at trial. Martoma wants to exclude evidence about SAC's sale of Wyeth stock and about the way the hedge fund sold Elan and Wyeth securities.

Alternatively, Martoma's lawyers are seeking to introduce Cohen's SEC testimony at trial. Cohen is expected to assert his constitutional rights and not be available to testify at trial, Martoma's lawyers said.

Jonathan Gasthalter, a spokesman for SAC, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.

In his testimony, Cohen told SEC investigators that he made the decision to sell Wyeth securities after consulting with Wayne Holman, a former SAC trader who went on to establish his own hedge fund, Ridgeback Capital Management.

Cohen testified that he had considered Holman "a great healthcare investor recommendations are very important to me." Holman had a $20 million consulting deal with SAC that Cohen said he approved because "he's worth it."

Martoma's lawyers contend the testimony makes clear that Holman, rather than their client, was the reason Cohen decided to sell SAC's Wyeth position in 2008. The week of the trade, Cohen said he spoke with Holman "at some point and he was telling me he was selling his Wyeth."

A lawyer for Holman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.

In the court filings, Martoma's lawyers also contend that Cohen's testimony clearly establishes that Martoma had nothing to do with the actual trading strategies used by SAC in trading Wyeth and Elan. In his testimony, Cohen said he had decided to short Elan to hedge SAC's long exposure in Wyeth.

"Generally, what I remember was selling Wyeth and then deciding to hedge out my exposure in Wyeth by shorting Elan," Cohen testified. "It was sort of imperfect. I was estimating the ratio that I would need to sell one against the other, but that's what I did."

The case is U. S. v. Martoma, U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 12-00973.

(Reporting by Nate Raymond; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Gunna Dickson)

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Business Strategy Case 1 (20 Marks) Door Darshan is the India’s premier public service broadcaster with more than 1,000 transmitters covering 90% of the country’s population across on estimated 70 million homes. It has more than 20,000 employees managing its metro and regional channels. Recent years have seen growing competition from many private channels numbering more than 65, and the cable and satellite operators (C & S). The C & S network reaches nearly 30 million homes and is growing at a very fast rate. DD’s business model is based on selling half – hour slots of commercial time to the programme producers and charging them a minimum guarantee. For instance, the present tariff for the first 20 episodes of a programme Rs.30 lakhs plus the cost of production of the programme. In exchange the procedures get 780 seconds of commercial time that he can sell to advertisers and can generate revenue. Break-even point for procedures, at the present rates, thus is Rs.75,000 for a 10 second advertising spot. Beyond 20 episodes, the minimum guarantee is Rs.65 lakhs for which the procedures has to charge Rs.1,15,000 for a 10 second spot in order to break-even. It is at this point the advertisers face a problem – the competitive rates for a 10 second spot is Rs.50,000. Procedures are possessive about buying commercial time on DD. As a result the DD’s projected growth of revenue is only commercial time on DD. As a result the DD’s projected growth of revenue is only 6- 10% as against 50-60% for the private sector channels. Software suppliers, advertisers and audiences are deserting DD owing to its unrealistic pricing policy. DD has options before it. First, it should privates, second it should remain purely public service broadcaster and third, a middle path. The challenge seems to be exploit DD’s immense potential and emerge as a formidable player in the mass media. yo. What is the best option, in your view, for DD? Ii. Analyse the SWOT factors the DD has. III. Why do you think that the proposed alternative is the best? Case 2 In 2006-07 PTC Food division decided to enter the fast growing (20-30% annually) snacks segment, an altogether new to it. It had only one national competitor-Trepsico's Trito. After a year its wafer snack brand - Ringo, fetched 20% market share across the country. Ringo's introduction was coincided with the cricket world cup. The wafer snacks market is estimated to be around Rs. 250 crores. The company could take the advantage of its existing distribution network and also source potatoes from farmers easily. Before the PTC could enter the market a cross-functional team made a customer survey through a marketing research group in 14 cities of the country to know about the snacks of eating habits of people. The result showed that the customers within the age-group of 15-24 years were the most promising for the product as they were quite enthusiastic about experimenting new snack taste. The company reported to its chefs and the chefs came out with 16 flavours with varying tastes suiting to the targetted age-group. The company decided to target the youngsters as primary target on the assumption that once they are lured in, it was easier to reach the whole family. Advertising in this category was extremely crowded. Every week two-three local products in new names were launched, sometimes with similar names. To break through this clutter the company decided to bank upon humour appeal. The Industry sources reveal that PTC spent about Rs. 50 crores on advertisement and used all possible media - print and electonic, both including the creation of its own website, Ringoringoyoungo. com with offers of online games, contests etc. Mobile phone tone downloading was also planned which proved very effective among teenagers. The site was advertised on all dotcom networks. Em TV, Shine TV, Bee TV and other important channels were also used for its advertisement along with FM radio channels in about 60 cities with large hoardings at strategic places. Analysts believes that Ringo's success story owes a lot to PTC's widespread distribution channels and aggressive advertisements. Humour appeal was a big success. The `Ringo' was made visible by painting the Railway bogies passing across the States. It has also been successful to induce Lovely Brothers' Future Group to replace Trito in their Big-Bazaar and chain of food Bazaars. PTC is paying 4% higher margin than Trepsico to Future group and other retailers. Ringo to giving Trepsico a run for its money. Trito's share has already been reduced considerably. Retail tie - ups, regional flavours, regional humour appeals have helped PTC. But PTC still wants a bigger share in the market and in foreign markets also, if possible. Answer the following questions: a) What is SWOT Analysis? (4 Marks) b) What are the strength of PTC? (4 Marks) c) What are the weaknesses of PTC for entering into the branded snacks market? (4 Marks) d) What kind of marketing strategy was formulated and implemented for Ringo? What else need to be done by Ringo so as to enlarge its market? (8 marks ) Case 3 Dr. Sukumar inherited his father’s Dey’s Lab in Delhi in 1995. Till 2002, he owned 4 labs in the National Capital Region (NCR). His ambition was to turn it into a National chain. The number increased to 7 in 2003 across the country, including the acquisition of Platinum lab in Mumbai. The number is likely to go to 50 within 2 – 3 years from 21 at present. Infusion of Rs.28 crores for a 26% stake by Pharma Capital has its growth strategy. The lab with a revenue of Rs.75 crores is among top three Pathological labs in India with Atlantic (Rs.77 crores) and Pacific (Rs.55 crores). Yet its market share is only 2% of Rs.3,500 crores market. The top 3 firms command only 6% as against 40 – 45% by their counterparts in the USA. There are about 20,000 to 1,00,000 stand alone labs engaged in routine pathological business in India, with no system of mandatory licensing and registration. That is why Dr. Sukumar has not gone for acquisition or joint ventures. He does not find many existing laboratories meeting quality standards. His six labs have been accredited nationally whereon many large hospitals have not thought of accreditation. The College of American Pathologists accreditation of Dey’s lab would help it to reach clients outside India. In Dey’s Lab, the bio-chemistry and blood testing equipments are sanitized every day. The bar coding and automated registration of patients do not allow any identity mix-ups. Even routine tests are conducted with highly sophisticated systems. Technical expertise enables them to carry out 1650 variety of tests. Same day reports are available for samples reaching by 3 p. m. and by 7 a. m. next day for samples from 500 collection centres located across the country. Their technicians work round the clock, unlike competitors. Home services for collection and reporting is also available. There is a huge unutilized capacity. Now it is trying to top other segments. 20% of its total business comes through its main laboratory which acts as a reference lab for many leading hospitals. New mega labs are being built to encash preclinical and multi – centre clinical trials questions. yo. What do you understand by the term Vision? What is the difference between ‘Vision’ and ‘Mission’? What vision Dr. Sukumar has at the time of inheritance of Dey’s lab? Has it been achieved? ( 8 Marks) ii. For growth what business strategy has been adopted by Dr. Sukumar. (2Marks) iii. What is the marketing strategy of Dr. Sukumar to overtake its competitors. (6Marks) iv. In your opinion what could be the biggest weakness in Dr. Sukumar’s business strategy. (4 Marks) Case. 4 (20 Marks ) The origins of Deepak Nitrite—the flagship comp any of the Deepak group of industries-go back to 1970 when Chimanlal K. Mehta, an entrepreneur, sensing an opportunity in India’s drive towards selfsufficiency and import substitution and relying on his trading and manufacturing experience, ventured into the chemicals industry. The Company was originally incorporated as Deepak Nitrite Private Limited in 1970, under the Companies Act, 1956 and was subsequently converted into a public limited company in the name of Deepak Nitrite Limited in 1971. The company’s registered office is at Vadodara and its corporate office is at Pune with manufacturing plants in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Net sales for the year ending March 2007 are about Rs. 4172 million and net profit is Rs. 357 million. Exports constitute nearly half of the sales. Overt he years, Deepak Nitrite has grown impressively through a judicious use of integration, related diversification and internationalization strategies, using the means of acquisition and restructuring. In 1983, adopting a horizontal integration strategy, the company used foreign collaboration to start commercial production of ammonia. In 1989, the group employed ammonia-based forward integration and also diversified into the chemicals related area of methanol. In 1992 came the commercial production of low-density ammonium nitrate, nitro phosphate and nitric acid, resulting in a multi-product portfolio consisting of organic, inorganic, fine and specialty chemicals. Deepak Nitrite has made tremendous progress over the years and has posted impressive financial results as well as excellent export performance. It (the growth of the company), was born out of a process of deep thinking, strategy and planning,’ said the managing director Deepak Mehta, who claims that planned strategy has led to growth. Environmental scanning led to foreseeing the threats coming from a dismantled duty regime. Anticipating this, the company went about implementing strategies that would convert these threats into opportunities. The strategic approach was to build on its strengths in niche areas of the chemicals market, leverage strong R & D and a robust lab to product ion skills, bring the strengths up to global levels and work towards a leadership position. The success of Deepak Nitrite could be attributed to its focused strategy. Implementation capabilities. A series of plans, programmes and project have been initiated and implemented over the years, in alignment with its corporate and business strategies. For instance, it has worked on a number of R&D projects over the years to develop its skills to swiftly transfer products from the labs through production to the markets. It has effectively developed differentiating capabilities by planning and implementing projects for handling bulk products to handling batch products, transforming from a commodity supplier to a value-added, branded product supplier with customization skills. Projects in supply chain management have helped the company in extending its ability to source its own raw material to tracking customers’ delivery and inventory scheduling. Cost control has been attempted through wider sourcing; including international vend ors, and investing in energy-saving equipments. In the course of strategy implementation, Deepak Nitrite has to deal with a host of government agencies for procedural implementation. For example, raising finance has taken it to SEBI. A continual interaction takes place with the export and import regulatory authorities. For instance, anti-dumping duties have been levied on the comp any for sourcing cheap materials from China. Being in the chemical processing industry, the company is under the scrutiny of environmental protection agencies. It has been a signatory to the ‘Responsible Care’ initiative of the global chemical industry. It has also achieved the ISO 14001 certification. Dealing with explosives, the company has to seek licenses from the Department of Explosives, Industrial Safety and Health Departments and State Pollution Boards of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Apart from these are the regulatory requirements dealing with taxation purposes. Resource generation has been through raising money in the capital markets on the basis of its good reputation, internal accruals, loans from commercial banks and financial institutions and sale of factory land at Pune.28 Questions:- 1. Identify and discuss briefly, the three themes of strategy implementation of activating strategies, managing change and achieving effectiveness in the case of Deepak Nitrite. 2. picking up data from the case, demonstrate how formulation and implementation of strategy are interdependent.

___________________________________________________________________________ Case 1 (20 Marks) Door Darshan is the India’s premier public service broadcaster with more than 1,000 transmitters covering 90% of the country’s population across on estimated 70 million homes. It has more than 20,000 employees managing its metro and regional channels. Recent years have seen growing competition from many private channels numbering more than 65, and the cable and satellite operators (C & S). The C & S network reaches nearly 30 million homes and is growing at a very fast rate. DD’s business model is based on selling half – hour slots of commercial time to the programme producers and charging them a minimum guarantee. For instance, the present tariff for the first 20 episodes of a programme Rs.30 lakhs plus the cost of production of the programme. In exchange the procedures get 780 seconds of commercial time that he can sell to advertisers and can generate revenue. Break-even point for procedures, at the present rates, thus is Rs.75,000 for a 10 second advertising spot. Beyond 20 episodes, the minimum guarantee is Rs.65 lakhs for which the procedures has to charge Rs.1,15,000 for a 10 second spot in order to break-even. It is at this point the advertisers face a problem – the competitive rates for a 10 second spot is Rs.50,000. Procedures are possessive about buying commercial time on DD. As a result the DD’s projected growth of revenue is only commercial time on DD. As a result the DD’s projected growth of revenue is only 6- 10% as against 50-60% for the private sector channels. Software suppliers, advertisers and audiences are deserting DD owing to its unrealistic pricing policy. DD has options before it. First, it should privates, second it should remain purely public service broadcaster and third, a middle path. The challenge seems to be exploit DD’s immense potential and emerge as a formidable player in the mass media. yo. What is the best option, in your view, for DD? Ii. Analyse the SWOT factors the DD has. III. Why do you think that the proposed alternative is the best? Case 2 In 2006-07 PTC Food division decided to enter the fast growing (20-30% annually) snacks segment, an altogether new to it. It had only one national competitor-Trepsico's Trito. After a year its wafer snack brand - Ringo, fetched 20% market share across the country. Ringo's introduction was coincided with the cricket world cup. The wafer snacks market is estimated to be around Rs. 250 crores. The company could take the advantage of its existing distribution network and also source potatoes from farmers easily. Before the PTC could enter the market a cross-functional team made a customer survey through a marketing research group in 14 cities of the country to know about the snacks of eating habits of people. The result showed that the customers within the age-group of 15-24 years were the most promising for the product as they were quite enthusiastic about experimenting new snack taste. The company reported to its chefs and the chefs came out with 16 flavours with varying tastes suiting to the targetted age-group. The company decided to target the youngsters as primary target on the assumption that once they are lured in, it was easier to reach the whole family. Advertising in this category was extremely crowded. Every week two-three local products in new names were launched, sometimes with similar names. To break through this clutter the company decided to bank upon humour appeal. The Industry sources reveal that PTC spent about Rs. 50 crores on advertisement and used all possible media - print and electonic, both including the creation of its own website, Ringoringoyoungo. com with offers of online games, contests etc. Mobile phone tone downloading was also planned which proved very effective among teenagers. The site was advertised on all dotcom networks. Em TV, Shine TV, Bee TV and other important channels were also used for its advertisement along with FM radio channels in about 60 cities with large hoardings at strategic places. Analysts believes that Ringo's success story owes a lot to PTC's widespread distribution channels and aggressive advertisements. Humour appeal was a big success. The `Ringo' was made visible by painting the Railway bogies passing across the States. It has also been successful to induce Lovely Brothers' Future Group to replace Trito in their Big-Bazaar and chain of food Bazaars. PTC is paying 4% higher margin than Trepsico to Future group and other retailers. Ringo to giving Trepsico a run for its money. Trito's share has already been reduced considerably. Retail tie - ups, regional flavours, regional humour appeals have helped PTC. But PTC still wants a bigger share in the market and in foreign markets also, if possible. Answer the following questions: a) What is SWOT Analysis? (4 Marks) b) What are the strength of PTC? (4 Marks) c) What are the weaknesses of PTC for entering into the branded snacks market? (4 Marks) d) What kind of marketing strategy was formulated and implemented for Ringo? What else need to be done by Ringo so as to enlarge its market? (8 marks ) Case 3 Dr. Sukumar inherited his father’s Dey’s Lab in Delhi in 1995. Till 2002, he owned 4 labs in the National Capital Region (NCR). His ambition was to turn it into a National chain. The number increased to 7 in 2003 across the country, including the acquisition of Platinum lab in Mumbai. The number is likely to go to 50 within 2 – 3 years from 21 at present. Infusion of Rs.28 crores for a 26% stake by Pharma Capital has its growth strategy. The lab with a revenue of Rs.75 crores is among top three Pathological labs in India with Atlantic (Rs.77 crores) and Pacific (Rs.55 crores). Yet its market share is only 2% of Rs.3,500 crores market. The top 3 firms command only 6% as against 40 – 45% by their counterparts in the USA. There are about 20,000 to 1,00,000 stand alone labs engaged in routine pathological business in India, with no system of mandatory licensing and registration. That is why Dr. Sukumar has not gone for acquisition or joint ventures. He does not find many existing laboratories meeting quality standards. His six labs have been accredited nationally whereon many large hospitals have not thought of accreditation. The College of American Pathologists accreditation of Dey’s lab would help it to reach clients outside India. In Dey’s Lab, the bio-chemistry and blood testing equipments are sanitized every day. The bar coding and automated registration of patients do not allow any identity mix-ups. Even routine tests are conducted with highly sophisticated systems. Technical expertise enables them to carry out 1650 variety of tests. Same day reports are available for samples reaching by 3 p. m. and by 7 a. m. next day for samples from 500 collection centres located across the country. Their technicians work round the clock, unlike competitors. Home services for collection and reporting is also available. There is a huge unutilized capacity. Now it is trying to top other segments. 20% of its total business comes through its main laboratory which acts as a reference lab for many leading hospitals. New mega labs are being built to encash preclinical and multi – centre clinical trials questions. yo. What do you understand by the term Vision? What is the difference between ‘Vision’ and ‘Mission’? What vision Dr. Sukumar has at the time of inheritance of Dey’s lab? Has it been achieved? ( 8 Marks) ii. For growth what business strategy has been adopted by Dr. Sukumar? . (2Marks) iii. What is the marketing strategy of Dr. Sukumar to overtake its competitors? . (6Marks) iv. In your opinion what could be the biggest weakness in Dr. Sukumar’s business strategy? . (4 Marks) Case. 4 (20 Marks ) The origins of Deepak Nitrite—the flagship comp any of the Deepak group of industries-go back to 1970 when Chimanlal K. Mehta, an entrepreneur, sensing an opportunity in India’s drive towards selfsufficiency and import substitution and relying on his trading and manufacturing experience, ventured into the chemicals industry. The Company was originally incorporated as Deepak Nitrite Private Limited in 1970, under the Companies Act, 1956 and was subsequently converted into a public limited company in the name of Deepak Nitrite Limited in 1971. The company’s registered office is at Vadodara and its corporate office is at Pune with manufacturing plants in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Net sales for the year ending March 2007 are about Rs. 4172 million and net profit is Rs. 357 million. Exports constitute nearly half of the sales. Overt he years, Deepak Nitrite has grown impressively through a judicious use of integration, related diversification and internationalization strategies, using the means of acquisition and restructuring. In 1983, adopting a horizontal integration strategy, the company used foreign collaboration to start commercial production of ammonia. In 1989, the group employed ammonia-based forward integration and also diversified into the chemicals related area of methanol. In 1992 came the commercial production of low-density ammonium nitrate, nitro phosphate and nitric acid, resulting in a multi-product portfolio consisting of organic, inorganic, fine and specialty chemicals. Deepak Nitrite has made tremendous progress over the years and has posted impressive financial results as well as excellent export performance. It (the growth of the company), was born out of a process of deep thinking, strategy and planning,’ said the managing director Deepak Mehta, who claims that planned strategy has led to growth. Environmental scanning led to foreseeing the threats coming from a dismantled duty regime. Anticipating this, the company went about implementing strategies that would convert these threats into opportunities. The strategic approach was to build on its strengths in niche areas of the chemicals market, leverage strong R & D and a robust lab to product ion skills, bring the strengths up to global levels and work towards a leadership position. The success of Deepak Nitrite could be attributed to its focused strategy. Implementation capabilities. A series of plans, programmes and project have been initiated and implemented over the years, in alignment with its corporate and business strategies. For instance, it has worked on a number of R&D projects over the years to develop its skills to swiftly transfer products from the labs through production to the markets. It has effectively developed differentiating capabilities by planning and implementing projects for handling bulk products to handling batch products, transforming from a commodity supplier to a value-added, branded product supplier with customization skills. Projects in supply chain management have helped the company in extending its ability to source its own raw material to tracking customers’ delivery and inventory scheduling. Cost control has been attempted through wider sourcing; including international vend ors, and investing in energy-saving equipments. In the course of strategy implementation, Deepak Nitrite has to deal with a host of government agencies for procedural implementation. For example, raising finance has taken it to SEBI. A continual interaction takes place with the export and import regulatory authorities. For instance, anti-dumping duties have been levied on the comp any for sourcing cheap materials from China. Being in the chemical processing industry, the company is under the scrutiny of environmental protection agencies. It has been a signatory to the ‘Responsible Care’ initiative of the global chemical industry. It has also achieved the ISO 14001 certification. Dealing with explosives, the company has to seek licenses from the Department of Explosives, Industrial Safety and Health Departments and State Pollution Boards of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Apart from these are the regulatory requirements dealing with taxation purposes. Resource generation has been through raising money in the capital markets on the basis of its good reputation, internal accruals, loans from commercial banks and financial institutions and sale of factory land at Pune.28 Questions:- 1. Identify and discuss briefly, the three themes of strategy implementation of activating strategies, managing change and achieving effectiveness in the case of Deepak Nitrite. 2. picking up data from the case, demonstrate how formulation and implementation of strategy are interdependent.

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cricket , Stewart, Alec Michael Walker—AP/Wide World Photos England ’s national summer sport, which is now played throughout the world, particularly in Australia. India. Pakistan, the West Indies, and the British Isles.

cricket: playing field Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Cricket is played with a bat and ball and involves two competing sides (teams) of 11 players. The field is oval with a rectangular area in the middle, known as the pitch. that is 22 yards (20.12 metres) by 10 feet (3.04 metres) wide. Two sets of three sticks, called wickets. are set in the ground at each end of the pitch. Across the top of each wicket lie horizontal pieces called bails. The sides take turns at batting and bowling (pitching); each turn is called an “ innings ” (always plural). Sides have one or two innings each, depending on the prearranged duration of the match, the object being to score the most runs. The bowlers, delivering the ball with a straight arm, try to break (hit) the wicket with the ball so that the bails fall. This is one of several ways that the batsman is dismissed, or put out. A bowler delivers six balls at one wicket (thus completing an “over”), then a different player from his side bowls six balls to the opposite wicket. The batting side defends its wicket.

There are two batsman up at a time, and the batsman being bowled to (the striker) tries to hit the ball away from the wicket. A hit may be defensive or offensive. A defensive hit may protect the wicket but leave the batsmen no time to run to the opposite wicket. In that case the batsmen need not run, and play will resume with another bowl. If the batsman can make an offensive hit, he and the second batsman (the nonstriker) at the other wicket change places. Each time both batsmen can reach the opposite wicket, one run is scored. Providing they have enough time without being caught out and dismissed, the batsmen may continue to cross back and forth between the wickets, earning an additional run for each time both reach the opposite side. There is an outside boundary around the cricket field. A ball hit to or beyond the boundary scores four points if it hits the ground and then reaches the boundary, six points if it reaches the boundary from the air (a fly ball). The team with the highest number of runs wins a match. Should both teams be unable to complete their number of innings before the time allotted, the match is declared a draw. Scores in the hundreds are common in cricket.

Matches in cricket can range from informal weekend afternoon encounters on village greens to top-level international contests spread over five days in Test matches and played by leading professional players in grand stadiums.

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Now a days betting has became a profession in India. In India online betting is getting very common these days. Bettors wait for some exciting matches so that they can bet on them and making money out of that. At many forums and blogs people ask if betting in India is legal or not? and If you are from India then you must be aware that betting in India is not legal but there is no law wether its legal or illegal to bet online on the Legal Betting sites. There are many legal betting sites which warmly welcomes players from all over the world including India, few of them are bet365 sportsbook, Williamhill Sportsbook, Back2Win Sportsbook, Betfred Betting Site and many more, for a detailed list you can see the above table. These websites allow you to make your bet on national as well as international matches including World Cup Bet, One Day International, Test Series, IPL Betting. ICC World Twenty20 and many others.

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Generally to attaract new bettors on there website, online betting sites offer different kind of bonuses to there customers. Some websites offer welcome bonus, some betting sites offer re-deposit bonus and few website offers on your number of bets you place on there websites. Once a while you can even get no deposit bonus offer also, in this case you need not to deposit a single penny from your pocket but the website will credit your account just for signing up on there website. Currently Dafabet. com welcome offer is: 50% Bonus on your first 3 deposits. Max bonus of up to Rs. 5,000 each time, for a total of Rs. 15,000 bonus. One good news for all Indian Betting Punters that Dafabet is offering all its new Indian Customers a free - No Deposit Needed money of Rs. 1000/-. To claim this free no deposit money you just need to do 2 simple steps:

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Defending Champions bat first in the IPL final Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni has won the toss and elected to bat first against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the final of the 2012 Indian Premier League at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai more

Rampaging Super Kings cruise into IPL Final The Chennai Super Kings remain on course to claim their third straight IPL title thanks to a crushing 86 run victory over a disappointingly poor Delhi DareDevils in a one sided qualifier at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai more

Sehwag wins the toss, DareDevils bowl first Delhi DareDevils skipper Virender Sehwag has won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai with a place in the IPL final up for grabs more

Dhoni leads Super Kings to eliminator victory MS Dhoni smashed a quick fire half century to help the Chennai Super Kings seal a 38 run victory against the Mumbai Indians at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore more

Indians bowl first in eliminator showdown Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh has won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Chenai Super Kings in the IPL eliminator at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore more

Impressive Knight Riders cruise into IPL final The Kolkata Knight Riders booked their place in the Indian Premier League final on Sunday thanks to a 18 run victory over the Delhi DareDevils at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune more

Gambhir wins the toss, Knight Riders bat first Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir has won the toss and elected to bat first against the Delhi DareDevils at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune with both teams looking to seal their place in the IPL final on Sunday with a victory tonight more

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China will look into establishing a nation-wide trading system for pollution permits as part of efforts to use market mechanisms to help clean up its environment, the country's top environment official said.

In remarks published on the website of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (www. mep. gov. cn) on Friday, minister Zhou Shengxian said China was working on new regulations for pollution permits and would also publish proposals for new pilot trading projects as soon as possible.

China has vowed to reverse the environmental consequences of three decades of breakneck industrial expansion and clean up its heavily polluted air, water and soil and is hoping to use the market to encourage firms to cut emissions.

Provinces pledged this week to meet targets set by the ministry to cut air pollution by 5 to 25 percent. The ministry said it was considering a system to evaluate progress.

Authorities regularly issue directives to try to tackle air pollution in major cities, but the effect has been limited with enforcement still lax and economic growth seen as the priority.

China already has more than 20 local trading platforms that allow industrial firms to buy and sell permits for pollutants like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, major constituents of smog and acid rain. But their impact has been limited, said Ma Zhong, the dean of the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Renmin University.

"Emission trading in China is not strictly a market activity and it is more like paying for emitting. It is just a few regions running some test trading," he told Reuters.

Five cities and regions set up new pilot carbon trading platforms last year to encourage local enterprises to address soaring greenhouse gas emissions and two more will be launched in 2014. China aims to have a nationwide carbon emissions trading system later in the decade.

On Friday, the seven pilot carbon trading platforms signed an agreement with other environmental exchanges to look into trading not only carbon credits but also pollution, water and energy use permits.

Environment minister Zhou said China planned to cut major pollutants like sulphur dioxide and ammonium nitrate by 2 percent over 2014. Nitrogen oxides would be slashed by 5 percent.

China said late last year that it was struggling to meet environmental targets for the 2011-2015 period, with energy and carbon intensity targets still behind schedule.

Nitrogen oxide emissions, expected to fall 10 percent over the 2011-2015 period, actually rose 2.82 percent by the end of 2012. Zhou said the total amount was expected to have fallen by more than 3.5 percent last year.

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Betfair Greenup . Betfair Green-up . Betfair greening up or going all green on Betfair are just some of the terms used to describe the process of guaranteeing a profit on Betfair no matter who wins. This may sound like a scam from a “get rich quick” email but it is a real Betfair technique that is very easy to apply.

The reason the technique is called greening up is because when it has been performed correctly the Betfair grid shows a green profit value for every selection in a race, thus guaranteeing a profit no matter who wins.

The technique can be used on a rising or falling market and has 3 basic steps that are performed on a single selection from the list of competitors. The example below is for a falling selection, i. e. a competitor who’s odds are shortening.

Step 1 Backing a selection whose odds are falling.

Step 2 Laying the selection to secure a profit.

Step 3 Greening up to guarantee a Betfair profit no-matter who wins.

Step 1 – Backing a selection whose odds are falling.

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If desired we could stop here and wait for the race to run, the only problem is that after all our good work we are still reliant on Stalking Shadow winning for us to profit from this race.

Step 3 – Greening up to guarantee a Betfair profit.

If we wanted to stop at step 2 then that is fine, we just need Stalking Shadow to win. However, there is an alternative, we can “spread” the possible winnings of 1880.00 that Stalking Shadow is showing across the other competitors. This is performed by one simple calculation and another lay on Stalking Shadow.

This is normally performed just before the race is about to start and all step1 – step 2 cycles have been completed.

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1880.00 / 1.23 = 1528 is the stake value to lay on Stalking Shadow This has the effect of “spreading” the 1880.00 profit on Stalking Shadow across the other competitors, and because Betfair can see that Stalking Shadow is in profit we do not have to use our own money to do this.

If Stalking Shadow wins we then win 1800 and lose (1.23-1) x 1528 = 351.44 giving a result of 1800-351.44 = 1528.56. If Staking Shadow loses we win the lay bet of 1528.00

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This technique can also be performed on a rising market. If you predict the odds will not fall, but rise then Step 1 should be a lay and step 2 should be a back, with step 3 remaining unchanged.

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The atmosphere inside the walls of a casino is unreal, at times surreal. Very few, especially older casinos, have windows that allow day light in and none have clocks in view. The idea is to block out reality and allow patrons to forget whether it’s night or day, or what time of the night or day it is.

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Different people get interested in poker at various stages of their lives. And wherever you started your poker career, it is more than likely the first match you ever played would have been either a live game or on a computer.

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The introduction of betting exchanges has completely changed the way betting is done in the UK and made punting and bookmarking much more developed niches. With the revolution of exchanges, punters can now become bookmakers and vice versa. You can switch your roles back and forth from race to race or even play both roles in the same game at the same time. In addition, this is not the only way you can make money from betting since the introduction of the exchanges. Let us look at a few other opportunities:

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A step-by-step photo guide.

So you want to learn how to play the dart game called cricket. All of those numbers and different colored areas of the dart board might seem a bit confusing, but this photo gallery makes it easy to understand. Just follow the photos and you’ll be throwing like an champion in no time.

Step 1. The numbers to target. Before you can step up to the line and throw like a pro you need to know where to throw your darts. When it comes to the dart game of Cricket, all you need to remember are the numbers 20 through 15 and the bulls-eye. You will need to hit three marks for each number to win.

Step 2. The dart board. There are three main areas on the board – the single, the double and the triple. Throw a dart in the area labelled single and you get one mark. Throw a double and you have earned two marks. Hit the triple ring and you have scored all three marks with one dart - great shot!

Step 3. Who shoots first? In order to start a game of Cricket you need to know who throws first. Flip a coin and the winner gets to choose who throws first at the bulls-eye. Whoever is closest to the bulls-eye goes first in the game. If you both throw the same distance to the bulls-eye you have to throw again, however the last person to throw at the bulls-eye goes first. It’s also considered a tie if you both throw into the single area of the bulls-eye, even if one dart is closer to the double bull area. Keep throwing until one dart is the clear winner.

Step 4. Points. If you have hit all three marks for one number and your opponent still has that number open you can hit that number again and you’ll receive that number points in a running total. For example, if you have your twenties closed (all three marks) and hit a single twenty; you write the number 20 next to your name. Now your opponent has to close another number to start getting points on you. The winner of the game will have all numbers closed and the most points.

Welcome to Online Cricket Betting

You have just arrived at the #1 portal for all things online cricket betting. On our website you will find reviews of top cricket betting sites, the best cricket betting odds, betting tips, guides on the biggest tournaments, blogposts and plenty of articles on the topic of betting on this great sport.

If you are a first time visitor I am guessing you are looking to get started with betting on cricket online, and what better way to do that than to go to our guide on how to bet on cricket?

Choosing Your Best Cricket Betting Sites

Deciding on which site you want to use for sports betting is as simple as figuring out what you want from a bookmaker. If you are from the US, Bovada is your best bet as far as cricket betting goes. You want to bet using a specific currency, like Indian rupees for example? ¡No hay problema! Bet365 can accommodate your needs.

We have written reviews of most of the popular online sportsbooks and we have listed the highest rated ones by our team in the table below. You can get a quick glance of their standing with us, their welcome offering, link to our full review of them and a link so you can visit their site. If you want to just get started you can find one you like the look of below and start betting on cricket right away!

Best Cricket Betting Sites

There are several different factors to consider when you are researching a bookmaker and we have done a more in-depth study of the sportsbooks we use to bet on cricket online on this site. Go to our cricket betting sites page for an overview over the online sportsbooks we have tried and tested and read our review of them. We try to talk about the most important features of them and what we like about them in that section.

About Online Cricket Betting

Our website were created back in 2009 when the owner, Adrian, first started to get an interest in cricket. He wanted to share is foray into betting on this new sport and his already acquired expertise on betting in general. With this there came some basic guides on betting and some cricket predictions of rather dubious quality, but he learned as he went on and had some fun with the topic at hand.

Over the years both the sport itself grew in popularity, as well as cricket betting and this site in turn. More and more visitors wanted to know about how you could place cricket bets online and also wanted to find free betting tips on the biggest matches. Soon we could not cater to all our audiences with a simple one man show and we had to expand. More people with experience were brought in and now we are having a total of 5 people working on this website to give you the reader the best possible cricket betting tips and information on sports betting in general.

What to Bet On?

In this day and age, this might seem like a silly question. The sheer amount of cricket games being played are staggering, ranging from the huge tournaments like the World Cup, Champions Leage T20, Indian Premier League, to smaller, local ones like Friends Life T20, County Championship Division 2, and everythin in between. If you just like to watch a good match of cricket, you can always find games these days that will satisfy your sation, and the option to bet on them is ever present with the bookies offering wider selection of bets everyday.

If you are to bet on tournaments that you are unfamiliar with, you would be wise to do a little research on whos who in the leagues. You can check out our tournament guide where we will give an overview over every tournament that we are betting on. This includes brief history, teams participating, previews of bets and odds available and our predictions for the series coming up. This is not to be taken as gospel, but a service to our readers, trying to give you that extra edge on the bookmakers. Your own analysis is needed in order to be a winner in this game.

How to Deposit Money Online

All the different countries and regions around the world have their own laws and regulations when it comes to online betting. Betting is legal in the UK for example, but illegal in the US. but not on a state level. Some states are opening up for online gambling, but this brings abroad a whole lot of trouble. The same goes for a region like India where the laws are still unclear and some regions allow it while others don't.

What is clear though is that depositing and withdrawing funds from betting sites online can be a hassle depending on where you are from. Using your credit card(s) is quite easy, but sometimes there are fees attached to this and not everyone is comfortable giving out this information to websites. That is why we recommend to use ewallets. These are forms of internet bank accounts that functions just like a normal bank account, but they are operated purely online. The big advantage with these is that they are swift in depositing and withdrawals, and have low to none fees associated with them. Makes life as a bettor a lot easier.

We recommend that you check out either of these options:

Can you win real money betting on cricket?

¡Sí tu puedes! But will you? Sadly, probably not. Sports betting is a business for the operators that offer it, and they are not in doing this only to be losing money. That means that you have a big hill to climb in trying to outsmart someone that is making boatloads of money on losing bettors and employ hundreds of people to make sure the odds is set correctly.

For you to end up a winner cricket betting you need to have patience, bet within your means and have a knack for analyzing betting odds. You cannot rely on simple systems or go with your gut on games, that is not enough to outsmart bookmakers with their huge databases of statistics and knowledge of the sport.

But even though you are probably not going to win, that does not have to make a difference. We are not winners on every sport we follow and most of us even keep a "fun-fund" where we just place bets for fun and try to put our wits to battle with the best oddsmakers in the hopes of winning. It is a lot more fun than grinding away at betting. Sure, we might be losing money, but what kind of entertainment doesn't cost money? And that is what betting should be: entertaining and fun !

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Sports Spread Betting Strategy

Much advice on sports spread betting applies in all sports. The purpose of this section is to set out that advice, so please read it carefully before going on to read about strategies in particular markets in particular sports. One important piece of advise before we start though is not to chase losses: it is a surefire quick way to wiping out your account.

The first question you need to ask yourself before you do any trading at all is: Why do I want to trade the sports markets? Are you trading for profits – taking a professional approach? Or are you trading for entertainment and fun? The professional spread better is not in it for fun or for adrenalin surges but is focussed solely on making profits. They carry out considerable research and operate a proven strategy in a disciplined manner in order to generate annual income, sufficient to meet their targets.

Advantages and Disadvantages the Spread Firms Have

The market makers at the spread firms are professional and practiced in setting prices, and have comprehensive statistics on all markets to aid them in this. All of the Sporting Index's computer trading software is written in-house on. NET technology, whatever that means - the important thing to keep in mind is that this provides dealers with instant access to their lines on each market and the firm's overall exposure as well as information on how each punter is faring.

That said, they have to price up hundreds of markets. You have the advantage that you don't have to bet on any market. You can just choose one or two, you can shop around between the firms for the best price, and you can move quickly.

In order to optimise profit potential in team games like football and rugby, it is best to wait until the last minute before placing bets, to take advantage of late team news, rather than placing a bet on the morning of the match (unless the spread is clearly wrong). For example, let's say you really fancy Manchester United to thrash a team at the bottom end of the table, and you buy their superiority. But then the team news is announced twenty minutes before kick off and you learn that they've left half of their top players out of the starting line-up, preferring to rest them before an upcoming crunch European game in midweek. Such occurrences are not uncommon.

Also, if it's a live TV event with markets being updated in-running, it's a good idea to watch the game for 5 or 10 minutes before placing your bet. The spreads will move very little in this time, and it gives you an opportunity to gauge the shape of the game. You will be able to observe whether it is open end to end stuff with lots of scoring chances or is it settling down into a dour battle.

Consider Selling Instead Of Buying

Taking the contrarian view can pay in sports spread betting - punters tend to over-react on the spreads which means that value is more likely to lie in opposing the herd view. There has in the past been a tendency for there to be more buyers than sellers in many markets. This has occured for a number of reasons -:

People tend to like to buy because they enjoy seeing a lot of action.

People tend to buy a team they support. In football, there are always plenty of buyers of Manchester United and Chelsea. which is the team supported by many of the City's high rollers.

People will back star names against underdogs about whom little is known.

Sellers tend to suffer more than buyers. Say you've sold the shirt numbers in football. Every time there is goalmouth action your heart can be in your mouth, praying the ball doesn't go in the net. On the other hand a buyer will be enjoying this and hoping for the opposite.

In the more volatile markets like multicorners it can be scary to sell because of the potential large losses if things go wrong.

The spread firms are aware of this and have accordingly set their prices one or two points higher than they would otherwise. In the early days of spread betting they could get away with setting some prices artificially high, knowing that they would still attract buyers. Recently professional and more savvy punters have also become aware of this and have been sellers, so the disparity is not so pronounced. However, there is still potential profit in being a seller if the circumstances are right. For example, if there has been a lot of hype (see below) about a game likely to be dirty with lots of cards this can be overdone and the spread moves up too high as everyone moves to buy.

Selling the player / team you expect to lose in an index can have advantages over buying the player / team you expect to win. In tournament indexes it means that the bet is now settled, rather than you having to sell a winner later in running in the event, when there will still be a spread to be taken into account, reducing your profit.

It's very difficult not to be influenced by all the hype surrounding a major sporting event. The match commentators, the betting press, and certain pundits can have a major influence on market moves, and if you happen to disagree with their opinion then this can provide a betting opportunity once the spread has moved too far. I know some people who like to spread bet who prefer to watch the TV with the sound off, to avoid being influenced by what the commentators are saying.

The classic case of hype is probably the England football team. Here everything depends on how they have performed in the last match or two. The media will either have built them up as world beaters if they have done well or hopeless losers if they have underperformed. You can take advantage of this by trying to ignore all the hoohah and looking at the match coming up from a rational perspective. This applies in many situations, where the most recent one or two performances influence opinion unduly.

Concentrating your efforts on one or two markets improves your chances of success. Remember that spread betting dealers have a whole range of markets to cover so they are often very busy and may accidentally forget something in the heat of the moment.

There are so many markets to choose from and you should take time out to familiarise with the rules of each market before you place a bet. Even experienced spread bettors get undone occasionally by assuming they know everything they need to know about a market, particularly ones they play less frequently. It is for that reason that you should spend an hour or so getting your head around the various markets and associated rules. For example, Sporting Index and Spreadex offer Team Performance Markets on football matches but each has different scoring criteria, shown below:

Sporting award 25pts to the winning side, 15pts goal, 10pts clean sheet, 3pts corner, -5 yellow card, -15 red card, 10 pts for hitting the woodwork and rebounding into play.

Spreadex award 25pts to the winning side, 15pts per goal, 10pts clean sheet, 3pts corner, -5 yellow card, -15 red card.

If you spreadbet, keep a good record of your winnings and losses. Seriously though you must keep a record of all bets, if you don’t then it will be impossible for you to accurately evaluate your performance and make improvements to your strategy. For example, my records have shown a decent profit backing offensive football teams away from home. I've hypothesised that weak sides will always press forward playing at home which leads to a more open, expansive game which offensive sides can readily exploit, Aston Villa are a great example of a side that continue to play well away from home.

Conversely, more or less every bet I place on Rugby loses. ¿Por qué es esto? Because my knowledge of rugby in general is poor and more often that not the reason I chose to get involved is because there would have been a televised game on, my missus would have been out and having a bet on the outcome would have hightened my enjoyment of the game. One of my new years betting resolutions is not to bet on Rugby, ever.

Another motive for keeping records is to continially hone your staking strategy or to establish one on the first place. There is no hard and fast rule for developing a strategy, I think everyone has to find a strategy that suits them.

Arbitrage is the term used to describe a situation where it is possible to make an immediate profit, simply by buying with one spread firm and selling with another.

To take an example, suppose the prices in the Bookings index for a football match are as follows:

Betfair Football Trading Guide

by on May 15, 2010

Interested in Betfair football trading? The football markets on Betfair seem to be a magnet for new traders. I’m not sure why they are so popular but it’s probably because it’s a market that everyone has some knowledge on. This does not make it easier to trade and, in my opinion, football trading is definitely not the easiest way to trade on Betfair. However, this does not mean that it’s impossible to make a profit on football matches. There are ways to reduce risk to your capital so that you can increase the possibility of a profit.

Instead of explaining everything from the most basic level, this site will go into a more in-depth style of trading and assume that you are already able to turn some sort of a profit on Betfair and have some prior knowledge of trading. However, if you are new to trading and are after some basics the links below should help you out a lot:

Guarantee a Free Bet – The basics of getting a green screen when trading, also shows you how to equalise a profit.

Profit Weighting and Equalisation – A tutorial with tips on how to equalise a bet and achieve a green screen. It is vital that you know how to do this properly. Shows you how to use indicators to allow you to predict your profit or loss ahead of time. Great for planning a trade and different scenarios.

Back and Lay the Draw – An example of how to perform a very basic trade for a small profit.

Once you have read and understood the articles above, you can now read the articles on this site which will build on the fundamental principles outlined above such as:

Long Term Trades – A low risk method which utilises the time / value principle over the whole football season. This strategy can be used with football leagues across the world.

Football Trading Opportunities and Markets – Being able to find and develop new opportunities is essential to every trade. This article offers a brief look at some football markets and provides tips on how to approach trading them.

Exit Strategies and Preventing Losses – Learn how to minimise and prevent losses. Find out how to manage risk and preserve your bankroll.

All times are UK/Irish and are subject to change, and all times are in 24hr format e. g. 01.00 = 1am and 16:00 = 4pm:

PLEASE NOTE, IF THERE ARE LIQUIDITY ISSUES, ALWAYS KEEP THE STAKES LOW

1. 18:00 - Ivanovic v Pliskova

While Ivanovic played quite solid tennisagainst Giorgi, so did Pliskova against an aggressive Shelby Rogers. Since Ana has issues serving under the sun in windy conditions, I prefer opting for Pliskova to start better.

--- & gt; Lay Ivanovic @1.92, Back @2.7

2. 23:30 - Stosur v McHale

For the home fans, along with Nicole Gibbs, Christina McHale has played remarkably well so far beating an in-form Garcia and a solid hard-courter like Muguruza, both in 2 sets.

This looks like a tough challenge for the Aussie Stosur.

--- & gt; Lay Stosur @1.95, Back @2.6

3. 03:30 - Kuznetsov v Wawrinka

Stan may indeed come out as the winner in this encounter but it's fair to say that Andrey Kuznetsov is playing some incredible Tennis right now. There is reason behind laying Stan Wawrinka at the start I believe.

--- & gt; Lay Wawrinka @1.26, Back @1.7

by Patrick Ross

MATCH: SHVEDOVA (KAZAKHSTAN) V GIBBS (USA)

EVENT: WTA INDIAN WELLS

START TIME: 19:30 UK TIME

TIP: BACK GIBBS @1.81, LAY @1.37

STOP LOSS: NOT SUGGESTED

STAKE SUGGESTED: 3% TOTAL (2% TO BE USED @ THE START)

DELAY AND TRADE. NOT SUGGESTED

PLEASE NOTE : FOR ALL PINNACLE TIPS, OUR STAKES ARE ALWAYS LIABILITIES WHETHER WE ARE BACKING OR LAYING AT THE START!

FORM AND GAME COMPARISON:

Form of Shvedova is quite decent winning 7 of her last 10 matches. Her losses came against Madison Keys at the Australian Open and then to Errani, who won the title at Dubai and a very tricky Hibino at Qatar. Gibbs meanwhile, has won 9 of 10 matches with her only loss to an in-form Kontaveit at Monterrey, Mexico.

Shvedova’s game has historically been about solid serving and brutal power in rallies. Gibbs wasn’t known as an aggressive player a year or so ago but her current form is quite breathtaking as she looked quite deadly in both her wins against Dulgheru and a very tough Madison Keys.

GENERAL UNFOLDING SCENARIO:

It is worth noting that Gibbs lost just 1 game against a tricky Dulgheru in her first match and totally neutralized Madison Keys’ serves in the 2nd round. Another 2 set win for the American is quite a possibility.

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Topps Cricket Attax 3, the official trading card game of Pepsi IPL 6, created by Tailor India

Friday 26, April 2013 at 12:57 PM by CB

Topps Sports & Entertainment Company has launched Cricket Attax 2013, the official trading card game of Pepsi IPL 6.

Popular among kids in the age group of 8-12, the game allows kids to collect the cards, exchange them, build up a dream team and then go around playing the game with their friends. Currently the brand is into its third year in India.

The vision of the brand according to Sanjeev Katyal, CEO of Topps (India) is to take imagery and likability of Cricket Attax to the next level, and make it a cult brand and position it at a scale worthy of the league itself. To convey the fun aspects of the game to the young ones as well as appeal to parents for the skill, strategy and memory building features of the game.

This year's strategy as articulated by Mukesh Jagwani, Senior Manager Marketing & Sales of Topps (India) was to connect with the target audience over the emotional benefit that Cricket Attax enables you to relive the IPL experience at home and the self-expressive benefit, that you have the power to literally control and own the league and its super-star cricketers.

"The creative idea builds on the strategy by celebrating the kids who behave as owner-selector-captain in their own dream world. The kids call the shots by deciding how many spinners to play, who bats in which position, when to take power play etc. Hence, the idea of kathputli was born", explains Kaushik Mitra, Co-founder, Tailor India.

The 45 second film packs in all the action and entertainment people are likely to witness in the 45 plus days of Pepsi IPL. The entire imagery of IPL has been carefully crafted to give it a feel of stiff paper (same material as the cards). The film was directed by Sudip Bandopadhyay of Thumbnail Pictures and the haunting track has been sung by the talented Raghubir Yadav.

Credits - Production House: Thumbnail Pictures. Music: Jolly Jose. Singer: Raghubir Yadav. Camera: Sudeep Chatterjee. Director: Sudip Bandopadhyay .

Cheat Sheet

Cricket For Dummies

Cricket is basically a simple sport. Each team takes its turn to bat (scoring runs) and bowl (getting the opposition batsmen out). The team with the most runs at the end wins. Unless the game is drawn, of course. Like any sport that’s been around for a while, cricket has its own laws, legend and language. This Cheat Sheet is here to help.

Fielding Positions in the Game of Cricket

Don’t know your deep fine leg from your silly mid off? Never fear. This diagram shows you all the commonly used fielding positions in cricket. The figure assumes that a right-handed batsman is standing at the opposite end of the pitch from the bowler.

Umpiring Signals and What They Mean in Cricket

The officials in charge of a game of cricket are called umpires, and they have a whole array of signals to indicate the decisions they make during the course of a game. These are the most important.

Right arm outstretched. No-ball. This signal indicates that the bowler’s foot has landed over the front line of the bowling crease and the delivery is deemed a no-ball.

Both arms outstretched. Wide. This signal shows that the ball was out of reach of the batsman or woman and has been adjudged a wide . One run goes onto the batting team’s extras score, and the ball must be re-bowled.

Right leg raised and clasped by the right hand. Leg byes . This sign indicates that the ball hit the pads of the batsman or woman, not the bat, and that the runs completed are adjudged to be leg byes . These runs are not credited to the individual player’s score but to the team’s, as extras .

Right arm raised skywards. Byes. This shows that the ball has been missed by both the batsman or woman and the wicket-keeper. Any runs scored are deemed to be byes . Byes, like leg byes, are counted as extras.

Right hand and arm swept across the body. Four runs. This signal signifies that the ball has been hit all the way to the boundary. The ball has bounced on its way to the boundary and four runs have been scored.

Both arms held above the head and index fingers outstretched. Six runs. The ball has been hit over the boundary, without the ball bouncing. Six runs are awarded for this fab feat.

Index finger raised towards the batsman or woman. Fuera. The umpire has given the batsman or woman out and they have to leave the crease and take the long, lonely walk back to the pavilion.

Right arm held at out horizontally then flexed back to touch the shoulder. Short run. One of the batsmen or women has failed to touch their bat down beyond the front line of the bowling crease when going for a run. This is deemed a short run and the scorer is being told to take that run off the score.

The LBW Law Made Simple

For a batsman in a cricket match to be given out leg before wicket (LBW) a strict set of rules apply, to do with where the ball has struck the pitch and then hit the batsman’s pad. This figure takes you through all the possibilities.

International Game Formats for Cricket

International cricket has a variety of the game for everyone, from the five-day tactical tension of the Test match to the bat-swinging fireworks of Twenty20. The following are a few simple clues to help you tell which of the most popular formats is which.

Players wear white clothes.

Players use a red ball.

The match is played in daylight.

A match lasts up to five days.

The playing day lasts at least seven hours.

Players wear coloured clothes.

Players use a white ball.

The match is often played partly under floodlights.

Most matches start early afternoon.

The playing day lasts about eight hours.

Players wear coloured clothes.

Players use a white ball.

The match is often played partly under floodlights.

Most matches are played in the evening.

Play lasts just three hours.

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Ken Jacobs

From 1980 to 2007 Ken Jacobs managed significant growth in Australian Cricket as CEO of Cricket Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. Ken was responsible for the management of an increase in participation levels from 100,000 to 185,000 across 1,100 cricket clubs in Victoria and a growth in revenue from $500,000 to $25 million. He was also responsible for the implementation of Cricket Victoria's first strategic plan, its renowned local government and volunteer recognition program and the development of the intellectual property and branding program for the Boxing Day Test Match. Ken was engaged by the International Cricket Council as Event Manager for the staging of crickets ICC World Cup in the Caribbean region.

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Leena Moin Aziz - Guest Speaker

Leena Moin Aziz is Asia's first woman cricket commentator and a true pioneer for women on the business side of cricket. Leena has commentated for over 8 years on test matches, one-day matches, and Twenty20 matches via television and radio. She started her international career with a match against Bangladesh for South Asian premier sports channel TEN Sports in Pakistan. Leena covered the last two ICC Cricket World Cups for television and radio as a cricket commentator and as a cricket analyst.

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Dr. G. Lynn Lashbrook . President and Founder of Sports Management Worldwide, the world leader in online sports business management education. Dr. Lashbrook has outstanding academic qualifications, and over thirty-five years of combined experience as an educator, coach, athletic administrator and a registered agent. Dr. Lashbrook manages the SMWW Agency representing over 200 Agents and hundreds of athletes worldwide. Dr. Lashbrook has hand on experience and active interaction with team and club manager's, scouts, sports business executives inlcuding major endorsements, player contracts, sponsorships, and all SMWW Sports Agency activities. Because he is still in the industry, his teaching is up-to-the-minute and addresses the issues in professional sports today. Dr. Lashbrook emphasizes integrity and ethics in his curriculum and weekly interactive audio chats. You will love his motivational style and passion to improve sports management industry.

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Weekly Audio Chats - A unique aspect of each 8 week course is the opportunity for students to participate weekly in interactive audio chats with fellow students, Ken Jacobs and Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, SMWW staff, SMWW Agents, former professional cricket players, cricket business management, and renowned guest speakers. This is a tremendous opportunity to network within the international cricket industry and get to know your instructors and fellow students personally via the internet. This allows ample opportunity to network, ask questions, and discuss openly with instructors and fellow classmates. This is available via any online computer with a microphone. If you are unable to attend the chat they are archived and you can listen at a time more convenient.

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Our goal is to see all Cricket Business Management graduates gainfully employed in cricket worldwide. Your chances of accepting an offer of employment within professional cricket will improve by going through the program. SMWW will customize a portfolio to assist you with your career goals.

Through our extensive network of cricket organizations worldwide our objective is to prepare you for when the right job opportunities become available. Numerous people that have gone through our programs are now employed in great positions and you could do the same. We want to help you launch your career and help you find a position where you can be the most successful and satisfied.

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Successful graduates of the Sports Management Worldwide courses will be sent a SMWW Certificate of Accomplishment. This certificate represents not only your achievements in the course but also demonstrates your personal commitment to self-improvement and ability to "self train" yourself for higher positions within the sports business industry.

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Cost: $995 (includes all course textbooks, headset, microphone and access to web based classroom. Shipping additional.)

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Prerequisites: Must be 18 or older to participate and have a passion for sports

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The oldest and the most demanding format of the game is Test Cricket. It is played over five days and demands tremendous application, skill and patience from batsmen and bowlers alike. Fortunes can swing wildly from session to session, thereby needing both teams to stay focused all the time. Test cricket is normally played as a bilateral series between nations and the biggest of them all is the Ashes between England and Australia, which attracts packed crowds and plenty of media coverage across both countries. RealCricketScore will provide you with the latest Ashes cricket scores and Ashes cricket news from 2013 and beyond. There are plans by the ICC to introduce a Test Championship from 2017 onwards.

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"Cricket Coach is an excellent addition to anyones arsenal of games. It will give massive value for money, will give hours upon hours of gaming joy and will continue to lead the way forward in the years to come. "

"The sheer depth is amazing. 10/10 for the sim aspect alone. "

"Cricket Coach is the cricket version of Football Manager. A truly amazing game; priced at £19.99 it is a must for all cricket fans and cricket statto’s!"

"Cricket Coach is seriously stat-driven, and a match for Empire's elderly International Cricket Captain series. "

PC Gamer Magazine

Cricket Coach

The most detailed cricket simulation ever created . Available for both Windows and Apple Mac, Cricket Coach features an extremely realistic match engine developed over 15 years, a huge player database, and detailed strategy options.

Includes World Cup mode - play through the 2015 tournament with any team, even those who didn't qualify.

Both Indian & Australian T20 franchise leagues . sign all the world stars!

Plus many more new features and enhancements. Cricket Coach 2014 is the most in-depth cricket simulation ever created!

10 Dec 15 - Mac OS 10.10 El Capitan - The latest update to the game fixes the graphical issues that were caused El Capitan. Update your game for free to clear the problem

Info update as requested by various people - Cricket Coach 2016 . The next game in the series will not be released until April 2016 . Cricket Coach 2014 will remain our most up to date title until then.