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Oval Test awarded to England

2 years ago, mid-August

Update: the fourth Test has been awarded to England. More on this when news filters through.

Earlier…

Hot off the presses: Test match is ‘abandoned’.

So that implies a draw, not an England victory. This matters not a jot to the players, but it matters mightily to those people who bet on the outcome.

There is a precedent for this.

In 2001 the final Test between South Africa and India, at Centurion Park, was stripped of its Test status after India refused to play with Mike Denness as match referee when he brought charges against six Indian players, including a claim that Sachin Tendulkar had tampered with the ball. Denness, and the neutal umpire George Sharp, flew home and the ICC refused to call it a Test.

Sad, but that is probably the way to go.

UPDATE - It now seems that the game has been awarded to England. We finally have a statement,  which reads:

“After lengthy negotiations which resulted in agreement between the teams, the match referee and both the ECB and PCB to resume the fourth Test tomorrow, it was concluded that with regret there will be no play on the fifth day.

“The fourth Test has therefore been forfeited with the match being awarded to England.

“In accordance with the laws of cricket, it was noted that the umpires had correctly deemed that Pakistan had forfeited the match and awarded the test to England.”

South Africa v New Zealand betting, first Test

2 years ago, mid-April

Interesting odds from Betfair

2 for SA, 2.24 for NZ. South Africa leading by 129 Place your bets!

Odds on the 2006-07 Ashes

2 years ago, mid-April

Interesting odds from William Hill for this winter’s Ashes series. I’ll update this once a month or so.

April 8

England worth £50m

3 years ago, at the end of August

With England now favourites to win the Ashes, over £50m has been bet on The Ashes this year. William Hill have England at 2/1. Before the series started, I stuck a tenner on England at 3.75 which is looking quite nice now! Long way to go, don’t count your chickens, not over til the fat lady sings etc