Champions League T20 - Chennai Super Kings v Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad need to win, or lose by a small margin, to qualify for semis.

Pre-toss : Chenna 1.46

T&T win the toss, and decide to field .. Chennai 1.50

Chennai run-line, 164

Have to respect Narine etc for T&T, but have backed Chennai at 1.50

Here we go :

Chennai 2-0 after 1, CSK 1.55

Wkt - Hussey goes, 1 from 2, 7-1 after 1.4 .. CSK 1.65

Chennai 8-1 after 2, CSK 1.66

Chennai 15-1 after 3, CSK 1.60  .. still with CSK

Chennai 25-1 after 4, CSK 1.54 ..

Chennai 36-1 after 5, CSK 1.48 .. looks big, if anything ..

Chennai 49-1 after 6, CSK 1.36 .. take small profit, but, think price still too big ..

Chennai 54-1 after 7, CSK 1.40 .. not getting many LB decisions .. 2 might have been given ..

Chennai 62-1 after 8, CSK 1.40 .. run line, 170 .. price 5 ticks too big, for me .

Wkt - Vijay - 27 from 24, 62-2 after 8.1 .. CSK 1.45  .. Dhoni walks in ..

Chennai 66-2 after 9, CSK 1.45 .. still with CSK

Chennai 72-2 after 10, CSK 1.45

Wkt - Raina goes, 38 from 29,

Chennai 78-3 after 11, CSK 1.55

Chennai 83-3 after 12, CSK 1.58 .. got small position, at current mk avg ..

Wkt - Bravo goes - 84-4 after 12.2 .. CSK 1.74 .. need some runs, but, ball staying low ..

Chennai 87-4 after 13, CSK 1.77 .. taking loss ..

Wkt - run-out Jadeja -- 88-4 after 13.4 .. T&T favs 1.82

Chennai 88-5 after 14,  T&T 1.91 ..

Chennai 93-5 after 15, T&T 1.84

Chennai 94-5 after 16, T&T 1.74

Wkt - Dhoni goes - CSK 102-6 after 16.5 .. T&T 1.56 .. tricky now ..

Chennai 102-6 after 17,  T&T 1.49

Chennai 106-6 after 18, T&T 1.44 ..laying T&T small ..

Wkt - Morkel misses a straight one .. 106-7 after 18.2 .. T&T 1.33

Wkt - run-out .. Chennai 116-8, after 19, CSK 1.36

Wkt - 117-9 after 19.2 .. T&T 1.36

Chennai finish on 118 .. lowest total, batting 1st, in Champions Trophy .. T&T 1.28


Heres the reply :

T&T 7-0 after 1, T&T 1.24 ..

T&T 12-0 after 2, T&T 1.25 .. price is sticky, as 2 chances ..

T&T 15-0 after 3, T&T 1.23 .. They look to win, but, fancy a twist .. Lendl Simmons badly out of form, and ball taking spin ..

T&T 28-0 after 4, T&T 1.13

T&T 34-0 after 5, T&T 1.14 .. doing it fairly easy, with no really wild shots ..

T&T 45-0 aftrer 6, T&T 1.07

T&T 48-0 after 7, T&T 1.09

T&T 57-0 after 8, T&T 1.05 .. poor bowling lines .. no real pressure .. looks cooked

T&T 60-0 after 9, T&T 1.05

T&T 79-0 after 10, T&T 1.01

Small loss.

Going to play poker

Champions League T20 - Brisbane Heat v Chennai Super Kings

Chennai, v short, at 1.28, and market love, is likely to be in place, for a long way.

Chennai, the 'Dream Team', with Dhoni, Bravo, Hussey etc .. Heat, have more 'Team players' but no superstars.

Am sure, Chennai will be under the true odds, but, hard to believe, they wont win ..

Will be looking to pick up prices, above 1.4 or so .. on trouble ..

CSK win the toss, and decide to field .. still 1.29 or so

Run line for Heat, 146


Here we go :

Wkt - 5-1 after 0,5   CSK 1.28 from 1.44

Heat 5-1 after 1, CSK 1.28

Heat 12-1 after 2, CSK 1.34

Heat 21-1 after 3, CSK 1.36

Market not totally convinced by CSK, but, wont let it out of its grip either .. well poised ..

Wkt - 29-2 after 3.4, CSK 1.29 from 1.43 .. .. am with CSK ..

Heat 33-2 after 4, CSK 1.30

Heat 46-2 after 5, CSK 1.40 .. Heat throwing bat at everything, cos they know 150+ needed ..

Dont mind, but, u would expect regular wkts.

Heat 54-2 after 6, CSK 1.43 ..

Wkt - 54-3 after 6.1 .. CSK 1.31

Wkt - 55-4 aftere 6.5 .. CSK 1.18 ..

Heat 55-4 after 7, CSK 1.17

Gonna green out, and watch rugger ..

Heat 56-4 after 8, CSK 1.15


Heat finish on 137-6, which was a lot more, than looked likely, when they were 87-6 after 17.

Still, CSK should win .. 1.10

Champions League T20 - Chennai Super Kings v Hyderabad Sunrisers

Some rain in the morning, but, should be ok, for the game.

Chennai 1.60 pre-toss .. but Sunrisers win toss, and elect to field.

Chennai 1.67  .. run line, 170

Think u have to lay, Chennai, at this price, with dew factor etc ..


Here we go :

Wkt - Vijay goes 0 from 2, CSK 0-1 after 2 balls, CSK 1.88

CSK 8-1 after 1, CSK 1.66 .. mkt love, well defined ..  am with Sunrisers

CSK 12-1 after 2, CSK 1.69 .. seems a mug price, but, am showing it respect .. have small position

CSK 14-1 after 3, CSK 1.71 .. have gone flat .. small profit.

Difficult chance grassed ..

CSK 25-1 after 4, CSK 1.57

CSK 29-1 after 5, CSK 1.60 .. some evidence of dew already .. still flat ..

CSK 44-1 after 6, CSK 1.44 .. couldn't back em at this price, but, think its going v low ..

Wkt - Hussey 23 from 21, CSK 1.64

CSK 47-2 after 7, CSK 1.70 .. this price seems 15 ticks too low, but, will wait ..

CSK 52-2 after 8, CSK 1.69 .. backing CSK .. think mkt love, just gives u a buffer ..

CSK 61-2 after 9, CSK 1.63  -  with CSK

CSK 69-2 after 10, CSK 1.63 .. 5 min break, to dry ground ..

CSK 79-2 after 11, CSK 1.52 .. taking some profit ..

CSK 85-2 after 12, CSK 1.55 .. mkt expecting 173 or so, acceleration coming ..

Bravo and Dhoni to come, not sure how much a wkt, moves the price ..

Chance, dropped, but was a no-ball

CSK 101-2 after 13, CSK 1.47 .. backed CSK more, will go flat, at 1.40

107-2 .. 13,2 CSK 1.37  .. target price hit .. flat, for good profit ..

CSK 115-2 after 14, CSK 1.40  .. Raina 68 from 44, Badrinath 13 from 17 ..

Wkt - Barinath goes .. no loss .. 1.43, Dhoni comes in ..

CSK 126-3 after 15, CSK 1.35 .. flat

CSK 136-3 after 16, CSK 1.32 .. flat

CSk 141-3 after 17, CSK 1.37 .. flat .. and largely done with the game ..

U have to admire Dhoni .. so strong .. 37 from 12 .. so fat

CSK 175-3 after 18, CSK 1.15 .. game winning over, u would think .. a pleasure to watch MS Dhoni bat ..

Wkt - Raina 84 from 57 .. great catch .. CSK 1.18

CSK 183-4 after 19, CSK 1.16

Dhoni 50 from 16 balls, fastest in CLT20

CSK finish on 202-4 .. CSK 1.16

Looks plenty : Have nice books :

Heres the reply :


Suns 8-0 after 1, CSK 1.22  .. flat ..

Suns 16-0 after 2, CSK 1.30 .. flat ..

Suns 26-0 after 3, CSK 1.28 .. thinking about laying CSK .. not yet ..

Suns 37-0 after 4, CSK 1.33 .. maybe worth sticking in some CSK lays ..

Suns 45-0 after 5, CSK 1.40 .. Dhawan 26 from 16, Suns need 10 an over, so, mkt not panicking yet.

Suns 58-0 after 6, CSK 1.46 ..

Suns 64-0 after 7, CSK 1.40 .. Runn Rate over 10, but, wkts in shed .. well poised ..

Suns 75-0 after 8, CSK 1.52 ..

Wkt off head-high No ball .. Snipers took it doen to 1.35 .. back to 1.50

Suns 87-0 after 9, CSK 1.56 ..

Wkt - run-out .. Patel 38 from 28, CSK 1.44

Wkt - Duminy cleaned up .. 89-2, CSK 1.23

Suns 89-2 after 10, CSK 1.26  --  flattish -- not done much, 2nd inngs .. too much respect for mkt.

Wkt - Dhawan - 91-3 after 11, CSK 1.09 .. looks toast now ..

Suns 96-3 after 12, CSK 1.09 .. need 106 from 48 ..

Suns 106-3 after 13, CSK 1.10 .. need 14 an over ..

Wkt - Perera .. 106-4 .. CSK 1.03

Sun 115-4 after 14, CSK 1.02 ..

Suns 137-4 after 15, CSK 1.11 .. need 13 an over

Wkt - Reddy - 137-5 after 15.1 .. CSK 1.07

Suns 144-5 after 16, CSK 1.07  .. Need 59 from 24

Suns 155-5 after 17, CSK 1.08 .. Need 48 from 18, Tie 1.02

Suns 168-5 after 18, CSK 1.07 .. Need 35 from 12 ..

Wkt - 169-6, after 18.2 , CSk 1.02

Wkt - 175-7, after 18.4 .. Sammy unlucky, as was injured, and not v mobile, CSK 1.01

Suns 180-7 after 19, CSK 1.01 .. Need 22 to Tie off 6.

Suns finish on 190-7 .. CSk win by 12 runs .. Good Game - Sunrisers never went favs ..

Champions league T20 - Chennai Super Kings v Titans

IPL team versus pretty average S.African team .. u would think all the money will be for Chennai, and MS Dhoni

Pre toss, Chennai, 1.50

Chennai win the toss, field, and the money tide starts .. Chennai, 1.43

Price goes back to 1.48 at the start ..

Titans bat .. 1st ball, a v strong LBW turned down ..

Titans 8-0 after 1, CSK 1.59

Titans 10-0 after 2, CSK 1.55

I am long on runs over 140, and have backed Titans

Titans 15-0 after 3, CSK 1.55

Titans 21-0 after 4, CSK 1.55

Price holding in place, on avg start .. some quick runs, I would back Titans more ..

Titans 22-0 after 5, CSK 1.46 .. good over, and pressure mounting .. cant back Titans yet

Titans 33-0 after 6, CSK 1.50 .. mkt so wants to be with CSK, its pointless backing Titans .. can wait ..

Wkt - insane run-out .. 46-1, after 7, CSk 1.46

Titans 56-1 after 8, CSk 1.60 .. price is an insult to Titans ..

Titans 64-1 after 9, CSK 1.70 .. have to back Titans (again)

Titans 72-1 after 10, CSK 1.78 .. still wrong .. I would make CSK 1.95

Titans 86-1 after 11, CSK 1.93 ...

Titans 100-1 after 12, Titans Fav ,,, 1.70 .. Got great book ...

Titans 116-1 after 13, Titans 1.54

Wkt - 121-2 after 13.2 .. Titans 1.55 .. after going to 1.45

Titans 125-2 after 14, Titans 1.65 .. taken some profit, but with Titans

Titans 135-2 after 15, Titans 1.55 ..

Titans 146-2 after 16, Titans 1.46  .. run line of 150, almost hit ..

Titans 154-2 after 17, Titans 1.54  .. fair price, if your are not involved ..

Wkt - 154-3 after 17.1 .. 1.58

Wkt - 154-4 after 17.3 .. 1.71  .. ABDev still in ..

Titans 161-4 after 18, Titans 1.62   .. hoping for 179 ...

Wkt - ABdev goes .. 77 from 36 ..

Titans 179-5 after 19, Titans 1.50

Titans 185-5 .. poor last over, shows u how great AB Dev is .. Mkt makes Titans 1.61 .. I make em, 1.4 or so.

Have a big position on Titans, but, can well see mkt flipping .. such is the CSK love .. Req rate 9.3 ..

Heres the reply ..

Wkt - CSK 6-1, Titans 1.48

Light go out again .. at Stadium ..

CSK 9-1 after 1, Titans 1.50

CSK 14-1 after 2, Titans 1.51 .. ball needs to be pitched up .. can see this mkt, loving boundaries ..

CSk 27-1 after 3, Titans 1.75, after hitting 1.81 .. will take profit, if they hit 2.00

Lol .. 1 ball later .. gone flat ..

6,1,4,4  and price decimated to 1.56 CSK ..

CSK 51-1 after 4, CSK 1.44 .. gone flat, but, left a lot of profit out there ..

CSK 65-1 after 5, CSK 1.26 .. at least I bailed at a reasonable price ..

CSK 73-1 after 6, CSK 1.22 ..

16 wides so far, in 6.2 overs .. pretty poor ..

CSK 86-1 after 7, CSK 1.11

Wkt 95-2 after 7.5, CSK 1.17

CSK 95-2 after 8, CSK 1.21 .. commentator called this over, before prev wkt .. bold call !!

CSK 105-2 after 9, CSK 1.13

Wkt CSK 114-3 after 10, CSK 1.13 after being 1.04

CSK 119-3 after 11, CSK 1.12

CSK 131-3 after 12, CSK 1.03

CSK 142-3 after 13, CSK 1.02

Looks done .. have to give lotsa props to the mkt, as it judged just how hard it would be to bowl properly, with the dew. Even so, 19 extras, is, just a joke.

Had a small win ..