1ST ODI: Sri Lanka V Bangladesh

they look like they are going to be well short

Iqbal with his 100.....but still alot of work to do

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lights gone out

where i can see live

link pls

looks like they are coming back on

It's on Betfair video.

Sri Lanka look a very short price now.

Well. Terrible collapse.

90 runs off the last 10 overs is good effort from Bangladesh

That light's gone out again. Not sure the CMM market has either reacted or bothered.

Mar 23, 2013 -- 2:08PM, nicky27 wrote:

90 runs off the last 10 overs is good effort from Bangladesh

It's a very good score. Highest score batting second to win here in ODIs is 211.

must be losing overs at this point

Can't see this re-starting to be honest.

looks to be over unfortunately

I could have made a packet laying that CMM market when I noticed. Only reason I had it open was to protect my green on match odds the first time the lights went out. Absolutely gutted.

At least another 30 minutes according to Russell Arnold on Twitter. Let's hope he's right and it's only 30 minutes.

overs must b lost by now, would have thought sri lanka price would come in.

According to some forecasts, the rain will arrive by the time the lights come back - if they ever do!

Two sets of lights out too. Not just the one we can see.

How many overs for a completed match? For some reason I recall either 10 or 20.

20

This is pretty amateurish now. Betting syndicates perhaps at work after Bangladesh score?!

someone at ground prob had a bet on CMM ?

You didn't even need to be at the ground. Was sub 1.10 when lights were clearly off. But I hate trading on CMM market - it's one of those markets when you know someone almost always knows more than you.

Is it just me or are the lights on the other tower pulsating rather ominously?

Been pulsing for a while. My inclination was the same as yours. I kept expecting them to suddenly all blow out.

cmm does seem very short given that the ground staff have been and still are loitering by the large cover, presumably fully aware of the rain that's coming.

Quite. Only something sensible like discipline is telling me not to go for a full bank lay. Even though I suspect this game won't even restart and it would be the best bet I ever make.

need some advice here please guys.. i'm on SL to win at 1.24 in reasonable size....do i cut out now for a small hit or wait to see what happens.....

at the moment nothing happening, but if game is shortened you would think that favours Sri lanka more

Lights coming back on again.

thanks....will stick with SL.. wish me luck

lights coming back on now.

COMPLETED MATCH in from 1.29 to 1.09

Even though thunderstorms are supposedly imminent.

8.00 pm, The situation explained by Andrew Fernando: One generator runs two floodlight towers, the computer card (I have no idea what this is!!) in the first one went out, then they started running the towers on the backup generator, which later went out too. Now they are moving the backup generator for the other two towers to the other side of the ground to couple them with the two towers. And life goes on....

there's rain about, and from this:

One generator runs two floodlight towers, the computer card (I have no idea what this is!!) in the first one went out, then they started running the towers on the backup generator, which later went out too. Now they are moving the backup generator for the other two towers to the other side of the ground to couple them with the two towers.

you can only infer that if they have any more problems, there's nothing they'll be able to do.

its not the 1st time in this match the lights has gone down,

i wouldnt be suprised if lights went out a 3rd time.....

The rain will burn out the generator!

By the way, we have been losing overs for the last 20 mins (since 7.45 pm) at the rate of an over every four minutes. But we will know the exact details later...

shorter game= surely favours Sri Lanka here?

Lost six overs so far then. Will be a fair few more before they get started. I'm not even going into possibility of losing more yet.

Current time: 20:08 local, 14:38 GM

The lights are on! Why the hell are they not playing?!

duckworth lewis probably coming into play then

8.10 pm: Good news boys and girls, the match will start in 20 mins from now - 8.30 pm local time. We have lost a few overs, it will be a 41 over match, let me work out the target..

i make it 235 ? off 41 overs

238 sorry

yep 238 off 41 overs

'Computer card'  funny.....hysterical.....

not sure which is harder to chase down

238 off 41 overs OR 260 off 50 overs?

This CMM could have been a gold mine. Back out to 1.24.

managed to grab some on the CMM when the lights came on LoL , just wanna watch some cricket now ffs

Indeed. I've no real desire to even try trade the CMM. Still feels like a missed opportunity though.

http://www.duckworth-lewis.com/CalculatorforT20ODI/tabid/56/Default.aspx

is useful when trading rain effected games

Sri Lanka price drifted like a barge. Was 1.37 generally at innings close, now 1.50.

or floodlight effected games

238 from 41 much more difficult than the original 260 from 50 , market obviously agrees

12 overs of powerplay as well

id say the 238 off 41 is slightly difficult..........pitch conditions havent changed, surface has probably deteoriated a bit more, but ground conditions pretty much the same...........

thats what i don't get about these sorts of situations , why does it take 20 minutes to get them out there from when the floodlights came back on ...can only happen in cricket

Players should have been ready as soon as the lights came back on. The groundstaff knew what the problem was and how to fix it. They should have had some sort of inclination when it was coming back on. Five or ten minutes to get on maybe, but it's now been 25 minutes at least.

dont rate any of the Banga bowlers though

One over and SL price back to where it was before.

love the underdogs to win here

Nice course of pies straight after the interval.

Tigers need quick wickets before the match goes out of their hands

absolutely awful bowling

Laughing if you backed Sri Lanka at 1.50.

any cricket punters here knows who won the last meeting between thess two team? only a cricket lover would answer that

Wow. They're already a quarter of the way to the highest run chase on this ground after just four overs.

this has been a v v v impressive chase...