The Australian cricket summer has come to an end, (with the exception of the World Cup of course!) so we thought we'd collate our Big Bash League Season 4 Results, as well as the Test match and ODI's, to provide you with a transparent report of our cricket results this summer.
Overall, if you followed our tips, you would be up 42.02 units in profit, so for $10 bets that would be a profit of $420, or for $100 bets it's a profit of $4,202.
Here's a breakdown of our recommended bets this summer:
Big Bash League = +38.14 unit WIN
Match Betting = -4.01 unit LOSS
We started off poorly with so many upsets in the early rounds and couldn’t pull it back. We did find some consistency in the latter half of the season when form lines could be more trusted. We were also very stiff with a couple of leading run scorer bets in the final rounds, notably when Klinger scored 70-odd to lose by a couple, and Blizzard scored 50-odd not out to also lose by a handful of runs. Those results would have put us into the black for the season.
Outright Winner = +12.25 unit WIN
Our pre-season play was on the Sydney Sixers to make the semi-finals with a maximum five unit play, and we also nibbled at them to make the finals. We were very keen on the Sixers, and despite some significant changes in their squad, they pulled through for us for a perfect result.
Sydney Sixers to make the final – 2 units at $4.25 = +6.5 unit WIN
Sydney Sixers to make the semis – 5 units at $2.15 = +5.75 unit WIN
Wooden Spoon = -3 unit LOSS
We took on the Sydney Thunder, and looking at their team at the end of the season, they were clearly the worst team in the league. They picked up some early wins on the back of the brilliance of Mike Hussey and Jacques Kallis, and then got lucky with a washout against the Strikers. If it wasn’t for the Heat completely under-performing then the Thunder would be collecting yet another wooden spoon. We got the right price, but luck didn’t go our way here.
Sydney Thunder to win wooden spoon – 3 units at $4.75 = -3 unit LOSS
Tournament Leading Run Scorer = -2.5 unit LOSS
We missed the mark with the leading run scorer market, although we did end up getting close with Nic Maddinson. He had a couple of really good scores but just wasn’t consistent enough to end up finishing third overall. The leading run scorer was won by the Scorchers Michael Klinger who we did identify in the team leading scorers market but didn’t think there was enough value in the outright market.
Luke Wright – 1 unit at $17= -1 unit LOSS
Nic Maddinson – 0.5 units at $19 = -0.5 unit LOSS
Mike Hussey – 0.4 units at $26 = -0.4 unit LOSS
Matthew Wade – 0.4 units at $31 = -0.4 unit LOSS
Sam Whiteman - 0.2 units at $101 = -0.2 unit LOSS
Team Leading Run Scorers = +27.25 unit WIN
While we missed the mark with the tournament leading run scorers, we had some sensational success with our team leading run scorer plays.
Our biggest play of the tournament was on Ben Dunk to top the Hurricanes, and after a good sweat in their final game, he landed us the chocolates with 5 units at $4.00.
Michael Klinger, as the tournament leading run scorer, also won at the Scorchers, while Matthew Wade snuck home for us in the final game for the Renegades at juicy odds of $6.50.
The only one we missed was Luke Wright. We had the wrong “pom” as Kevin Pietersen had a wonderful season for the Stars.
Ben Dunk most runs Hurricanes – 5 units at $4.00 = +15 unit WIN
Michael Klinger most runs Scorchers – 3 units at $4.50 = +10.5 unit WIN
Luke Wright most runs Stars – 1 unit at $4.50 = -1 unit LOSS
Matthew Wade most runs Renegades – 0.5 units at $6.50 = +2.75 unit WIN
Tournament Leading Wicket Taker = -3.1 unit LOSS
Oh, this one hurts. We had Jason Behrendorff at the juicy odds of $23 leading this market for virtually the entire season. Before the last round, he was two wickets ahead of John Hastings. Behrendorff even played an extra match in the final, yet somehow we managed to lose this by one wicket. Arghhhh, disappointing!
Jackson Bird – 1 unit at $17 = -1 unit LOSS
Cameron Gannon – 0.5 units at $23 = -0.5 unit LOSS
Jason Behrendorff – 0.5 units at $23 = -0.5 unit LOSS
Cameron Boyce – 0.5 units at = -0.5 unit LOSS
Patrick Cummins – 0.4 units at $21 = -0.4 unit LOSS
James Hopes – 0.1 unit at $81 = -0.1 unit LOSS
Andrew Flintoff – 0.1 unit at $81 = -0.1 unit LOSS
Team Leading Wicket Takers = +11.25 unit WIN
We made a couple of strong plays in the team wicket takers markets which came through with the goods.
Jackson Bird wasn’t quite on song for the Stars, but Ben Laughlin finished the season strong to win at the Strikers while Cameron Boyce was consistent all year to win at the Hurricanes at nice odds.
Ben Laughlin most wickets Strikers – 3 units at $3.25 = +6,75 unit WIN
Cameron Boyce most wickets Hurricanes – 2 units at $4.25 = +6.5 unit WIN
Jackson Bird most wickets Stars – 2 units at $4.25 = -2 unit LOSS
Test Matches = +1.9 unit WIN
We made a small, and a little disappointing, profit on the Test series of +1.9 units. Check out our Test series review pages for more details.
One Day Tri-Series = +2.0 unit WIN
We only made a couple of small futures bets in the Test series as there was little value in the match betting markets. Australia were too good and the price of $2.00 was value at the start of the series.
We were a little unlucky in the leading run scorers market, with Steve Smith narrowly finishing second behind Ian Bell, despite having one less innings because of the washout.
Australia to win ODI Tri Series - 3 units at $2.00 = +4 unit WIN
Steve Smith leading series run scorer 1 unit at $11.00 = -1 unit LOSS
Aaron Finch leading series run scorer 1 unit at $11.00 = -1 unit LOSS
Overall Summer of Cricket = +42.02 unit WIN
