Indian heartache, a semi-final for the Super Eagles and another 1st set slip for Federer all feature in our Daily Spread Betting Roundup!

Black Caps bowl over India – Cricket World Cup
At the end of the 1st innings, it looked like New Zealand were out of the World Cup, on track for a 4th defeat in a row. They’d left India chasing a paltry 240, an easy target for a side containing the competition’s top batsman Rohit Sharma.

But then, all of a sudden, the Men in Blue were at 5-3, having lost Rahul, Sharma and Kohli in quick succession. It’s a credit to India that they kept going, eventually losing by just 18 runs when at one point it looked like they were in for an absolute drubbing.

Nevertheless, the Kiwis prevailed, reaching their 2nd consecutive final. And if you’d foreseen such a result at the halfway mark, when New Zealand’s binary to win match spread had fallen to 14.2-20, you could have won 80 times your original stake.


Federer suffers 1st set slip – Wimbledon
There were few surprises at the All England Club on Wednesday. Novak Djokovic pummelled an overmatched David Goffin, Rafa Nadal did the same to Sam Querrey, while Roberto Bautista Agut bested Guido Pella as their respective seeds would suggest.

The one real turn up for the books occurred as Roger Federer took on Kei Nishikori. Though the Swiss superstar reached the semi-final, he had to do so after losing the 1st set to his 29-year old opponent. That surprise could have netted you 76.9 times your initial stake if you backed Nishikori at the original to win 1st set binary spread of 16.6-23.1.


Nigeria snatch semi-final spot in final minute – African Cup of Nations
Nigeria vs South Africa was heading for extra time. Samuel Chukwueze had given the Super Eagles the lead just before the half hour mark, only for Bongani Zungu to draw Stuart Baxter’s side level with 20 minutes left to go.

The last minute winner came from an unlikely source. An 89th minute corner was bundled over the line by Udinese centre-back William Troost-Ekong, putting Nigeria in their first African Cup of Nations semi-final since they won the competition in 2013. It also meant that anyone who picked Troost-Ekong at a SMM spread of 1-3 could have won 86 times their initial stake.