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 - Titans v Trinidad & Tobago

An important game, for a semi-final place. A win for Titans, and they are in the semis -- a win for T&T, and the group is wide open again.

Pre-toss, Titans 1.66.

Titans win the toss, and field .. no price change.

A little surprising Titans decided to field, as its a dry pitch .. thou, maybe get some rain later.

I think Titans are the better side, and am hoping for 1.70+ in-running.

Run line for T&T, is about 152.

16 games won batting 1st, just 4, batting 2nd, at the ground.

Here we go :

Maiden over, from Morkel

T&T 0-0 after 1, Titans 1.57

Wkt - 4-1, Titans 1.46

T&T 4-1 after 2, Titans 1.41

T&T need 140+ u would think, even thou their bowlers are v good. Batters, seem out of form.

T&T 22-1 after 3, Titans 1.62 .. have gone flat ..

T&T 34-1 after 4, Titans 1.82 .. this will flip, if T&T look like getting 150+ .. am with T&T, small ..hedge run lines ..

T&T 48-1 after 5, T&T favs 1.92

T&T 59-1 after 6, T&T 1.78

T&T 70-1 after 7, T&T 1.63 .. with T&T, hedged run lines 160+

T&T 76-1 after 8, T&T 1.67

T&T 87-1 after 9, T&T 1.55 .. with T&T, and will look to back more, in another 20 runs or so ..

T&T 99-1 after 10, T&T 1.41 .. going flat ..

T&T 100-1 after 11, T&T 1.56 .. good over, just 1 run ..

T&T 112-1 after 12, T&T 1.43 .. flat .. hoping for wkts really, so T&T blow.

Wkt - 113-2 after 12.2 .. T&T 1.54

T&T 115-2 after 13, T&T 1.61 .. wont re-enter yet ..

T&T 124-2 after 14, T&T 1.54 ..

T&T 145-2 after 15, T&T 1.31 ..

Wkt - 145-3 after 15.1 .. T&T 1.38

T&T 154-3 after 16, T&T 1.32 .. still flat ..

T&T 160-3 after 17, T&T 1.33 ..

Wkt - 164-4 after 17.3 .. T&T 1.42

T&T 169-4 after 18, T&T 1.4

Wkt - 171-5 after 18.4 .. T&T 1.46

T&T 173-5 after 19, T&T 1.46 .. a few more runs would be nice, but, this should already be enough.

Wkt - 179-6 after 19.2 .. T&T 1.42

T&T finish on 188 .. 1.39 or so, which, looks far too big to me .. have topped up.


Heres the reply :

Titans 4-0 after 1, T&T 1.40 ..

Titans 26-0 after 2, T&T 1.88 .. head in hands .. bailing .. RED

Titans 41-0 after 3,Titans fav .. 1.77

Titans 42-0 after 4, Titans 1.88

Titans 49-0 after 5, Titans 1.92

Titans 64-0 after 6, Titans 1.58 .. laying this price, and praying ..

Wkt - Hallelujah !! 65-1, T&T 1.77 .. Davids 42 from 21, can bail for small loss ..

Titans 66-1 after 7, T&T 1.65

Titans 70-1 after 8, T&T 1.58 .. going flat, small red ..

Titans 79-1 after 9, T&T 1.63 .. Tie 15

Wkt - 79-2 after 9.1 .. T&T 1.48

Titans 87-2 after 10, T&T 1.61 .. Tie 16, Flat ..

Wkt - 88-3 after 10.3, T&T 1.42 .. AB Dev comes in ..

Wkt - 88-4 after 10.4, T&T 1.26 .. all on AB now ..

Titans 88-4 after 11, T&T 1.22 ..

Titans 92-4 after 12, T&T 1.19 .. Tie 33

Titans 100-4 after 13, T&T 1.26 .. Tie 33 .. just a gamble now .. flat ..

Titans 113-4 after 14, T&T 1.41 .. Tie 33 ..need 76 from 36 ..

Titans 135-4 after 15, Titans favs 1.46 .. rethink 1.60 ,, mad mkt

Wkt - 137-5 after 15.3 .. T&T 1.65

Wkt - 137-6 after 15.5 .. T&T 1.39

Titans 141-6 after 16, T&T 1.58  Tie 12

Titans 153-6 after 17, Titans fav, 1.98 .. Tie 12 ..

Rain .. Oh No !!

Titans 6  behind D/L .. would be a sad way to end, but, it appears groundsmen caught unawares, and some of pitch, got pretty wet.

Titans 153-6 after 17 .. rain stopped play .. T&T 1.03

Had horrific book .. salvaged, but, it was emotional ..

Looks cooked, and not sure 2nd game, will take place ..

Champions League T20 - Trinidad & Tobago v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Mohali

2nd game, after the low scoring Titans win, and one which should really help seamers.

Pre-Toss, Sunrisers 1.61

Sunrisers record for chsing here, isnt so great, but TT batting, is v novicey ..


Sunrisers win toss, and field. Price collapses to 1.43 .. run line, about 138

Here we go ..

Wkt - 1st ball !!!

Steyn gets a feather ..

TT 0-1, Sunrisers 1.29

TT 4-1 after 1, Sunrisers 1.34

TT 10-1 after 2, Sunrisers 1.34  .. a score of 130+, would be interesting ..

TT 24-1 after 3, Steyn goes for 14, with some wides etc .. Sunrisers 1.54 .. Backed TT ..

TT 32-1 after 4, Sunrisers 1.60 ..

Wkt - Lewis 22 from 14, TT 49-2 after 5.4   Sunrisers 1.66 after touching 2.00

TT 50-2 after 6, Sunrisers 1.59 .. Taken profits, mkts really likes Sunrisers

TT 56-2 after 7, Sunrisers 1.59 .. Am with TT for bigger green ..

TT 64-2 after 8, Sunrisers 1.69 .. Have to back TT again ..

TT 69-2 after 9, Sunrisers 1.70 .. looking for the Sunrisers price to move out soon, on 6+ over runs

TT 73-2 after 10, Sunrisers 1.65

TT 74-2 after 11, Sunrisers 1.50 .. maybe a dew factor, later on .. mkt, loves Sunrisers

TT 89-2 after 12, 50 for Bravo, Sunrisers 1.82 .. going flat ..

TT 98-2 after 13, Sunrisers 1.88 .. dew may be huge factor, later ..

Wkt - Bravo - Big wkt - 66 from 44, 110-3 after 13.5 ,, Suns 1.77

TT 110-3 after 14, Suns 1.73

Wkt - 110-4, after 14.3, Suns 1.56

TT 112-4 after 15, Suns 1.56 .. flat ..

TT 123-4 after 16, Suns 1.75 .. flat ..

Wkt - 124-5, after 16.2 .. Suns 1.67

TT 132-5 after 17, Suns 1.79

TT 141-5 after 18, Suns 1.76 .. am backing Suns, above 1.8x

TT 153-5 after 19, Suns 1.77, after going to 2.2 ..

Wkt - 123-6, 5 balls left, Suns 1.73

Wkt - run-out .. 154-7 .. Suns 1.72

TT 160-8 .. not bad, Suns 1.77 .. will see if dew is a factor ..

Have a decent book ..

Heres the reply :

Suns 6-0 after 1 .. Suns 1.71 .. difficult chance, 1st ball, grassed

Suns 12-0 after 2, Suns 1.65

Suns 24-0 after 3, Suns 1.46 .. ball not easy to hold, might be a very easy chase ..

35-0 after 4, Suns 1.45 .. not shorter, as Narine due v soon .. am flat ..

Wkt - 1st ball, Narine gets a wkt .. 35-1 after 4.1, Suns 1.67

Suns 37-1 after 5, Suns 1.64 ..

Suns 44-1 after 6, Suns 1.65 .. was applying huge pressure .. 1.86 or so, then last ball 6

Wkt - Dhawan - 27 from 18, and mkt flips .. TT 1.65

Suns 50-2 after 7, TT 1.5 .. mkt trying to bail ..

Suns 56-2 after 8, TT 1.77 .. flat

Suns 64-2 after 9, Suns fav !! Mkt on steroids !! Suns 1.97  ...

Suns 70-2 after 10, coin-flip ..

Wkt - run-out - 70-3 after 10.1 ..

Suns 78-3 after 11, TT 1.71

Suns 83-3 after 12, TT 1.85 .. this might get v close .. am with TT, but only a little.

Suns 95-3 after 13, Suns fav, 1.80 ..

Wkt - stumping - 95-4 .. TT 1.75

Suns 95-4 after 14 - wkt-maiden from Narine - Great Bowling - TT 1.65

Suns 106-4 after 15 , TT 1.98, mkt all over the place ..

Suns 117-4 after 16, even game .. need 44 from 24

Big over .. 2 wides, a 6, an an easy catch, dropped ..

Sun 140-4 after 17, Need 21 more from 18, Suns 1.1 .. almost over, but Narine has 1 over.

Wkt - 142-5 after 17.5 .. Suns 1.32

Wkt - 2 in 2 .. Narine .. wot a bowler ..

Suns 142-6 after 18, Suns 1.50  .. need 19 from 12

Suns 154-6 after 19, Suns 1.12  .. Need 7 to win, off 6 ..

Suns do it easily, in the end, with 3 balls to spare .. amazing game ..