Aus Vs WI 2nd test - Better than bank interest !!

[discipline pays]

Global sportsbet has

Aus 1.24
WI 13.00
draw 5.85

Aussies look like the "banktellers special "

Hardly worth watching at moment , which is a shame

[thefan]

shame im broke...so is this one of those all in banker bets...i usually do it on Rugby union which is fairly safe to do so..lets see England to bt italy! or NZ to bt USA... Id put my whole entire life on it.. Or Even Wales to bt Japan

24% return sounds nice..although a draw scares me

[Mr J]

There are a few things I do consider "locks"

This is mainly in a team sport like rugby where one country can be unbelievably dominating over another. A great example is NZ vs USA. USA will NEVER win (not unless they develop a pro league). There's just so much skill involved in the game, and a few injuries to key kiwis still wouldn't be enough for USA to have a shot.

Windies vs aus, well it's not a lock, but looks fine at 1.24.

"Hardly worth watching at moment , which is a shame"

Totally agree.

I don't usually agree there are "locks". Eg someone will say the tigers over the bunnies or something. But even in the NRL any dog can win on it's day. You want to look for highly professional teams vs amateur teams. Rugby is a GREAT sport for this. It's whether the bookies will offer enough of a price to make it worth betting (if it's 1.01 what's the point??). You would need to get a large chunk of your BR down to make the growth worthwhile, but then you run into betting limits.

Again, most pro leagues are bad to do this (nrl, afl, nfl etc), but sports where professional teams play amateur teams are great (rugby).

[Sportz]

This is mainly in a team sport like rugby where one country can be unbelievably dominating over another. A great example is NZ vs USA. USA will NEVER win (not unless they develop a pro league). There's just so much skill involved in the game, and a few injuries to key kiwis still wouldn't be enough for USA to have a shot.


But Mr J, the odds on that would be about $1.01.

[Dirk Gently]

Actually, in my humble opinion, I reckon the odds are about right. The Aussie middle order is shaky at best, Magilla can be tonked as can the B&W minstral and you just never know when Lara will come good and rack up a double century. Put a dollar on the windies rather than $54 on the Aussies.

[Sportz]

sports where professional teams play amateur teams are great (rugby).

You mean like just about any team of any quality vs the Wallabies. :D

[wesmip1]

I know its early but after the first session of play you would have to think that taking the 1.24 on offer was a good bet.

Austrlaia currently has the West Indies at 2/49 after 26 overs. Thats a run rate of only 1.88 On top of this Gayle is retired hurt with a heart problem. I am guessing he might be out of the match depending on how serious it is.

Good luck with your bet if you took the Aussies.

[discipline pays]

feeling a million bucks if you took short odds... how bad are windies... a shame compared to the teams of yesteryear !!

[wesmip1]

I definately agree. It is a shame but Australia could be the same in 15 years....

I didn't put a million on it but I did put on some ... Should win a nice amount unless it rains.

I hope it finishes in a couple of days. Australia should have this easily.

[wesmip1]

Well the rain came as expected and the players are just sitting around having lunch.

The satellite image looks like it could rain all day but hopefully we will get some time to play. Regarldess of the rain, the West Inidies should lose unless the rest of the test match gets rained out.

Good luck.

[Sportz]

3 days play will be enough. 2 and a half will probably be enough.

The most amazing thing is that during the rain, they are showing highlights of old Aust/WI matches and it just shows the HUGE difference between the current West Indies team and those ones.

Biggest difference is the current lack of BIG TALL fast bowlers. I heard someone say the other day that all of those sort of athletes in the West Indies are taking up Basketball instead of Cricket these days.

[Chuck]

i was speaking to courtney walsh at a function last tuesday about that very thing, and he said that those guys are watching basketball, but not playing it competitively. Basketball in the Windies is not detracting away from the cricketers.

[discipline pays]

Looks like this test has left aussie cricket with more questions than answers. considering that lara ( maybe twice ) gayle and chanderpaul appeared to get on the wrong end of some dodgy umpiring , and the windies are woeful australia has been somewhat unconvincing.


IMO clarke has to go back to pura cup ( and pull his head in ) and ponting needs a bit more tactical flair... it looks like warne gets first crack at the batting and when he fails macgill gets his crack... if macgill is to play ( and he should ) he needs to get a fair go.. not to be used to tidy up mess left by others