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Old 26-11-2006, 01:05 PM   #1506 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PhoenixFire
How is it 200/1 on an England win?

At Headingley '81, it was 500/1, and it is far, far less likely that England win, than it was then.
Precisely because they had to pay out on a 500/1 shout then I'd guess. Once bitten...
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