New Posts For Thread: A Query re the price of the Drawhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-drawAll, Many years ago when Cricket became professional and the days of the likes of Geoff Boycott staying at the crease for days on end not even hitting any shots came to an end a clever man said to me there is now an edge in Test Cricket and that is tDon't know the answers but shouldn't take too long to plough through the matches on cricinfo to work it out. Would be interesting to know but you'd have to balance with a bit of scepticism given the locations where DRS tends not to be used (in the suhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534124979#534124979Don't know the answers but shouldn't take too long to plough through the matches on cricinfo to work it out. Would be interesting to know but you'd have to balance with a bit of scepticism given the locations where DRS tends not to be used (in the suWed, 24 Jul 2013 05:26:33 -0500yeah that would be an interesting stat.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534123345#534123345yeah that would be an interesting stat.Wed, 24 Jul 2013 02:40:09 -0500anyone know how the amount of draws differs from when DRS is used compared to when it isn't ?A lot more LBW decisions are given these days by umpires since DRS has been in operationhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534106791#534106791anyone know how the amount of draws differs from when DRS is used compared to when it isn't ?A lot more LBW decisions are given these days by umpires since DRS has been in operationTue, 23 Jul 2013 11:58:18 -0500Fallen Angel,I agree it's a statistical anomaly so go for it if you're disciplined enough for it to work for you. Everything else is really about what works best for the individual.I look forward to mopping up money on the next rain affected test whehttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534106123#534106123Fallen Angel,I agree it's a statistical anomaly so go for it if you're disciplined enough for it to work for you. Everything else is really about what works best for the individual.I look forward to mopping up money on the next rain affected test wheTue, 23 Jul 2013 11:31:02 -0500DJsteer,I understand what you are saying about applying strategy but if you look at the long run performance of the lay the draw stats over the last few years then the blind lay strategy has been immensely profitable. And this includes a maximum 5% chttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534100551#534100551DJsteer,I understand what you are saying about applying strategy but if you look at the long run performance of the lay the draw stats over the last few years then the blind lay strategy has been immensely profitable. And this includes a maximum 5% cTue, 23 Jul 2013 08:17:36 -0500Whilst it's a decent default starting point as we can all see, I'd never suggest laying the draw blindly without assessing each match on its merits: particularly weather conditions and pitch. 10% average return per game laying blindly sounds good buthttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534097007#534097007Whilst it's a decent default starting point as we can all see, I'd never suggest laying the draw blindly without assessing each match on its merits: particularly weather conditions and pitch. 10% average return per game laying blindly sounds good butTue, 23 Jul 2013 04:43:40 -0500To the original poster if you look at the thread by Crunchy frog you can see how much laying the draw blind would have made over the last 100 tests or so all over the world. Basically it is still a big money spinner on betfair regardless of conditionhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534070265#534070265To the original poster if you look at the thread by Crunchy frog you can see how much laying the draw blind would have made over the last 100 tests or so all over the world. Basically it is still a big money spinner on betfair regardless of conditionMon, 22 Jul 2013 05:39:48 -0500standing around yesterday was finethat's my point!https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534046661#534046661standing around yesterday was finethat's my point!Sun, 21 Jul 2013 06:03:06 -0500indeed lmfao bit you are posting after having looked at the fill day. For the first 4 hours yestarday all they were doing was standing around. The RR went from 2 to 3 after tea.It doesn't matter anyway as it is men against boys. Australia won't lasthttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534046639#534046639indeed lmfao bit you are posting after having looked at the fill day. For the first 4 hours yestarday all they were doing was standing around. The RR went from 2 to 3 after tea.It doesn't matter anyway as it is men against boys. Australia won't lastSun, 21 Jul 2013 06:01:08 -0500lustrumEnglands batting yesterday was perfectthey have played Oz out of the game protecting the 1-0 win in the series and setting up 2-0there was no point in getting runs yesterday and possibly being bowled out You need patience- its not a sprint m8https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/30008903/a-query-re-the-price-of-the-draw?post_id=534046269#534046269lustrumEnglands batting yesterday was perfectthey have played Oz out of the game protecting the 1-0 win in the series and setting up 2-0there was no point in getting runs yesterday and possibly being bowled out You need patience- its not a sprint m8Sun, 21 Jul 2013 05:33:04 -0500