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another washout on the cards here
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Looking forward to this. Covers completely off now and match will be started in a few mins...
yeah looking much brighter out there. CMM could be a winner here
Looks like free munny on CMM... Surely when match gets started that 1.7 will drop to 1.2 or something...
not sure about that as plenty of clouds still around BUT at 1.65.....
Anyway. What do you guys think? Another win for SL?
nzl win today....dilshan is a big blow for lanka....if no more rain, nzl will win this
Dark clouds look like they are receding now...
From the Cricinfo lads: "The covers are completely off now. You have got to give it to the groundstaff who have been playing some great innings this series. They got the entire ground covered before it all started and for an outfield the size of Hambantota, that is a lot of work."
Watching the video and it looks like there are just a couple of patches that the umpires are directing the super sopper to go and mop up. Should be underway soon, then!
Odds on CMM have come in too! 1.5s. Once match starts I imagine we'll see 1.1s pretty soon after... 
Must be a lot of people in the completed match market who are not watching the telly and just relying on cricinfo for their betting decisions. Cricinfo is a great source of info when you don't have video but is always a few mins late...
SL to bowl! I reckon they can still win this...
10 over markets should be voided now overs have been reduced.
Don't worry about it lanza. The guy on the telly said a few moments...
I'm going to start greening up when we hit the 1.2s and use the mug money I've made for my bets on the match...
Seems that the punters behind all that money that was laying a completed match at 1.7s are in denial... They're trying to push the market back up to 1.6s... Good opportunity to load up!
Nov 10, 2012 -- 5:33AM, RememberJeremyBates wrote:
Seems that the punters behind all that money that was laying a completed match at 1.7s are in denial... They're trying to push the market back up to 1.6s... Good opportunity to load up!
alternatively, rain is on the way
Yes, that is an alternative but it only looks dark because it is late. Not all clouds are necessarily rain clouds...
its often very cloudy here in hambantota...i remember india vs lanka this year being played for 100 overs in worse conditions
hate to see batsmen giving respect to bowlers like angelo...come down the wkt n hit him of his length ffs
Yes, I also think it was because the market was confusing evening time with dark rain clouds. It's dusk over there now!!
you seriously think people are betting with large amounts of money because they are confusing evening time with dark rain clouds??
Nov 10, 2012 -- 6:14AM, tsango wrote:
you seriously think people are betting with large amounts of money because they are confusing evening time with dark rain clouds??
I agree. It's clear there's plenty of rain about - not a gamble I'd want to be taking without "local" knowledge right now.
I do. Every time the video has shifted to a vista of the ground with dark clouds the market has shifted.
And yet the match goes on. I like the fact that the video shifts to "dark" clouds... Means I get to top up at 1.8s before I inevitably get to lay at 1.3s and 1.4s... 
trouble is though there is a lot of rain around :
http://www.yr.no/place/Sri_Lanka/Southern/Hambantota/hour_by_hour.html
http://www.yr.no/place/Sri_Lanka/Southern/Hambantota/hour_by_hour.html
it could be fine but they have to get through these 42 overs first and then another 20 - it's still not straight forward
The CMM No bettors might be right or they might have proper info, but I do think they're guessing on the fact that night and clouds = dark clouds = rain. As you say, it's a dangerous market to potentially be in, which is why I'm not really in it, but I also think the money is guessing.
CMM market is invented for guessing. You ask any weather forecaster how hard the weather is to predict.
CMM is all about opinions, impressions and comments and has precious little to do with fact.
CMM is all about opinions, impressions and comments and has precious little to do with fact.
And that's why it is so good to trade. Personally, I normally lay completed match once I have decent profit in the match odds market. But usually at 1.1s and below. It's good insurance. Noone in their right mind should be laying it at 1.7s though before the match has even started. That's just crazy!!
Has this series been between Sri Lanka and New Zealand or Sri Lanka and rain.
1.2s now as I predicted. I suppose if Lanks get NZ all out before the 42 overs are up, then the CMM will collapse to 1.01...
Haha! Market shifted because they went off for drinks...!!!
17 overs left before we are into the SL innings. More rain and it'll be D/L...
Had to reboot my computer and I see CMM flip-flopped again and again. What happened?
Not sure. But if we get to the 40th over and the CMM market is still in the 1.3s I've got a couple of grand to throw at it...
Seriously. NZ could be all out within a few overs and then we're into Lanka's innings!!!
OK. Covers back on, but reckon they'll go back out again. D/L result most likely...
not sure about result.
looking at the radars it's the hot wet air off the sea condensing as it hits cooler land.
looking at the radars it's the hot wet air off the sea condensing as it hits cooler land.
You're right. This is as good as over now. No on the CMM should be 1.1 as far as I am concerned!
Looks like I might be kissing goodbye to whatever little green I'd already amassed. Ought to have bought some insurance at 4s on the CMM but easy in hindsight.
been off another 30 minutes now,
30 minutes ??? to remove covers???
so think we have 30 minutes left approx before lanka would be batting
not looking good for over 125 run line.
30 minutes ??? to remove covers???
so think we have 30 minutes left approx before lanka would be batting
not looking good for over 125 run line.
If they resume now, I think we'll be straight into Sri Lanka innings. But I doubt there's much more time they can lose now.
was thinking if 96 minutes lost in total then no time to complete the last 12 over or so.
It's not so much about the last 12 overs, but is there time for Sri Lanka's 20 overs?
iv laid 125, all about the last 12 overs for me 
+ nz not carryin on.
if 96 minutes are lost lanka bat.
+ nz not carryin on.if 96 minutes are lost lanka bat.
54 minutes + counting, full covers still on, still raining -cric info and hopefully some spillage.
8.00 pm We are still getting news that it hasn't stopped raining, so it might be a while before we get going, if at all. TV commentator Roshan Abeysinghe has meanwhile tweeted that it has stopped raining, but the covers are staying on.
jut goin by cricinfo.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-new-zealand-2012/engine/current/match/582190.html
not in the twitter friends group so i woulnt know what the ex ib was sayin. is he now the twitter forum bully?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-new-zealand-2012/engine/current/match/582190.html
not in the twitter friends group so i woulnt know what the ex ib was sayin. is he now the twitter forum bully?
Not sure about the prospect of a result. Cricinfo reckons they have to be re-started within 90 minutes to get a result but it takes an hour to get the ground ready. That only allows 30 minutes error and/or more rain.
This entire series has pretty much been a washout. I've seen screens of green washed out anyway. Very frustrating how long it takes to get a game going again after again break.
This is Sri Lanka's rainy season. Really surprised they got as much play in the T20 World Cup. And surprised they've organised this series for now.
Indeed. Near pointless for three overs. Gives more chance for weather to influence the result. But I suppose them's the rules.
got a £10 on 125 run @21.0 thought it was a waste, that insurance.
1.04 looks big on SL - they'll very easily get these. no pressure whatsoever
I have to say thank you to the mugs who were giving me odds to lay of 1.5 on no completed match in the completed match market!! Cheers, lads!!
Couldn't believe it! THey just go off for half an hour or so because of the drizzle and everyone panics! Great stuff!!
Nov 10, 2012 -- 10:39AM, RememberJeremyBates wrote:
I have to say thank you to the mugs who were giving me odds to lay of 1.5 on no completed match in the completed match market!! Cheers, lads!!
the rain did come though - it might well have been you that had ended up the mug!
No nigel. No way I end up mug now because I spent all day backing a completed match at 1.6s and higher and just kept laying at 1.3s and lower. The match could be abandoned right now and I still win!!!
That's the trick with trading, you see. Back high, lay low... It's not rocket science!!
What? You doubting me? It was very clear from earlier posts that I was on a completed match! You always claim that I'm after timing when bets don't go your way...
Sri Lanka coasting. Been a one-sided series. In fact New Zealand have come third behind rain.
No! You may well have made money this time. The point is that it might have gone the other way - it was a total gamble. The weather isn't predictable.
Nov 10, 2012 -- 10:47AM, RememberJeremyBates wrote:
Sore looser, nigel!!!
Yeah, that's the trouble - you know everything.
I knew this match would be far more likely to be completed than not...
RememberJeremyBates • November 10, 2012 4:55 PM GMT
I knew this match would be far more likely to be completed than not...
Is that why you said...
RememberJeremyBates • November 10, 2012 2:01 PM GMT
You're right. This is as good as over now. No on the CMM should be 1.1 as far as I am concerned!
I knew this match would be far more likely to be completed than not...
Is that why you said...
RememberJeremyBates • November 10, 2012 2:01 PM GMT
You're right. This is as good as over now. No on the CMM should be 1.1 as far as I am concerned!
Nov 10, 2012 -- 11:07AM, RememberJeremyBates wrote:
hehe...
proves my point. lol
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