He gives with one hand and takes away with the other 

India have only scored five 6s in their last 3 games (I think) so it's typical they'd start smacking the ball around as soon as my bet was placed 

Good morning all!

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She was born in 2004, that's 10 at least 10 years after Venus first turned professional!  

I'm looking forward to the Tiafoe v Fognini match today, the young American has a really interesting background and reached his first Grand Slam Quaterfinal at the Auzzie Open this year (he was knocked out by Nadal).

Fognini also tends to get his big wins on clay courts too, so I'm giving Tiafoe the win today:

🎾Winner: Tiafoe (1.70)
🎾Total games: Under 40 (2.02)

What other games will people be watching?

Kyrgios is usually entertaining to see, you can take side bets on whether he'll lose his cool and storm off!  

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Any suggestions for making the most of the free bet? Jordan Thompson could be a good shout against Kyrgios.

I went with the under for 6s as both teams haven't scored a huge amount in recent matches... then Sharma smacks one in the first over  

I got very lucky with Malinga, that was a strange game.


Yeah, shame that I went with WI in the pool!  


I'm thinking 300+ easily; Rahul and Sharma have come out strong and look confident.

Looking forward to today's action, I think India are going to be working hard to bounce back after the England match.

This one is being played at Edgbaston which is supposedly the best ground in the tournament for spin bowlers; I'm a little worried how Bangladesh's batsmen will stand up to Jadeja, Yadav, and Chahal.

That said, I don't think I've lost a bet on Al Hasan yet, so why stop now?  

- Al Hasan total: Over 32.5 (1.92)
- Sharma to score 50: Yes (2.06)
- Total sixes: Under 9.5 (1.93)

Yep I was excited until I remembered I picked West Indies too! 

Either way I still might have a chance on my bets today for a change!

⚪ Back: Sri Lanka to win (2.60)
⚪ Total 6s: Over 8.5 (1.72)

Five 6s hit so far, should be able to pick that one up when the Windies start slogging 🤞

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Or all of them...  

At least I might still get something from Malinga if he can pick up a few more wickets 🤞

Pretorius is having a great day, 10 overs bowled with 3 wickets and a 2.50 econ 👏

One last big over to get +200 and then it's time to let the bowlers do their thing. Malinga is going to have to be on form here.

Interesting draw for the men's singles - Federer and Nadal were both drawn in the same half, meaning that they will not meet in the final and Djokovic will have a slightly easier route through (his odds have dropped slightly as a response to 2.25).

Nadal has arguably the more difficult draw, with a second-round clash against Nick Kyrgios (assuming he breezes past Sugita in the first round). There's also a potential fourth round clash against Cilic to look forward to.

I'm now leaning towards a Djokovic v Federer final, but I'll still be keeping my fingers crossed for Cilic 

I didn't have much time to check over the markets today so just went with something simple:

⚪ SL top bowler: Malinga (3.45)
⚪ SL to win (3.25)

Malinga was in fine form against England, and with a potential semi-final spot up for grabs i thought they would be fighting hard today. Unfortunately Karunaratne and Fernando didn't seem to get the memo   

I'm hoping that Sri Lanka can keep their heads and build a couple of decent partnerships in the lower orders, if they can get to 225+ they have a chance to defend.


Unlucky there, you almost called it perfectly! 

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Mostly just that I picked him as top bowler 

According to the CWC website he currently has the best bowling economy overall at 3.80, but he has only bowled in 3 matches so far compared to others like Boult and Grandhomme who have bowled for 6.

That was a very quick decision, I'll need to watch the replay again as it looked like a tough call between bat and pad.

At least it was Roach that bowled him 

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Thanks, and have a great day!

Pakistan's tournament is starting to look a little familiar... 



Source: https://twitter.com/cricketworldcup/status/1143950307447255040

Sad to see my pool team NZ lose but hats off to the Pakistan team, they played with passion.

Today's game should be a good one. Expecting India to win but it's always entertaining to watch the Windies at bat.

Sticking to what should be some 'safer' bets today 

- Sharma total: Over 42.5 (1.92)
- West Indies top bowler: Roach (4.70)
- Total sixes: Over 14.5 (1.96)

What's everyone else going for?

So no one is tipping Cilic or Raonic? I'd love to see one of them really pushing the top 3 seeds in the latter stages, and either one *should* be able to beat Nadal on grass on a good day.


@Kemarit - That's an interesting pick to be fair. He beat Federer this year in Italy and reached the final in Madrid after beating Nadal, but both of those are on Clay and I'm not sure he'll be able to compete with all the serve-and-volley play at Wimbledon.

@Juggy777 - Great spot, I'll pass that on to our tennis tipster!


On another note there's a bunch of changes to Wimbledon this year that could effect the betting odds, the biggest of which is probably the covered court one, and the rule changes to avoid so-called 'marathon matches'.

The covered court can really open things up in terms of the odds, as the conditions (or lack thereof) can completely change the run of the game. It's actually a real shame Murray isn't competing as his record for indoor matches is pretty impressive.  

The changes to the rules to introduce a tie-break in the final set is also a game-changer, it should actually give 'less skilled' players more of a chance (with a little help from lady luck)  

We have a great blog about the role of luck in betting that delves into tennis majors specifically. It's proven that the influence of skill on the outcome of a match match will increase as the number of repetitions increase, so on the other side of that coin, the role of luck will increase with the number of points being lowered.

Just noticed an interesting live market:

Which team will lead after 15 overs: New Zealand (8.80)

If I'm remembering correctly NZ were at around 48-50 runs in the 15th over?

Tempted to put a bet on the NZ bowlers keeping the run rate down for Pakistan  

Afternoon all,

Apologies if this is a duplicate, I was looking around for a Wimbledon thread but only found the general Tennis discussion ones so far.

Wimbledon is just around the corner, and we've just published an article from Tennis expert and trader Dan Weston (tennisratings.co.uk) with his breakdown of the data surrounding court conditions, estimated odds, value bets, etc.

You can check out the blog here.

The most interesting part for me was the look at current ATP top 10 players; and which exhibited the best grass court records across the last 24 months:



(Based on this I put a cheeky little bet on Cillic as an outsider @ 18.0  )

Who do you think will take the Championship Trophy and Venus Rosewater Dish this year?

Dammit I had Williamson for over 48.5, thought I'd done well to avoid Guptill and Munro 

My hopes for breaking even now reside with Total fours: Under 45.5 (1.98) which might not be a bad bet considering how terrible the batting has been (only 12 fours so far)

What bets did everyone else go with today?