THE co-hosts are both in action at the Cricket World Cup action on Saturday and Australia have a tougher test than New Zealand.
The Kiwis, top of Pool A, face Afghanistan in Napier at 10pm UK time and look set to continue their terrific form. They're huge odds-on favourites for another win and captain marvel Brendon McCullum is 9-4 at Stanjames to be his team's top batsmen.
Then at 3.30am it's the Aussies against Sri Lanka, who dumped England in their last outing. Michael Clarke's men are 1-3 at Ladbrokes for victory with the Sri Lankans available at 11-4 at Bet365.
In the Davis Cup tennis Britain have all but wrapped up victory over the USA thanks to an Andy Murray canter and James Ward's scintillating comeback from two sets down against John Isner on Friday.
On Saturday it's doubles action with the Brits looking to tie up their triumph a day early and other ties ranging from Belgium v Switzerland to Kazakhstan against Italy.
There's also the likes of UK Open darts, boxing, golf and rugby on a packed day of sport so post your tips and chat here and good luck with your bets.
In December 2020 we sadly 
South Africa TO HIT THE MOST 6’S
5/6 William Hill
Won quite a bit on the first day of the UK open darts, thought I’d post up my bet for day 2. Odds of around 3/1 for the following 5 fold:
James Wade
Jan Dekker
Kim Huybrechts
Ian White
Phil Taylor
Cycling: Strade Bianche 2015
Great one day race on gravel roads with short climbs in Tuscany and a spectacular steep finish in Siena.
I will be on below match-ups, winner in capitals:
KENNAUGH v Montaguti
VAN AVERMAET v Vanmarcke
Double @ 2.83 with WH
Kennaugh and Montaguti never did this race before, but after the great racing in Andalucia I have to go for Kennaugh. Montaguti is his teams 3rd man in tomorrow’s race and I think he will have to help the other 2 favourites.
Van Avermaet already had some good results in this race with a 5th and a 6th place. For Vanmarcke it’s his first Strade, but I can’t see him beat Van Avermaet on these sort of climbs.
Kennaugh is not riding today, grrrr
The SS has been chosen and as I’ve gone to post it it’s gone up another .5 point.
Atlanta Hawks/Cleveland Cavaliers over 203.5 total points @ 10/11 @ Various **LOSE**
Over 202.5 @ PP @ 10/11 **WIN**
Can you believe it? Me and Huggy talking between us with the .5 point going up cost that to lose. Well, not really because I’m not over 6ft an don’t play basketball, not sure on Huggy. Anyone in their right mind would have taken the 202.5 so hope you did. We both fancied the Pacers -6 and Huggy posted so options were there. Terribly unlucky. James was sh*t! 9 Turnovers. Not worth an MVP vote!
Shopped around for the overs and took the 202.5 on PP.
Thank god Jordan as I got beat by 0.5 point earlier on the week as you know and it hurts lol.
Missed your Pacers -6 post Huggy as Im in a different time zone and offline about 6 or 7pm UK time.
Good work lads !
Brian, always might be worth setting an alarm for 11PM UK time just for a ten minute browse on here, but well done for shopping mate, me and Huggy both got the 202.5 but the Cavs missed some key shots late on so I do apologise for those that took the extra point. Will give Huggy my thoughts tomorrow mate.
Darts UK open
It is an open draw so anybody can draw anybody. MVG seems to have an elbow or muscle injury but prevailed. Gary Anderson threw the game away against Mervyn King, missing 13 match darts! Defending Champion Adrian Lewis drew Barneveld and lost.
Taylor as won this tournament 5 times and his premier league form is good coming into this. An easy win last night and a decent draw for this morning should see him through to the last 16. He as over took MVG in the betting and looks a worthy favourite.
It is worth taking a couple of big priced Each way selection in this open draw tournament. James Wade is another former UK open champion. I said on Thursday he had beaten Taylor the last two times they met and he had a healthy lead on Thursday in Exeter but lost. He looks like a runner at 14/1 888sport.
Robert Thornton 33/1 (888sport) who was left out the premier league will be looking to get back in it. He too won this tournament beating Phil Taylor in the final. He took out Simon Whitlock yesterday and looks a cracking price.
Kim Huybrechts also looks big having beaten RVB on Thursday and averaged over a 100. The week previous he averaged 107 in a loss to Dave Chisnall. He is pounding the treble 20 bed and as took out 170 checkouts in each of the last two days, he could go far at 28/1 Betvictor.
The likes of Chisnall, Barney, Bunting, Wright are all still going strong but a real outsider is Jelle Klassen. He faces Andrew Gilding who beat Kevin Painter 9-0 last night, however Klassen who is a former premier league player and gave Gary Anderson his biggest scare in the world championships. He as been playing well on the floor tournaments getting to the quarters finals of the European Championships, and a final on the floor as well as another five last 16 appearances. If he gets the luck of the draw he could be a live outsider at 50/1 Skybet.
UK Open
TAYLOR TO WIN 9/4
UK Open 4 to follow Each Way 1,2
WADE 14/1
THORNTON 33/1
HUYBRECHTS 25/1
KLASSEN 50/1
Good luck if your having a bet
In the darts today it is giving taylor -5.5 in the handicap i take it it is first too 6 someone telll me plz
Best of 17 games Archie
So youd need him to win 9-3 or better to cover the spread of 5.5
Someone correct me if thats wrong advise
I had over 203,5 Jordan. I’m really wondering why i didn’t choose 202,5…
Radwanska was a big fail so tennis went the wrong way as well, good that Pacers did the job but still a bad night!
Tennis : Wozniacki -6,5 games? odds : 1.71
Berriere to defeat Guez ? What about bryan/bryan ?
Yes Puma.
Barrere to best Guez @ 11/8
As long as he’s odds against this week in taking him. He is looking really good but he bookies keep looking at his ranking and underestimating him.
Brian spot on mate best if 17 legs i.e first to 9. So 9-3 or under needed.
Huggy/Jordan, I was on +201.0 as I got on it about 12 hours before it was posted by Jordan (gr8 minds think alike eh!). But that 3 pointer on the final buzzer from 76′s killed my Jazz -6.5 bet…lost by .5 points…same heartbreaking when that happens!
For today, I’m on Pacers -8.5 and just that one bet…keep fading the Knicks until they stopped getting smashed!
£10 Fun Bet
Raptors +7 LOSE
Bulls/Pacers Under 196.5 WIN
Kings/Magic Over 194.5 WIN
Sixers +15.5 WIN
Cavs/Hawks Over 195.5 WIN
Lakers/Grizzlies Over 185.5 WIN
Rockets +1.5 WIN
Pelican/Celtics Under 206 WIN
95/10 @ 365 (8 Fold) **LOSE** 7 of 8
Pelicans ML LOSE
Rockets ML WIN
GSW -2.5 WIN
Grizzlies -3.5 WIN
Spurs -3.5 WIN
@ 5/2 @ 365 **LOSE** 4 of 5
A night of close shaves all round. Main thing is both SS’s pull through (sort of). Attila good stuff mate. Reddevils so unlucky on the half point mate but at least the Pacers cut the losses for you. Just eyeing up the spreads/totals now.
Haha I dont like cricket
I Love it
Bet on zimbabwe n each time I cashed out they lost a wicket. Then rebet.
Got odds of 10/3 changed to odds on n cash out 40 per cent profit
Tipped yesterday. Up ireland
Think wer going to exit on run ratrs though as see india 400 ireland 150 result before last game tight loss to pakistan
Great to get 3 world cup victories though
Congrats Orange, Van Avermaet 2nd and Vanmarcke 4th. What a race that was!
Wozniacki -6,5 games was a win, but I went safe with 2-0…
Barrere is the man! Can’t believe the level of his tennis this week. If he keeps this up it will be another 2-0 win and I’ll be backing him to take down Paire if the odds are good enough. How he’s ranked four hundred and something I don’t know. Very glad I stumbled across his first round match!
Cash out time on Barrere at 4-1 up in third.
Cash out wasn’t necessary in the end, but better safe than sorry. Barrere wins it 6-1 in the third. Onto the final!
Ad we should all send that barerre guy a beer after he lifts the trophy tommorow ! He is a an unknown beast ! :D
Agreed! hoping he’ll be around 3/1 or higher to take Paire down and that he’s got one more big performance in him
cavs u212 , wanna try and play safe then use the alternative spread.
my single is heat -5 , rested heavily yesterday and came within 3 points of a win with a scratch side.
good luck as always..
portland -3
rockets -2
under 220 cavs (huggy/jordons ss + safety)
tommy coyle v gethin over 9.5 rounds
Keith thurman V guerrero over 10.5 rounds
10/1
will be watching coyle fight closely as thats the risky selection.
New Zealand v Afghanistan
Team to score most 6’s – New Zealand
Australia v Sri Lanka
Team to score most 6’s – Australia
Double 3/4 888sport
10 points
Australia v Sri Lanka
Total Boundaries – over 56.5
5/6 williamhill
5 points
Timberwolves/Portland over as my next best
JORDAN , has asked me 2 post this guys ( poor internet whereever he is )
Darts tonight
Wright most 180s 13/8
Hit 10 in the 3rd round against beaton, new darts combined with throwing quicker seems to have improved his maximum hitting
Mvg huybrechts over 13.5 legs 8/13
Huybrechts playing well combined with mvg not on top form leads to me thinking this will most definately go over 13.5 legs. First to 9 so anything better than 9-4 either way will do.
Bunting win 1/3
Played well earlier against chisnall, even when chisnall hit his purple patch bunting continued to score and finish well. 1/3 is a good price to put in any acca.
Treble 4.65/1 GL if you follow
I’m going to have to back kokkinakis to beat Vesely seeing as it’s odds against. Vesely hasn’t done much in his recent matches, which includes a 3-0 defeat to Tomic in the first rubber, whereas Kokkinakis is in good form and must be full of confidence after his dramatic and impressive win over Rosol.
Kokkinakis @ 6/5
Barrere is 7/2 on betfair exchange so I’m going to take that. One more miracle please Gregoire!
Barrere d Paire @ 7/2
The 2-0 win is @ 10/1 and I’m too greedy not to go for it as well!
anyone know why the hawks price has gone up? have they got injuries?
hope not as ive gone all in on:
hawks -2
tommy coyle to win
over 7.5 rounds adrian broner v molina.
just over evens.
@Huggy/Jordan, on it! Thanks for posting!
@Harry, on it aswell, need to make up for the South Africa losses :-)
Fingers crossed!
Jordan what you on Please? Thanks
Barrere is best priced 4/1
@Mac
Huggy/Jordan’s combined selection is Cavs vs Suns under 212 pts.
Huggy’s single is Heat -9
Jordan’s single is Timberwolves vs Portland over 198 pts
Attila’s single is Pacers -8
Heat -4.5 @ 1.94
Wouldnt take them -9
Thanks Oriaz
Like your seperate SS guys,
Going for Heat -4.5
TImberwolves over 195.5pts
Double pays 2.17/1
Cycling: Strade Bianche 2015
KENNAUGH v Montaguti VOID
VAN AVERMAET v Vanmarcke WIN
Double @ 2.83 with WH
Cheers Reddevils, what a race that was! In my eyes this is a classic already. I hope to see a rainy Strade Bianche next time
NBA Picks
Houston -4
Heat ML
Wolves +5
suns +11
Pelicans ML
Cycling: Paris-Nice 2015
Tour match bets:
RUI COSTA v Spilak
KWIATKOWSKI v Thomas
Double @ 2.64 WH
Stage 1 (Prologue) match bets:
MARTIN v Wiggins
DENNIS v Jungels
Double @ 2.32 888sport
Evening boys, found a hot spot in one of the local bars. Huggy has kindly posted the picks for today so thought I’d pop on and say good luck to all. Cavs total now 211 so hopefully a few other people have the same ideas and that isn’t mine and Huggy’s stake driving the total down :D
Just been in touch with William Hill regarding the total boundaries bet, thought it would include extras as well e.g 4 wides but they said it is just the boundaries that come off the bat.
Thanks for the tip Harry gonna do a bit research and look at some stats first before I follow :)
OriaZ I agree mate, was very shocked to get home this morning and see they had lost. Seems they completely collapsed which I didn’t see happening! I think this price would have been worth signing up to 888sport for as it’s only 0.56/1 elsewhere and should be worth going big on
good luck kyle, you’ve got enough time to check it out anyway. I’d have done a write up with all the stats if I wasn’t so tired but off the top of my head I think I found the only other game on that ground was s.a v West Indies which went over. And aussies and Sri Lanka have both been scoring and leaking quite a few boundaries. Plus both teams batters are well in form so it could be a high scorer
Yeah you are right there were 58 boundaries in South Africa game mainly due to De Villiers going on a rampage and Soth Africa getting 400+. Do u think ill have time to see who wins the toss first or will William Hill suspend betting?
I’m not sure mate, it would be risky As I’ve not tried it. I personally think both teams are capable of batting for a good while though. Sri Lanka haven’t given away too many wickets lately and batters look to have found their feet. Both teams scored and conceded quite a few against England too. If you’re unsure you could put half stake on now then see if you can put the other half on after the toss
Yeah I am goin to follow your bet with half stake. I personally would rather have Australia to bat first because of there consistently high scores for Sri Lanka to chase down, bigger chance of more runs meaning more boundaries scored.
Suns for for 16 in the 2nd quarter :D. I’ll see what cover is like at HT and post gents but we’re looking good for three in a row.
2 for 16*
here`s bravery or stupidity ( iv`e had a few ) HT CAVS SCORE 90 , can`t see this topping 211
another good shout by huggy / mainly Jordan,
Over 210.5 points in the Cavs game @ 13/2 @ PP. Haha cheers!
Check that out for cover huggy! Under 212.5 @ 17/2 haha
Sorry, Over 212.5. Hopefully 3 in a row Huggy!
Over 210.5 @ 9/1 now. Please nobody complain is this SS doesn’t win haha
Last cover post. Over 210.5 @ 33/1 @ PP
89 – 79 , not even close , STATS DON`T LIE !!! usually …
u211 !!!
Timberwolves/Portland over as my next best
JORDAN , has asked me 2 post this guys ( poor internet whereever he is )
no idea wat the points total was but it aint more than 225 , so on jordans behalf this is a winner
199.5. Ends on 234 mate :)
Haha heat come back from the dead to bring the bet in!
mate its great having a 2nd opinion to bounce ideas off , makes you think what was in your head stood a chance.
***** my single is heat -5 , rested heavily yesterday and came within 3 points of a win with a scratch side ******
HA HA 114 – 109 flipping push !!! like i said guys alternative points guys.
thats 2 wins and a push
I shopped around Huggy and found Heat -4.5 @ 1.94
So happy days, thats 2 days out of 3 that the 0.5 point has saved me.
Pitty it only pays for what i lost on the darts !
Brilliant stuff lads
your welcome brian , glad u made some money back, love to know if anyone had a win on the total being under , we were both very confident backing those stats.
hoping a few had the heat -4.5 and jordans NB ova 202 i think THAT FLEW IN.
I`LL chat with J LATER and post tonights tips if anybody wants em…
thoughts on ??
nets -1.5
Dallas ML
OKC ML