Cricketmania as Lord’s inundated July 25, 2011 REPORTS of the death of Test cricket are greatly exaggerated – if the sell-out crowd who flocked to pack out Lord’s yesterday are anything to go by. Discounted tickets for the final day of a nail-biting first match between England and India drew swarms of cricket lovers to north-west London, where queues snaked all the [...]
Catch extra profits swing trading with a pitch on India’s cricket tour July 17, 2011 THESE are halcyon days for the England cricket team. Its excellent run has been a very rewarding one for the Barmy Army’s supporters – and for spread betters who have got with the team along the way. With a huge selection of volatile markets and a wide range of different scores recorded, cricket is the [...]
Cricket mourning ‘Barnacle Bill’ February 10, 2011 ENGLISH cricket is mourning the death of former international Trevor Bailey who died in a fire at his home aged 87. Bailey played 61 Tests and was a member of a side which won three consecutive Ashes series between 1953 and 1956. England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke praised Bailey’s “enormous contribution to [...]
COLLY READY TO RETIRE FROM TEST CRICKET January 5, 2011 Paul Collingwood has announced his decision to retire from Test cricket following the conclusion of the final Ashes Test. The Durham batsman won 67 caps for his country and made a total of 10 centuries.
Cricket, as hard as it gets November 23, 2010 IF anybody is wondering how to fit in watching an Ashes series that will take place almost entirely during our normal sleeping hours, I have some advice. If you watch nothing else, watch the first session of the first Test – it starts at midnight tonight and it’ll be absolutely essential viewing. So many times [...]
Is cricket damaged? You bet it is August 30, 2010 THERE’S an old saying in life, which goes: “It’s just not cricket” – a phase which is testimony to the fair nature and traditional values of the game of cricket. But never has that been more undermined than the events of the last two days with the emergence of these damning match-fixing allegations involving Pakistan [...]
Cricket mourns the death of legend Sir Alec Bedser April 5, 2010 TRIBUTES flooded in yesterday for Surrey and England bowling legend Sir Alec Bedser, who died after a short illness on Sunday night at the age of 91. Bedser took 236 wickets in 51 Tests over 10 years before spending a record 23 years as an England selector. Having led Surrey to eight County Championships as [...]
Cricket returns to ITV after 30 years March 4, 2010 ITV is to screen live cricket for the first time in more than 30 years after securing the rights to show the 2010 Indian Premier League. The deal will see freeview channel ITV4 broadcast live coverage of all 59 Twenty20 matches over a 45-day period, starting with a spectacular opening ceremony in Mumbai next Friday. [...]
SPREAD BETTING AND CRICKET –THE PERFECT MATCH January 14, 2010 Following England’s dire first innings performance at the Wanderers, they’re in for a real battle to get even a draw from the match. The best chance may be if the weather continues to be a factor, but the Proteas are now solid favourites for the fourth Test. South Africa finished day one on 29-0 and [...]
SPREAD BETTING AND CRICKET –THE PERFECT MATCH December 17, 2009 It’s always crucial to keep an eye on the weather when spread betting on cricket and with rain forecast at Centurion, the draw is now the bookies favourite at stumps on day two. The beauty of spread betting means we need not focus on that and can place a bet on England’s first innings batting [...]