Twenty20 Cricket – England v Sri Lanka Betting
June 21, 2011
England’s Twenty20 squad kick off their new era under skipper Stuart Broad on Saturday when they face Sri Lanka in Bristol. The team will be looking to build on their rain-affected test series win over Sri Lanka with an impressive showing at the County Cricket Ground, and Sky Bet have installed the hosts as 8/11 favourites to win the match, with Sri Lanka priced at 11/10.
If, as expected, Broad recovers from a heel injury he picked up in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl, he will be eager to get his team off to a flying start in his first game in charge since his appointment as captain. The 24-year-old was handed the role after England decided to rather harshly axe their World Cup winning twenty20 skipper Paul Collingwood last month.
The match will give England’s fresh, young squad some valuable experience as they build towards the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka next year. The all-rounder Samit Patel returns to the squad from the wilderness, where as the explosive opening batsman/wicket-keeper Craig Kieswetter has been given an opportunity to shine.
England Twenty20 Squad v Sri Lanka:
Stuart Broad (captain), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter, Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Chris Woakes, Luke Wright.
England Facing Tough Cricket World Cup Task Against Sri Lanka
March 25, 2011
England have been the stars of the Cricket World Cup so far with every match they have played going down to the wire, punters will remember they are the team that have already lost to minnows Ireland and Bangladesh as well as beating tournament favourites South Africa. With that in mind this weekends Quarter Final against Sri Lanka could well be another nail biter and Stan James are offering up some fascinating special markets for the match in Colombo with Andrew Strauss and his men facing an uphill task according to the latest betting.
Sri Lanka are as short as 1/2 to win with Stan James but there is some good value for punters in some more exciting betting markets. Jonathan Trott and Kumar Sangakarra have been in the runs all tournament and both are still in with a shout of claiming the top run scorer crown, and Stan James are offering a match bet between the two for the match on Saturday. Trott and Sangakarra can each be backed at 5/6 with Stan James and that is based on which of the two will score more runs in the match, Sangakarra has to be the more likely in this one with home crowd on his back.
Stan James also offer a fantastic Best Economy Market with punters looking to find the bowler who will concede the fewest runs, and there is no surprise to see the great Muttiah Muralitharan at the end of this one and he is priced at 7/2. The England alternative to Murali is of course Graeme Swann and he tends to keep things tight during his ten overs, making his price of 4/1 to be the most economical bowler an attractive one for punters.
England v Sri Lanka Match Odds with Stan James
Sri Lanka v England Best Economy Odds
- 7/2 – Muttiah Muralitharan
- 4/1 – Graeme Swann
- 4/1 – Lasith Malinga
- 9/2 – Nuwan Kulasekera
- 9/2 – Tim Bresnan
- 9/2 – James Tredwell
Trott v Sangakarra Match Bet
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Paddy Power Continuing Cricket World Cup Money Back Special
March 23, 2011
It is already proving to be one of the most open Cricket World Cups in history and that continues to be the case with many punters still scratching their heads when looking for a winner of the tournament. We are now at the Quarter-Final stage of what is proving to be a long slog on the sub-continent and there is still plenty of value to be had with each match offering an excellent Top Runscorer market.
Throughout the tournament Paddy Power have been running a fantastic money back special with punters receiving their money back if their selection to be top Runscorer in a match is out for a duck. It is fascinating special offer which allows punters to follow their bet from the moment they arrive at the crease at the Cricket World Cup, this will be a great offer for punters over the next ten days as we work our way towards the final of the tournament on the 2nd April.
This is an excellent bet with the England Sri Lanka match coming up at the weekend with the England team hoping to find their best form in Colombo and Paddy Power.com currently have Jonathan Trott as a 3/1 favourite to be the top runscorer for England at the weekend against Sri Lanka.
England v Sri Lanka Match – Top England Runscorer Odds with Paddy Power
- 3/1 – J Trott
- 7/2 – A Strauss
- 9/2 – E Morgan
- 9/2 – I Bell
- 9/2 – M Prior
- 7/1 – R Bopara
- 10/1 – P Collingwood
- 16/1 – L Wright
Others on Request
Outright Cricket World Cup Odds
- 3/1 – South Africa
- 7/2 – India
- 4/1 – Pakistan
- 9/2 – Sri Lanka
- 5/1 – Australia
- 9/1 – England
- 20/1 – New Zealand
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India still leading the field for 2011 ICC World Cup glory
March 21, 2011
It was a tense time for Andrew Strauss’s England side after they beat the West Indies and had to wait on the remaining results to see if England would progress into the competition. Thankfully the results went well for England and they will now be facing Sri Lanka in the quarter final stage.
With the remaining eight teams now in the quarter final stage of the 2011 ICC World Cup, the draw has seen England’s odds shift out to 9/1 whilst South Africa have been cut from 4/1 down to 7/2. India still remains the market leaders at odds of 3/1 and Australia are at odds of 5/1 to win the tournament.
ICC World Cup outrights odds
All odds for this ante post market come courtesy of bookmakers Ladbrokes.
- 3/1 – India
- 7/2 – South Africa
- 9/2 – Sri Lanka
- 5/1 – Australia
- 6/1 – Pakistan
- 9/1 – England
- 16/1 – West Indies
- 20/1 – New Zealand
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Enjoy a free bet offer on the top runscorer market at the 2011 ICC World Cup
February 18, 2011
The 2011 ICC World Cup begins shortly and it was launched with an impressive opening ceremony in Bangladesh that was reported to have cost over £18 million to stage. As the captains of the teams were paraded around the Bangabandhu Stadium in rickshaws an aerial cricket match was performed by acrobats against the backdrop of a vertical pitch. It is hoped that this event will go better than the poorly received 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean.
Over the next six weeks there will be 49 matches played across South Asia with the tournament being co-hosted with Sri Lanka and India along with Bangladesh. The event will see the current most gifted cricketers in the world compete against each other and there are sure to be some excellent matches to look forward to.
As well as the individual games there is also the prospect of seeing some excellent scoring on the pitch with India’s Sachin Tendulkar leading the top run scorer betting market, England’s Kevin Pietersen has slid down to 10th place in the bookers leader board after it was announced that he would be opening the batting for England in their opening match against the Netherlands.
The bookmakers Paddy Power are offering a free bet offer on top runscorer bets. If you back a player in the tournament that is dismissed for duck then they will refund your losing single bet back into your account for you to use a free bet.
Top Tournament Runscorer odds
All odds for the 2011 ICC World Cup are supplied by bookmakers Paddy Power who on each way bets will pay out on 1,2,3 and 4 at 1/4 the odds.
- 12/1 – Sachin Tendulkar (India)
- 14/1 – Shane Watson (Australia)
- 14/1 – Hashim Amla (South Africa)
- 16/1 – Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
- 16/1 – Virender Sehwag (India)
- 18/1 – Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
- 20/1 – Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
- 20/1 – Gautam Gambhir (India)
- 22/1 – Kevin Pietersen (England)
- 22/1 – Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
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Will we see an improvement from England when the 2011 ICC World Cup commences?
February 17, 2011
After a long hard tour of Australia that brought in mixed results for the England cricket team the side have now joined the other teams taking part in India for the 2011 ICC World Cup. The tour of Australia saw a triumphant England side win the Ashes 3-1 only to then fall apart for the following One Day International series which they lost 6-1.
England have now played a couple of warm up games with the last match seeing England narrowly beat Canada by just 16 runs. England’s blushes were spared by the narrow win over Canada who are currently at odds of 2000/1 to win the tournament. For England to get anything out of this tournament they need to look back to the form they achieved during their Ashes win.
ICC World Cup outright odds
All odds for this market come from bookies Stan James who are offering the current top price for England. However India are the clear favourits to win this game and will have the backing of the whole nation.
- 11/4- India
- 4/1 – Sri Lanka
- 11/2 – South Africa
- 6/1 – Australia
- 7/1 – Pakistan
- 8/1 – England (top price)
- 16/1 – West indies
- 20/1 – bar
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Kevin Pietersen favourite to be England’s top batsman in the 2011 ICC World Cup
January 20, 2011
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup marks the 10th anniversary of the competition and this year it is hosted by three countries, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. There will 14 teams taking place in the tournament which runs from February – April.
The first match takes place on 19th February in Dhaka as India take on fellow co-hosts Bangladesh. England’s first game is against the Netherlands from the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
Now that the squad has been announced for the series the bookies Stan James have released their odds for England’s top batsman for the competition. They believe that Kevin Pietersen will start at number 3 and this will enable him to get some decent runs is.
ICC World Cup – Top England Batsman
All odds for this market come from the bookmakers Stan James.
- 11/4 – Kevin Pietersen
- 3/1 – Andrew Strauss
- 9/2 – Eoin Morgan
- 5/1 – Jon Trott
- 11/2 – Matt Prior
- 6/1 – Ian Bell
- 10/1 – Paul Collingwood
- 33/1 – Michael Yardy
- 50/1 – Luke Wright
- 100/1 – Tim Bresnan
- 200/1 – Stuart Broad
- 200/1 – Graeme Swann
- 500/1 – Ajmal Shahzad
- 500/1 – James Tredwell
- 1000/1 – James Anderson
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