Steve Smith’s remarkable return to Test cricket, a head-led win from Wolves and some nasty Europa League fixtures all feature in our Daily Spread Betting Roundup!

Smith makes Test return in style – The Ashes
Fresh off their astounding Cricket World Cup victory, England came out of the gates HOT in the 1st innings against Australia, leaving their visitors with 122-8. At that point, the thought of Time Paine’s side getting more than 275 runs seemed absurd, causing the binary spread to fall all the way to 0-2 as Ben Stokes dismissed Pat Cummins.

However, Steve Smith, denied Test cricket for the last 12 months following the ball-tampering scandal, was determined to stay out there as long as possible. The 30-year old was eventually dismissed for 144, that sterling performance helping the Aussies to 284 all out. If you had boldly predicted they would cross 275 just after Cummins’s LBW, then you could have made 98 times your initial stake.


Wolves take a bite out of Crusaders – UEFA Europa League Qualifying
Eager to ensure their place in the Europa League proper, Wolves set up a 3rd qualifying round trip to Armenia’s Pyunik with a snarling showing in Belfast.

Going into the game with a 2-0 lead from the 1st leg, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were shaken early on, a 13th minute own goal from Ryan Bennett bringing Crusaders back into the fixture. However, Raul Jimenez equalised moments later, completing his brace just before the break. In between that Bennett put the ball in the correct net, while the 4-1 win was sealed in the 77th minute courtesy of a mistake from Jordan Forsythe.

With both own goals coming from headers – alongside Bennett’s amends-making use of his noggin in the 38th minute – Headed SMMs hit 320. Against an opening spread of 53-61, that’s 259 times your initial stake.


Things get nasty – UEFA Europa League Qualifying
Quite a few of Thursday’s Europa League fixtures turned nasty, with Kairat Almaty vs Hapoel Beer Sheva and AEL Limassol vs Aris Thessaloniki two of the worst.

In the former game, Kairat almost single-handedly caused the Multi-Bookings to make-up to hit 4500, with 3 players sent off alongside a near-constant stream of yellow cards. Even against a high original spread of 670-790, that’s 3710 times your opening stake.

As for the latter match, a meeting of Cypriot and Greek sides was perhaps always going to be a bit aggie. Unlike between Kariat and Hapoel, AEL and Aris were equally responsible for the drama, leading to a Cross Bookings make-up of 4500 against the opening price of 970-1110. That’s 3390 times your initial stake.