The winter carnival continues at Eagle Farm this weekend with Stradbroke Handicap Day. Here are my tips for another of the great days on the Australian racing calendar:
As always:
It is the weekend and that means there is more than enough sport to keep punters interested. Here is my seven leg multi bet for this weekend’s action:
This multi should return around $90 for every dollar invested.
As always:
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
Buddha
American sport is replete with quality games at the moment and also replete with value. Here is a short 4 leg multi to keep things interesting on this Thursday of sport:
Leg 1: Washington Nationals to cover the line (-1.5 runs) against the Philadelphia Phillies in MLB.
Leg 2: Tampa Bay Rays to cover the line (-1.5 runs) against the Miami Marlins in MLB.
Leg 3: Los Angeles Kings to cover the line (-1.5 goals) against the New York Rangers in the NHL.
Leg 4: St Louis Cardinals to cover the line (-1.5 runs) against the Kansas City Royals in MLB.
This multi will pay around $35 for every dollar invested.
As always:
1. Please gamble responsibly.
2. All care is taken with these tips but no responsibility for any losses incurred.
Good luck!!!
“When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.”
Richard Hooker
I have reading, with much bemusement, about the controversy overnight surrounding the Mankading of Jos Buttler by Sachithra Senanayake in the 42nd over of the 5th ODI fixture between England and Sri Lanka.
My bemusement comes from the fact this dismissal is actually controversial! Consider these facts:
1. Senanayake warned both batsman in the 42nd about backing up too far.
2. Buttler ignored both warnings and backed up a significant way out of his crease on the ball that led to the dismissal.
3. Mankading, as a dismissal, is part of the laws of the game. Indeed in 2011 the Laws of Cricket were amended to make the mankad easier to pull off.
4. The spirit of cricket, which ostensibly is a fairness standard, allows for this form of dismissal in the context of the batsman both being warned and repeatedly offending in backing up too far.
Why then the alleged controversy? All we have seen in this game is the laws and spirit of the game actually working. I could understand umbrage being taken if no warning had been given but to have warned twice and then acted strikes me as conduct entirely within the game’s spirit.
English fans will no doubt make some allegation of cheating against Sachithra Senanayake but frankly the only cheats on the ground in the 42nd over over night were the batters backing up too far. The fact that one of them was dismissed by a bowling knowledgeable in the laws of the game and the spirit surrounding there application ought be lauded rather than demonised!
Well played Sachithra Senanayake for following the game’s laws and Angelo Matthews for backing his player in upholding the appeal.
If anyone should be hauled over the coals for breaching the spirit of cricket doctrine it is the English players for their over the top sledging of Matthews and others when it came Sri Lanka’s turn to bat but, of course, the ICC is part run by the ECB now so the chances of that happening are slim at best.
Shumpty Speaks 