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Unlike certain England managers I'm prepared to admit I was wrong, Redditch is a lovely place, based in the heart of Worcester. All things consdiered it is a pretty town with nice churches,lots of history and lots of nice countryside, this is in no way connected to the fact that Redditch were my only winners last night, nor for the fact that I've been supported by the Redditch tourist board, though any contribution is welcome.
On with a new day and we've got more international goodies than a club 18-30 holiday.
THE MARKET MOVERS
CRICKET: The West Indies are no bigger than 10/3 to beat Australia in today's rain-delayed Super Eights clash at the World Cup despite having to chase down a mammoth total of 322-6. Matthew Hayden was the star of the show for the Aussies with another destructive century and he now leads the run charts by 86 and is no bigger than 7/4 to still be top of the pile at the end of the tournament.
Did we tip Hayden I can't remember I would like to claim we did but there is no sign of it other than in my head, still it was an impressive knock that even had Englishmen and New Zealanders nodding in approvement.
William Hill are unable to split South Africa and Sri Lanka when they meet in the crucial Super 8 stage of the World Cup and offer 5/6 both teams.
Muttiah Muralitharan is the 4/1 favourite to be the top wicket taker in the match with Ntini offered at 5/1 while former captain Shaun Pollock is a 11/2 shot.
Jack Kallis is the 3/1 favourite to top score for South Africa, with Jayasuriva the 3/1 favourite to top score for Sri Lanka.
FOOTBALL: Despite their recent goalscoring woes, England are 2/5 with Coral to score at least four goals against Andorra on Wednesday night, a match they are 1/50 to win.
Andorra are 66/1 outsiders to record one of the biggest shocks in football history since the last shock in international history, fans of westerns can get the quick draw at 7/1.
England are also odds-on, at 4/7, to qualify for Euro 2008, and 5/4 not to make it, with under-fire manager Steve McClaren 13/8 to leave the top job this year.
Skybet quote 14/1 about England to be trailing at any stage during the game and it's 5/1 for Andorra to score.
NOVELTY: The Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza are heading the betting to become one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
On July 7 this summer the seven monuments with the most global votes will be announced at a massive celebration to be broadcast around the world from Lisbon, Portugal. And now Paddy Power make both these frontrunners as 1/33 red hot favourites to make the line-up while bet365 have the Pyramids as short as 1/40.
Other highly fancied landmarks include the Roman Colosseum at 1/8 with Paddy Power and the Acropolis of Athens which is available at 2/5 with bet365.
The Eiffel Tower (4/1) and the Statue of Liberty (3/1) are perhaps the most noticeable outside bets while the Sydney Opera House is as long as 7/1 with Paddy Power.
No truth in the rumous that Blackpool Pleasure bach or Oldham town centre are value outsiders though.
TODAY'S SPORTING DIARY
FOOTBALL
Euro 2008 Qualifying Matches
16:00 Azerbaijan (8.7) Draw (4.3) Finland (1.5)
16:00 Bulgaria (1.29) Draw (5.5) Albania (12)
16:00 Ukraine (1.35) Draw (5) Lithuania (11)
16:25 Czech Republic (1.11) Draw (8.2) Cyprus (25)
16:30 Romania (1.04) Draw (13.5) Luxembourg (67)
17:00 Georgia (1.13) Draw (8.3) Faroe Islands (25)
17:00 Hungary (1.5) Draw (4) Moldova (8)
18:00 Israel (1.36) Draw (4.5) Estonia (11)
18:30 Liechtenstein (9) Draw (4.5) Latvia (1.44)
18:30 Malta (10) Draw (5) Greece (1.36)
19:00 Turkey (2) Draw (3.27) Norway (4.3)
19:30 Ireland (2.05) Draw (3.25) Slovakia (4)
19:30 Poland (1.13) Draw (8.2) Armenia (25)
19:30 Serbia (3.4) Draw (3.25) Portugal (2.38)
19:45 Northern Ireland (6.5) Draw (3.5) Sweden (1.67)
19:45 Slovenia (7) Draw (3.57) Netherlands (1.62)
19:50 Italy (1.35) Draw (5) Scotland (10)
20:00 Andorra (91) Draw (20) England (1.03)
20:00 Wales (1.06) Draw (15) San Marino (51)
21:00 Spain (1.13) Draw (7.5) Iceland (25)
International Friendlies
00:00 Chile (1.73) Draw (3.4) Costa Rica (5)
00:00 Venezuela (1.39) Draw (3.95) New Zealand (8.9)
18:00 South Africa (1.7) Draw (3.4) Bolivia (4.5)
19:00 Germany (2) Draw (3.2) Denmark (4.3)
20:00 France (1.33) Draw (4.5) Austria (10)
CRICKET
World Cup Super Eight, Providence Stadium, Guyana - South Africa v Sri Lanka (1430).
Second innings of West Indies v Australia , St John's, Antigua - Australia v West Indies (1430).
TENNIS
Miami: Sony Ericsson Open
GOLF
National Assembly for Wales - 2010 Ryder Cup annoucement (1300)
SNOOKER
China Open.
SWIMMING
Melbourne: World Championships.
RACING
Kempton. Southwell. Towcester.
HOCKEY
Scotland v Canada (1900
LIVE SPORT ON TV
12:00 British Eurosport TBC China Open
14:30 Sky Sports 1 South Africa v Sri Lanka World Cup Super Eights
18:00 British Eurosport Quarter-finals WTA Sony Ericsson Open
18:10 NASN Atlanta v NY Mets MLB Spring Training
19:00 Sky Sports Xtra South Africa v Sri Lanka World Cup Super Eights
19:30 Setanta Ireland (N. Ireland only) Poland v Armenia EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 Sky Sports 1 Andorra v England EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 Sky Sports 2 Republic of Ireland v Slovakia EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 Sky Sports 3 /
Sky Sports HD2 Wales v San Marino EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 BBC2 Northern Ireland /
BBC Interactive Northern Ireland v Sweden EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:50 BBC2 (BBC1 in Scotland, not available in N. Ireland) Italy v Scotland EURO 2008 Qualifier
00:00 British Eurosport 2 Quarter-finals WTA Sony Ericsson Open
00:00 Setanta Sports 1 /
Setanta Ireland New Jersey v Buffalo NHL
00:30 NASN Atlanta v Florida NHL
01.20 Five Philly v Carolina NHL
08:30 British Eurosport TBC China Open
THE TIPPING POINT
LAST NIGHT: We had a pretty poor 1-3 record with Shrewsbury beating Rochdale,Rotherham beating Blackpool, the under 2.0 in that game, only lovely Redditch saved us. We are now 2-5 for the week, although a 2.88 and 3.5 win keeping us above board. However using our clever stake plan you would be down 8 per cent of your total budget this week. Still stick with us as like a 90s retro night, things can only get better.
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT: Smt. Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, 28th March, 2007 where The Asiatic Society of Mumbai takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the Fourteenth Smt. Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture
by Shri Shailesh Gandhi (RTI Activist) on “My Right to Information”. We recommend getting on the buy of the use of the words civil rights, possibly available on Betfair.
Oh and there's some Football stuff, internationals lets preview some of them.
ANDORRA V ENGLAND. I notice The Apprentice starts tonight,sadly there is no Alan Sugar figure at the FA to mutter the words we all want to hear, You're Fired, so we go on with the dirge that is McClaren's England. There should be little doubt England shall win this but the performance and the goals are key. This is one to avoid from a betting POV as England are about as reliable as my Virgin media box right now , but for those who must bet we've found the best of a bad bunch. We wouldn't recommend puttting much or even any of your money, but the anytime goalscorer market could be the way to play for England with the way the strikers are struggling to put the ball in the net. Standout prices could be on Midfielders or Centre backs at set pieces. Small stakes on Lennon at 4.8 with extrabet who could be back on his right wing and Terry at 5.0 with William Hill.
ITALY V SCOTLAND: The first of our two leg double is on Italy to beat Scotland at 1.36 with Coral this will be put in a double for FOURTY per cent stakes with, well keep reading, youthink lewis or Morse would give away their endings. Thoughts on this game are that Scotland are playing well above themselves and this could be a game too far. Scotland will make life very difficult for Italy and confidence will be high but Italy should have enough class to come through here. Also recommended is to take the win margin on plus/plus two/plus three. Twenty per cent stakes on each, Boylesports offer 3.4 /3.75/6.5 and it seems a safe return on your investment, Scotland won't get hammered but Italy should win this one.
WALES V SAN MARINO: There are two things I don't like in this world, okay there's an awful lot but for the sake of this paragraph let's just pretend there's two. Correct score bets and those cheap betting adverts that involves Betfred's face, but I have to confess even I was toying with their 3-0/4-0/5-0 correct score odds at 6.5/7.0/10.0, and I wouldn't discourage you from making such a bet. My money will be on Jason Koumas who could mark his return from suspension with a goal and William Hill's 3.25 anytime seems great value on the Cardiff man. Five per cent stakes.
NORTHERN IRELAND V SWEDEN: I'll have more mixed emotions than a hormonal teenager tonight, I always like to see the home nations do well, but my in law nation via relationship is Sweden, so I'll settle for a draw and I think both managers will from what you gather from interviews with them. My advice then is to get on Northern Ireland on the handicap with the plus one 2.2 sporting odds and the draw on the handicap 3.6. Ten per cent stakes each.
REP OF IRELAND V SLOVAKIA: All good doubles should have two things and here is our second part of the Italy double header which were going a big fourty per cent stakes on. Go with the Italy win and Slovakia draw and Italy win Slovakia away win. The reason is as clear as Wayne Rooney' brain. Here is why, Ireland stuttered their way to victory over an awful Wales, a side Slovakia hammered 5-1, Ireland got hammered 5-2 by Cyrpus, Slovakia beat them 6-1. Undoubted Ireland are tough to beat at home, but the price is much too big when comparing both teams records and players. The pressure at Croke Park will be huge, Keane's pace will be missed as Duff is having a terrible season. Douglas will be suprisingly dropped despite being Ireland's best player against Wales and they'll miss his commanding midfiled presence. The draw is worth having on side as Ireland have a good home record, but this is a very good bet.
Those wishing for something patriotic could do worse than a five per cent bet on Kevin Doyle to score anytime at 2.75 with Ladbrokes, Doyle has a very good record in the Premiership and Slovakia average conceding over two goals a game.
OTHERS: Most of the other matches seem straight up short odds bets that are not worth getting involved in, there might be some handicap value to be had though. Albania/Lithuania and Moldova could offer handicap cover value as they will lose but maybe not as much as the bookies think.
CRICKET WORLD CUP: Australia and West Indies enter the second day of their one day match, Australia have set a big total for the West Indies to chase but no doubt the West Indies will try get out and get them quickly, this should make for a enjoyable day, added to that we have South Africa v SriLanka which should be a massive game that South Africa need to win. The bookies just favour South Africa although little lies in the price difference and little lies on the pitch difference. The best way is to look at another market and there are some interesting match markets at www.centrebet.com who I'll be looking at in more detail tommorrow as I offer a rate the bookies service, look out for that one.
MUG BET OF THE DAY: England at 8.5 with Victor Chandler to win Euro 2008 remind me on how they can be fifth favourites for a tournament they might not even make.
Well that's all for today I'm out of here quicker than Andorra player who realises he has to get back to work.
Unlike certain England managers I'm prepared to admit I was wrong, Redditch is a lovely place, based in the heart of Worcester. All things consdiered it is a pretty town with nice churches,lots of history and lots of nice countryside, this is in no way connected to the fact that Redditch were my only winners last night, nor for the fact that I've been supported by the Redditch tourist board, though any contribution is welcome.
On with a new day and we've got more international goodies than a club 18-30 holiday.
THE MARKET MOVERS
CRICKET: The West Indies are no bigger than 10/3 to beat Australia in today's rain-delayed Super Eights clash at the World Cup despite having to chase down a mammoth total of 322-6. Matthew Hayden was the star of the show for the Aussies with another destructive century and he now leads the run charts by 86 and is no bigger than 7/4 to still be top of the pile at the end of the tournament.
Did we tip Hayden I can't remember I would like to claim we did but there is no sign of it other than in my head, still it was an impressive knock that even had Englishmen and New Zealanders nodding in approvement.
William Hill are unable to split South Africa and Sri Lanka when they meet in the crucial Super 8 stage of the World Cup and offer 5/6 both teams.
Muttiah Muralitharan is the 4/1 favourite to be the top wicket taker in the match with Ntini offered at 5/1 while former captain Shaun Pollock is a 11/2 shot.
Jack Kallis is the 3/1 favourite to top score for South Africa, with Jayasuriva the 3/1 favourite to top score for Sri Lanka.
FOOTBALL: Despite their recent goalscoring woes, England are 2/5 with Coral to score at least four goals against Andorra on Wednesday night, a match they are 1/50 to win.
Andorra are 66/1 outsiders to record one of the biggest shocks in football history since the last shock in international history, fans of westerns can get the quick draw at 7/1.
England are also odds-on, at 4/7, to qualify for Euro 2008, and 5/4 not to make it, with under-fire manager Steve McClaren 13/8 to leave the top job this year.
Skybet quote 14/1 about England to be trailing at any stage during the game and it's 5/1 for Andorra to score.
NOVELTY: The Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza are heading the betting to become one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
On July 7 this summer the seven monuments with the most global votes will be announced at a massive celebration to be broadcast around the world from Lisbon, Portugal. And now Paddy Power make both these frontrunners as 1/33 red hot favourites to make the line-up while bet365 have the Pyramids as short as 1/40.
Other highly fancied landmarks include the Roman Colosseum at 1/8 with Paddy Power and the Acropolis of Athens which is available at 2/5 with bet365.
The Eiffel Tower (4/1) and the Statue of Liberty (3/1) are perhaps the most noticeable outside bets while the Sydney Opera House is as long as 7/1 with Paddy Power.
No truth in the rumous that Blackpool Pleasure bach or Oldham town centre are value outsiders though.
TODAY'S SPORTING DIARY
FOOTBALL
Euro 2008 Qualifying Matches
16:00 Azerbaijan (8.7) Draw (4.3) Finland (1.5)
16:00 Bulgaria (1.29) Draw (5.5) Albania (12)
16:00 Ukraine (1.35) Draw (5) Lithuania (11)
16:25 Czech Republic (1.11) Draw (8.2) Cyprus (25)
16:30 Romania (1.04) Draw (13.5) Luxembourg (67)
17:00 Georgia (1.13) Draw (8.3) Faroe Islands (25)
17:00 Hungary (1.5) Draw (4) Moldova (8)
18:00 Israel (1.36) Draw (4.5) Estonia (11)
18:30 Liechtenstein (9) Draw (4.5) Latvia (1.44)
18:30 Malta (10) Draw (5) Greece (1.36)
19:00 Turkey (2) Draw (3.27) Norway (4.3)
19:30 Ireland (2.05) Draw (3.25) Slovakia (4)
19:30 Poland (1.13) Draw (8.2) Armenia (25)
19:30 Serbia (3.4) Draw (3.25) Portugal (2.38)
19:45 Northern Ireland (6.5) Draw (3.5) Sweden (1.67)
19:45 Slovenia (7) Draw (3.57) Netherlands (1.62)
19:50 Italy (1.35) Draw (5) Scotland (10)
20:00 Andorra (91) Draw (20) England (1.03)
20:00 Wales (1.06) Draw (15) San Marino (51)
21:00 Spain (1.13) Draw (7.5) Iceland (25)
International Friendlies
00:00 Chile (1.73) Draw (3.4) Costa Rica (5)
00:00 Venezuela (1.39) Draw (3.95) New Zealand (8.9)
18:00 South Africa (1.7) Draw (3.4) Bolivia (4.5)
19:00 Germany (2) Draw (3.2) Denmark (4.3)
20:00 France (1.33) Draw (4.5) Austria (10)
CRICKET
World Cup Super Eight, Providence Stadium, Guyana - South Africa v Sri Lanka (1430).
Second innings of West Indies v Australia , St John's, Antigua - Australia v West Indies (1430).
TENNIS
Miami: Sony Ericsson Open
GOLF
National Assembly for Wales - 2010 Ryder Cup annoucement (1300)
SNOOKER
China Open.
SWIMMING
Melbourne: World Championships.
RACING
Kempton. Southwell. Towcester.
HOCKEY
Scotland v Canada (1900
LIVE SPORT ON TV
12:00 British Eurosport TBC China Open
14:30 Sky Sports 1 South Africa v Sri Lanka World Cup Super Eights
18:00 British Eurosport Quarter-finals WTA Sony Ericsson Open
18:10 NASN Atlanta v NY Mets MLB Spring Training
19:00 Sky Sports Xtra South Africa v Sri Lanka World Cup Super Eights
19:30 Setanta Ireland (N. Ireland only) Poland v Armenia EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 Sky Sports 1 Andorra v England EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 Sky Sports 2 Republic of Ireland v Slovakia EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 Sky Sports 3 /
Sky Sports HD2 Wales v San Marino EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:45 BBC2 Northern Ireland /
BBC Interactive Northern Ireland v Sweden EURO 2008 Qualifier
19:50 BBC2 (BBC1 in Scotland, not available in N. Ireland) Italy v Scotland EURO 2008 Qualifier
00:00 British Eurosport 2 Quarter-finals WTA Sony Ericsson Open
00:00 Setanta Sports 1 /
Setanta Ireland New Jersey v Buffalo NHL
00:30 NASN Atlanta v Florida NHL
01.20 Five Philly v Carolina NHL
08:30 British Eurosport TBC China Open
THE TIPPING POINT
LAST NIGHT: We had a pretty poor 1-3 record with Shrewsbury beating Rochdale,Rotherham beating Blackpool, the under 2.0 in that game, only lovely Redditch saved us. We are now 2-5 for the week, although a 2.88 and 3.5 win keeping us above board. However using our clever stake plan you would be down 8 per cent of your total budget this week. Still stick with us as like a 90s retro night, things can only get better.
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT: Smt. Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, 28th March, 2007 where The Asiatic Society of Mumbai takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the Fourteenth Smt. Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture
by Shri Shailesh Gandhi (RTI Activist) on “My Right to Information”. We recommend getting on the buy of the use of the words civil rights, possibly available on Betfair.
Oh and there's some Football stuff, internationals lets preview some of them.
ANDORRA V ENGLAND. I notice The Apprentice starts tonight,sadly there is no Alan Sugar figure at the FA to mutter the words we all want to hear, You're Fired, so we go on with the dirge that is McClaren's England. There should be little doubt England shall win this but the performance and the goals are key. This is one to avoid from a betting POV as England are about as reliable as my Virgin media box right now , but for those who must bet we've found the best of a bad bunch. We wouldn't recommend puttting much or even any of your money, but the anytime goalscorer market could be the way to play for England with the way the strikers are struggling to put the ball in the net. Standout prices could be on Midfielders or Centre backs at set pieces. Small stakes on Lennon at 4.8 with extrabet who could be back on his right wing and Terry at 5.0 with William Hill.
ITALY V SCOTLAND: The first of our two leg double is on Italy to beat Scotland at 1.36 with Coral this will be put in a double for FOURTY per cent stakes with, well keep reading, youthink lewis or Morse would give away their endings. Thoughts on this game are that Scotland are playing well above themselves and this could be a game too far. Scotland will make life very difficult for Italy and confidence will be high but Italy should have enough class to come through here. Also recommended is to take the win margin on plus/plus two/plus three. Twenty per cent stakes on each, Boylesports offer 3.4 /3.75/6.5 and it seems a safe return on your investment, Scotland won't get hammered but Italy should win this one.
WALES V SAN MARINO: There are two things I don't like in this world, okay there's an awful lot but for the sake of this paragraph let's just pretend there's two. Correct score bets and those cheap betting adverts that involves Betfred's face, but I have to confess even I was toying with their 3-0/4-0/5-0 correct score odds at 6.5/7.0/10.0, and I wouldn't discourage you from making such a bet. My money will be on Jason Koumas who could mark his return from suspension with a goal and William Hill's 3.25 anytime seems great value on the Cardiff man. Five per cent stakes.
NORTHERN IRELAND V SWEDEN: I'll have more mixed emotions than a hormonal teenager tonight, I always like to see the home nations do well, but my in law nation via relationship is Sweden, so I'll settle for a draw and I think both managers will from what you gather from interviews with them. My advice then is to get on Northern Ireland on the handicap with the plus one 2.2 sporting odds and the draw on the handicap 3.6. Ten per cent stakes each.
REP OF IRELAND V SLOVAKIA: All good doubles should have two things and here is our second part of the Italy double header which were going a big fourty per cent stakes on. Go with the Italy win and Slovakia draw and Italy win Slovakia away win. The reason is as clear as Wayne Rooney' brain. Here is why, Ireland stuttered their way to victory over an awful Wales, a side Slovakia hammered 5-1, Ireland got hammered 5-2 by Cyrpus, Slovakia beat them 6-1. Undoubted Ireland are tough to beat at home, but the price is much too big when comparing both teams records and players. The pressure at Croke Park will be huge, Keane's pace will be missed as Duff is having a terrible season. Douglas will be suprisingly dropped despite being Ireland's best player against Wales and they'll miss his commanding midfiled presence. The draw is worth having on side as Ireland have a good home record, but this is a very good bet.
Those wishing for something patriotic could do worse than a five per cent bet on Kevin Doyle to score anytime at 2.75 with Ladbrokes, Doyle has a very good record in the Premiership and Slovakia average conceding over two goals a game.
OTHERS: Most of the other matches seem straight up short odds bets that are not worth getting involved in, there might be some handicap value to be had though. Albania/Lithuania and Moldova could offer handicap cover value as they will lose but maybe not as much as the bookies think.
CRICKET WORLD CUP: Australia and West Indies enter the second day of their one day match, Australia have set a big total for the West Indies to chase but no doubt the West Indies will try get out and get them quickly, this should make for a enjoyable day, added to that we have South Africa v SriLanka which should be a massive game that South Africa need to win. The bookies just favour South Africa although little lies in the price difference and little lies on the pitch difference. The best way is to look at another market and there are some interesting match markets at www.centrebet.com who I'll be looking at in more detail tommorrow as I offer a rate the bookies service, look out for that one.
MUG BET OF THE DAY: England at 8.5 with Victor Chandler to win Euro 2008 remind me on how they can be fifth favourites for a tournament they might not even make.
Well that's all for today I'm out of here quicker than Andorra player who realises he has to get back to work.
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