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Old 28th November 2006, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by moeee
I think you talking ********.
You gotta remember that the last 5 batsmen are nowhere near the class of the first 5 batsmen.
They gonna go out before they can make the 354 runs.
If you divide 354 by 5,there is no way Each of these batsmen can average 70 runs each!


Obviously I based the puzzle on the real situation yesterday morning.

From memory Betfair had England at ~170 to win.

So the 1% probability for Team B winning was as close as I could get without messing with pesky fractions.
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