Sunday's Cricket World Cup final gave us so much in the way of drama and excitement but could it also contain some lessons for investors? Andy Evans explains why it has those too
It may not have felt like it at times on Sunday but England started the Cricket World Cup as clear favourites to win the tournament. Forget the weight of money that tends to distort domestic teams' odds ahead of a major sporting event. Independent data had England ranked as the top one-day cricket side in the world, with some of the most destructive batsmen and incisive bowlers in the game. Plus they were playing on home soil. In the end, of course, it was a mightily close-run thing. After a couple of disappointing results against supposedly lesser teams and a spanking from Australia,...
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