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T20 Blast: Surrey vs Essex Predictions
A YES share pays out if this happens and NO pays out if it doesn’t — so the 12% price is just the market’s implied chance of YES. How YES/NO contracts work →
- Platform
- Polymarket
- Volume
- $33,576 volume
- Resolves
- 19 Jul 2026
- Updated
- 3 months ago
Surrey is a long shot to beat Essex in this T20 Blast fixture, priced at 12%. The market has in recent trading, suggesting modest conviction behind Essex as the favorite. With $34k traded, the book is thin enough that fresh money or sharp action could move the needle.
T20 cricket is volatile—form, injuries, and toss luck compress into a single game. Essex trades at 88%, implying the market sees them as the stronger side, but 12% for Surrey reflects real uncertainty. What would shift this: team news (key player unavailability), recent form divergence between the sides, or weather forecasts closer to July 12 that favor one approach. Injuries to Essex’s batting or bowling depth, or a hot Surrey streak in the weeks before, would compress the gap.
This resolves on ESPN Cricinfo’s finalized result from 19 July 2026, treating Super Overs and other on-field tiebreaks as ordinary wins. The current price is a live read of the market’s current belief, not a prediction. Watch the team sheets.
FAQ
What does a 12% price mean?
It is the market-implied probability. A 12% YES price means traders collectively judge the event about 12% likely.
How does this market resolve?
This market refers to the cricket match between Surrey and Essex scheduled for July 12 2026 in T20 Blast. This market resolves according to the finalized match result as published by https://www.espncricinfo.com/. DLS/DRS, over-rate penalties, forfeit/walkover, or any other on-field ruling that
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