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LONDON - Pakistan’s entire cricket team is under suspicion for match fixing following a British newspaper’s publication of an expose in which a middleman allegedly took £150,000 to help fix elements of the fourth Test match against England.
Police arrested Mazhar Majeed, who claims to be the manager of ten Pakistan cricket players, for conspiracy to [...]
Posted in Cricket, Sports on August 30, 2010 @ 11:43 am
ROSE BOWL, HAMPSHIRE - Hampshire will try and exert home advantage in tonight’s Friends Provident Twenty20 final against Somerset. But bookmakers make the visitors favourite at best odds of 4/6 (bet £60 to make £40 profit) on Betfair. Hampshire are 6/4 to win the game.
Hampshire have the advantage of a long break between games after [...]
Posted in Cricket on August 14, 2010 @ 5:11 pm
Lancashire will hope to bounce back from their eight-wicket t20 Cup defeat to Essex last week as they face Sussex in Group A of the ECB40.
Posted in Cricket, Sports on August 3, 2010 @ 10:38 am
NOTTINGHAM- Today's first test between England and Pakistan at Trent Bridge may be viewed by some as a dress-rehearsal for this winter's Ashes series down under, but Pakistan should not be underestimated and there are plenty of interesting betting markets on this one.
Posted in Cricket, Sports on July 28, 2010 @ 5:00 pm
The second test match against Bangladesh gets under way at 11am BST tomorrow morning at Old Trafford, and the hosts are long-odds on to record another win. The best price you can find about another England win is 1/6 (bet £60 to win £10 profit) with Blue Square, whilst the visitors are easily overlooked at 33/1 with Sky Bet. The best chance of the Banglas claiming something is with a draw, which is an 11/2 chance with Coral.
Posted in Cricket on June 4, 2010 @ 6:00 am
BARBADOS - Australia are warm favourites to win the Twenty20 World Cup final against England. The Aussies are offered at a best price of 4/7 (bet £70 to make £40 profit) with a wide range of bookmakers while England are on offer at 8/5 with Sportingbet.
Posted in World Twenty20 on May 16, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
In the second of the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals, Australia take on last year's champions Pakistan, as they look to set up a final against their arch-rivals England, who beat Sri Lanka last night. Australia have been in sensational form so far in the tournament, and will be full of confidence, coming off the back of five straight wins.
Posted in Cricket, Sports, World Twenty20 on May 14, 2010 @ 10:24 am
England play the semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup against Sri Lanka today, hoping to reach the final of a world cricket event for the first time since 1992. England have been in great form so far in the tournament, beating Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand on their way to the semi-final.
Posted in Cricket, Sports, World Twenty20 on May 13, 2010 @ 2:40 pm
The West Indies play Australia tonight, knowing that they need to win to progress to the semi-finals, but they will face a tough test against Australia, who have been on fire recently with four wins from four games.
Posted in Cricket, Sports, World Twenty20 on May 11, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
India take on Sri Lanka today, needing a huge win to overhaul their net run rate deficit and qualify for the semi-finals. The Indians have lost both of their games in the Super Eights stage, to the West Indies and Australia, and now face an uphill struggle to make it to the semi-finals. Australia are almost guaranteed to go through in first place, and whoever goes through second will play England in the semi-finals.
Posted in Cricket, Sports, World Twenty20 on @ 10:31 am