Read rewards spreads buyers

Chris Read enjoyed a successful return to the England Test arena at Headingley and rewarded those who took the advice to buy his match performance at 88 with Sporting Index, a tip that landed a profit of 72 times your stake.

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The third Test between England and Pakistan has plenty of intrigue in it already but the performance of the returning Chris Read is sure to capture much of the attention of the crowd at Headingley.

Needless to say, Sporting Index have a plethora of markets on how he will do and initially I was thinking that a sell of his match runs would the best call.

The pressure of playing well on his return to the side in place of Geraint Jones - his first Test since the third match of the tour to West Indies in 2004 - could well be too much for him, even though his batting has improved a lot since then.

However, Read seems to have matured in his absence from the international scene and his wicket-keeping is still excellent so he should perform well in an England team that are on a high from their win at Old Trafford.

The match runs quote is low at 38-44 - he is much better than that - but the problem here is that he may only bat once, if England dominate again.

A better bet is his player performance market. Awarding one per run scored, 10 per catch taken, 20 per wicket taken and 25 per stumping, the quote of 78-86 also looks low.

Obviously he won't take a wicket himself but a decent knock with the bat would set him up for something well into the 100s as Matthew Hoggard takes the edge a lot when he is bowling well and Steve Harmison had Pakistan in all sorts of trouble at Old Trafford.

With Monty Panesar bowling well and a couple of rash players in the middle and lower order - think Shahid Afridi - the chances of a stumping are also increased.

Have a small buy at 86 and hope he comes good.