Darts and Cricketq

It may be Valentine's Day but the bookies are still open and there's Premier League Darts on. Couldn't they have moved Valentine's Day to the Friday and kept everyone happy? Oh well, get our bets on early Rasputins, then when you've entertained your beau, stick Sky Sports on.

8.15pm Manley+3.5 to beat Barneveld 5/6 (LOST +11.73 - Barney was exemplary again and Manley couldn't quite get the one leg we needed going down 8-4)
One Dart hit 7 out of 8 doubles he went for last week and while the fact he still only drew suggests he wasn't racking up the points as heavily in between, some credit has to go to Wayne Mardle. That's two draws out of two for Manley, the other against John Part, while Barney has racked up two 8-4 victories against the same two players. Logic would therefore suggest an 8-4 to Barney again, however Mardle definitely played better last week and if Manley can check out well again I can see him going closer than the other two did.

9pm Mardle to beat Part 12/5 (LOST +10.73 - the old inconsistent Mardle was back)
Both players have drawn with Peter Manley and lost 8-4 to Barney so this should be a tight one. However, as mentioned above, Mardle really played well last week, and had it not been for Manley's doubles, would have registered a win. Therefore 12/5 looks a big price for Hawaii 5-0-1 to get revenge for his World Championships defeat.

1am Pietersen Top England Batsman 10/3 (LOST +9.73 - a forty from the man, but not enough to steal it away from Bell or Collingwood)
Its difficult to know what to make of tonight's 3rd game. In the first game England played the pitch completely wrong. In the second game, the weather clearly played its part, but that can't excuse England's woeful bowling performance. But this is an average New Zealand side against an average England side, so despite those results you would expect the series to not be over in 3 games, and 10/11 choice seems fair pricing. So I'm going to swerve that. KP averages 48.48 in ODI's but his last 6 innings have averaged just 24.50. But this isn't a man scratching for form. In Sri Lanka he got some poor decisions and on Monday night he was looking imperious until the rain came, and was caught out before he had got himself back in after the break. Form is temporary, class is permanent, and KP is class.