The Ashes 2009

[Nemo]

Dropped.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

How did you get those odds?

 

[TrippyLondoner]

I feel really weird about this

I made a 20-1 bet that England wouldn't win the ashes (Means I get those odds)

so for a tenner I'm set to win 200 quid if it's a draw or ozzy win.

And i cant help but want england to fail.

I'm having a real crisis of consience

Well that's ye own fault

 

[Nemo]

Distinctly dodgy running here.

 

[gabi]

I feel really weird about this

I made a 20-1 bet that England wouldn't win the ashes (Means I get those odds)

so for a tenner I'm set to win 200 quid if it's a draw or ozzy win.

And i cant help but want england to fail.

I'm having a real crisis of consience

That's a gambler's life. I've had to hedge in the past by betting against my beloved United, which at first made me feel dirty but fuck it. Gotta be done sometimes. No room for sentiment.

 

[Nemo]

How did you get those odds?

Probably put the bet on after Lord's.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Probably put the bet on after Lord's.

That still doesn't explain 20-1!

 

[baldrick]

four!

 

[gabi]

That still doesn't explain 20-1!

Could've got that on betfair

 

[Nemo]

Could've got that on betfair

Betting against mugs you mean?

 

[gabi]

Betting against mugs you mean?

Yes

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Could've got that on betfair

1-0 up, needing to win the series, two/three matches to go. Even when England were doing well at Edgbaston, I'd only rate that at 2-1, not 20-1.

Those are extraordinary odds. I'd have been tempted to punt £100 on that if I could afford to lose it.

 

[gabi]

1-0 up, needing to win the series, two/three matches to go. Even when England were doing well at Edgbaston, I'd only rate that at 2-1, not 20-1.

I would've thought if you'd tried straight after the aussies won in SA you might've been able to get it. But seems high, yes.

Betfair can throw up crazy bets like that now and then though.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

another four!

 

[Nemo]

Pitch already deteriorating massively.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

and another!

 

[Nemo]

Well they've got 330 - now to try for 350.

 

[Balbi]

Pisstaking tail

 

[strung out]

this isnt looking like a bad total at all

 

[TrippyLondoner]

And out, 332 all out.

 

[Nemo]

Well they've got 330 - now to try for 350.

Or not. 332 all out.

 

[internetstalker]

That's a gambler's life. I've had to hedge in the past by betting against my beloved United, which at first made me feel dirty but fuck it. Gotta be done sometimes. No room for sentiment.

it was 20-1

 

[Balbi]

Well they've got 330 - now to try for 350.

FUCKS SAKE NEMO.

Put a sock in it next time

 

[gabi]

it was 20-1

Uh, yeh? You said.. whats your point?

 

[TrippyLondoner]

FUCKS SAKE NEMO.

Put a sock in it next time

i was thinking the same thing when he fucking said that

 

[Nemo]

Possibly 40 or 50 runs light here, but with this pitch who knows?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

it was 20-1

I'm still amazed by that. Was it the result of a sudden surge of money on England winning? I'm guessing computer-based odds calculation that doesn't take into account the irrational sentimentality of human beings.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Possibly 40 or 50 runs light here, but with this pitch who knows?

100 light, I reckon. But it was a good toss to win nonetheless, and they're still right in it.

 

[baldrick]

*polishes halo at accurate score prediction*

 

[TrippyLondoner]

I would've taken 332 with two wickets left at the start of the day.