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Congratulations to Mr MH, who offered the closest prediction to England's Kicking Metres total of 140 in the crucial Six Nations clash against France.
Images of tight shorts and bushy 'taches will return when Kenny Dalglish and Sir Alex Ferguson shake hands for the second time this season, when Manchester United visit Anfield on Sunday. A £200 Total Goals bet is again up for grabs if you can correctly guess the make-up of our Total Bookings market (10pts for a yellow, 25pts red, max 35pts per player). First correct entry drawn out of the hat wins. Email me at themole@sportingindex.com before kick-off at 1.30pm on Sunday.
Yours in sport
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| When India come to England in July Harbhajan Singh may be surprised at the number of people offering to buy him a drink. True, a large proportion would be doing so, with camera-phones at the ready, just to see if his buttery fingers could hold on to it, but many others will feel they owe a debt of gratitude to 'the Turbanator'. For had he not dropped Andrew Strauss on a score of 22, the fair few Sporting Index punters who opted to buy Strauss Runs at 42 would be sitting on a 20 point loss rather than the 116 point profit which Strauss's brilliant score of 158 yielded. One punter didn't even give a full toss that the England v India World Cup match will go down as one of the most entertaining ODIs in history - he cashed in long before the game reached its thrilling climax to find his £15 buy had become a £1,740 profit. |
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| There's no confirmation that the subject of this week's bad trade grows tulips, eats Edam or has seen every episode of Van der Valk, but he must have a soft spot for the Netherlands. Sorry, make that had a soft spot for the Netherlands. Because having watched Ryan ten Doeschate and friends rack up an obscene score of 292 for just six wickets against England in their World Cup opener, this punter decided to buy £22 of Netherlands Runs v West Indies at 222. Especially as the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium pitch showed signs of being unplayable when South Africa beat West Indies last week, our friend was enormously encouraged to see the Windies rack up 330 runs second time around. But then Kemar Roach bowled only the sixth ever World Cup hat-trick to help skittle Holland for 115 and deliver a personal loss of £2,354 to our friend. Must have felt like a kick to the Nether regions. |
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