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England Announce Line-Up for Stanford Super Series
09-Sep-2008

No massive surprises were recorded when England named their squad for the upcoming Stanford Super Series 10 million pound match against a West Indian XI. They have named virtually the same squad that prevailed 4-0 over South Africa in the NatWest ODI series.

Pieterson Leads England Out Again on Sunday
29-Aug-2008

England cricket fans will be forgiven for thinking that Kevin Pietersen is the saviour of their national game, and won't mind overlooking the fact that he is actually a South African.

England - South Africa Twenty20 Wagering Tips
18-Aug-2008

Kevin Pietersen leads his England side into a Twenty20 International for the first time at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday hoping to prolong the winning feeling he experienced in his first test as captain.

Betting Tips for the Third Test
29-Jul-2008

There is an old saying about sticking to what you know, and after the humiliating 10 wicket defeat to South Africa and the ignominious selection of Darren Pattinson, that is exactly what England coach Peter Moores appeared to be doing by recalling Steve Harmison.

England South Africa Final Day
14-Jul-2008

A tense final day of this first test at Lords is in the offing after England only managed one wicket at Lords today. Having been forced to follow on after only managing a meagre 247 in response to England's mammoth score of 593 over the first two days, South Africa openers Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie put in gritty performances in the second innings to leave the tourists in a decent position overnight at 242/1.

England Takes on South Africa at Lord's
08-Jul-2008

It's the middle of Summer, England are playing South Africa at Lords on Thursday for the first match of their four game series, and guess what? It's raining.

Pietersen captains England for the first time

England v New Zealand: Fifth ODI betting
27-Jun-2008

Despite losing the fourth one-day international, being accused of bringing the spirit of cricket into disrepute and having their captain Paul Collingwood banned for four matches, England are still favourites for the fifth and final ODI at Lord's on Saturday

England - New Zealand 3rd ODI Betting
21-Jun-2008

After the semi-farcical (okay, fully-farcical) scenes during the last match-up in the NatWest series, you can almost consider this one a clean slate for both teams.

Styris returns for New Zealand in the Twenty20 match against England

England v New Zealand: Twenty20 betting
13-Jun-2008

Rather like a character in an old Walt Disney cartoon, the England players' eyes have been replaced by dollar signs this week with the announcement of the winner-takes-all $20million Twenty20 match in November

Collingwood, left, needs to find form at Trent Bridge

England vs New Zealand: Third Test preview
04-Jun-2008

They've won four of their last five Test matches and named an unchanged line-up for the fifth successive game but there is still something naggingly wrong with the bookmakers' blind faith in the England cricket team

Vaughan, right, will captain England against New Zealand

England vs New Zealand: Test series preview
01-May-2008

New Zealand's cricketers could suffer a culture shock with a potential to undermine their bid to win the three-Test series against England, which begins on May 15. The Kiwis are available at 10 on Betfair to win the series with the hosts 1.32 and the draw 5.8, but five of their key men could find it difficult to adjust

The domestic cricket season has started with Yorkshire a good bet to win Division One

County cricket betting preview
16-Apr-2008

County cricket may be watched only by the retired, unemployed and unemployable but console yourself by the fact that while the bloke in the deckchair next door is getting kicks from keeping the score with a multitude of different coloured inks, you are there for valuable betting research.

Chanderpaul has been in great from in the one-day internationals against Sri Lanka

West Indies vs Sri Lanka: cricket tips
14-Apr-2008

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been the hero for West Indies in their three-match series against Sri Lanka. Without him, it is doubtful whether the home side would have had the contest wrapped up before this evening's meaningless final match at Gros Islet.

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle should be backed for top home batsman

West Indies vs Sri Lanka: One-day series - cricket latest
10-Apr-2008

It may come as a surprise to some to see West Indies favourites to win a one-day series but the bookmakers have got their jollies right for the three matches against Sri Lanka, with game one starting today in Port of Spain.

Kevin Pietersen could be tempted to join the IPL

Cricket latest: Pietersen to be tempted?
31-Mar-2008

Despite claiming that the huge rewards on offer from the Indian Premier League are not tempting, Kevin Pietersen remains the 2/1 favourite to be the first centrally contracted England player to sign up for next month's tournament.

Cricket Betting: Series round-up
27-Mar-2008

England are as short as 1/4 to repeat their series triumph over New Zealand when the three Test series gets underway over here in May.

Cricket Betting: Third Test New Zealand v England
20-Mar-2008

ALTHOUGH New Zealand and England clash in a potentially thrilling decider in Napier on Friday night, much of the betting attention will may focus on the top bat markets, rather than the outright.

Cricket Betting: Series round-up
18-Mar-2008

ENGLAND are 2.72 on Betfair to win the three-Test series against New Zealand after drawing level following a comprehensive victory at Wellington's Basin Reserve on Monday.

Cook and Collingwood are favourites to be the next captain

Cricket latest: 2nd Test - Nz vs England
11-Mar-2008

In light of England's first Test debacle against New Zealand in Hamilton – when they were humiliated by 189 runs – it has not taken the bookmakers long to attempt to make money from the misery.

Back Matthew Hoggard for series top England wicket-taker

Cricket betting: 1st Test - NZ vs England
03-Mar-2008

Could it be a case of déjà vu for bettors ahead of England's three-Test series against New Zealand, which begins in Hamilton on Tuesday night? Just as England were considered to be the stronger team before the one-day series and priced up prohibitively only to let their supporters down, there are bound to be a few concerns about taking the 8/11 about the tourists asserting their supposed dominance.

Cricket betting: 5th ODI - NZ vs England
22-Feb-2008

England insist that the momentum is with them, rather than New Zealand, for the deciding one-day international in Christchurch on Saturday morning UK time. And the bookmakers agree.

Cricket betting: one-day decider
20-Feb-2008

Following their thrilling tie in Napier, England have been installed as 4/6 favourites to beat New Zealand in Saturday's final one-day international and secure a series draw.

England need victory in Napier to level the five-match series

Cricket betting: 4th ODI - NZ vs England
18-Feb-2008

Surprise, surprise. England are back to odds-on for the fourth one-day international against New Zealand in Napier on Tuesday night. It's 8/11 that Paul Collingwood's men take the series to a thrilling finale and it is surely a cut too far.

Cricket betting: 3rd ODI - NZ vs England
13-Feb-2008

New Zealand are now no better than 1/6 to complete a stunning transformation and win the five-match one-day series against England after taking a 2-0 lead with a ten-wicket stroll at Hamilton on Monday.

Cricket betting: England in crisis
12-Feb-2008

New Zealand are now 1/7 with Bet365 to win their five-match ODI series against England after they went 2-0 up in Hamilton on Tuesday. The tourists succembed to their fourth ever 10-wicket defeat and are now a best-priced 9/2 to win the three remaining fixtures and the series.

Bell is the tip for top England runscorer at 5/1 with Ladbrokes

Cricket betting: 2nd ODI - NZ vs England
11-Feb-2008

"We didn't adapt" was the excuse that batsman Owais Shah gave for England's six-wicket defeat to New Zealand in the first one-day international in Wellington on Saturday. Punters, and there is an army of them who are on the tourists to take the five-match series, are likely to respond with "that doesn't wash".

Kevin Pietersen should be backed to be England top series runscorer

Cricket betting: One-day international - NZ vs England
08-Feb-2008

Historical form has been turned on its head before the one-day day series between New Zealand and England beings on Friday night at Wellington's Westpac Stadium.

Ricky Ponting has been out of form but should be backed to be Australias top scorer

Cricket betting: Fourth Test: Australia vs India
22-Jan-2008

Australia fell short of a world record straight 17th Test victory when they lost to India in Perth and you can bet that they will be going all out to start a new run in the fourth and last Test which starts on Thursday morning in Adelaide.

Michael Vaughan's england side are on a losing run in Test cricket

Cricket betting: England hopeful for NZ test
24-Dec-2007

England captain Michael Vaughan has admitted he is worried that losing could become a habit for his beleaguered Test side, failing to notice that it is already too late.

Matthew Hoggard should return to the starting XI for the Third Test

Cricket betting: Third Test - Sri Lanka v England
17-Dec-2007

England are as big as 6/1 to level the three-Test series against Sri Lanka when the final game starts tomorrow in Galle. And it is difficult to see how they can prove the bookmakers wrong given everything is against them.

Matt Prior, centre, believes positives can be taken from England's loss in the first Test

Cricket betting: Sri Lanka v England 2nd Test
07-Dec-2007

England wicketkeeper Matt Prior said it was "heartbreaking" to get so close to safety against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Kandy and that his side could take loads of positives from the game.

Cricket Betting: Sri Lanka v England
04-Dec-2007

Sri Lanka batted England out of the First Test in Kandy with Kumar Sangakkara leading the way. England supporters can get 6/4 with that Michael Vaughan's team salvage a draw at the Asgiriya Stadium.

Cricket Betting: First Test: Sri Lanka v England
29-Nov-2007

England begin a three-match Test series against Sri Lanka in Kandy on December 1 in a bid to crawl free from the rubble of the regime of Duncan Fletcher.

Muttiah Muralitharan should be backed for Sri Lanka's top wicket-taker

Cricket betting: Sri Lanka vs England series markets
27-Nov-2007

Muttiah Muralitharan is no better than 4/11 to finish as Sri Lanka's top wicket-taker in their three Test series with England which begins on December 1.

Steve Harmison has been called into the England squad ahead of the first Test

Cricket betting: Harmison fails to boost England
20-Nov-2007

Fast bowler Steve Harmison may have been called up to the England squad with hopes of making the first Test but his inclusion has done little to stop punters piling on a Sri Lanka series win.

Kevin Pietersen is due a return to cricket form and can be backed at 4/1 to top score for England

Pietersen due return to one-day form
10-Oct-2007

Talk of shouldering the burden of his side's poor record in Sri Lanka was taken quite literally by captain Paul Collingwood in the third of the five-match series when he injured his shoulder.

England will look to Kevin Pietersen for a big score

England look to KP
03-Oct-2007

Sri Lanka are 2/5 to make it two in a row against England on Thursday after romping to victory in the opening game of the five-match series.

Adam Gilchrist will hope his side can beat the new Twenty20 champions in the one-day series in India

Tourists look to repair damage
26-Sep-2007

Following the end of the county season and the World Twenty20 competition in South Africa one could be forgiven for thinking that cricket would take a back seat for a while.

Sussex for the hat-trick?
25-Sep-2007

Stan James go 4/1 that Sussex make it three successive Championship victories in a row next season. Sussex, who became the first county to win back-to-back titles since Surrey in 2001, secured the pennant on a dramatic final day of action.

Shahid Afridi could be the key man for Pakistan in the Twenty20 final

Pakistan hold the edge
24-Sep-2007

The ICC could not have wished for a more potentially explosive inaugural World Twenty20 final when those old arrivals India and Pakistan meet in Johannesburg today.

The toss is all-important and if India win it they are the value at 13/8

India hopes rest on toss
22-Sep-2007

Whatever you think of the respective strengths and weaknesses of Australia and India for the semi-final in Durban on Saturday evening, it is hard to ignore that the most important factor could be the toss.

The Kiwis have been boosted by the captaincy of Daniel Vettori

Lowdown on last four
21-Sep-2007

The inagural Twenty20 World Cup has been a huge success both on and off the pitch but which of the remaining four sides have got what it takes to lift the trophy? We look at the remaining sides' strengths and weaknesses here

Shane Bond has controlled events at the top of the innings for the Kiwis

Vettori to rely on attack
21-Sep-2007

Two of the newest international captains pit their wits against each other when New Zealand play Pakistan in the first World Twenty20 semi-final in Cape Town on Saturday.

Twenty20 gets joint favourites
19-Sep-2007

Australia and South Africa are now joint favourites to win the ICC World Twenty20 after an event-packed day but neither team are guaranteed a spot in the semi-finals until they complete and win their final match in the Super 8s.

Lasith Malinga can spearhead the Sri Lanka team to victory

Sri Lanka remain the value
18-Sep-2007

If punters are beginning to feel like they have seen it all before, then they have. The World Twenty20 is shaping up in almost exactly the same fashion as the last global limited-overs tournament, the World Cup.

Kevin Pietersen dominated the Zimbabwe bowlers and has pledged to send Australia home early

Australia set for early exit?
14-Sep-2007

The cricketing world has been turned on its head in the last two days following one astonishing result and another which would raise a few eyebrows.

Umar Gul, left, has formed a threatening bowling partnership with Mohammad Asif

Pakistan to see off fierce rivals
14-Sep-2007

It is a real conundrum as to why the bookmakers have decided to make India favourites for their World Cup Twenty20 match against Pakistan in Durban today.

Aussies pay for over-confidence
13-Sep-2007

Every so often a real shock happens in the betting world and Zimbabwe provided it in Capetown on Tuesday when they beat the current world champions and No 1 Test side Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup.

Captain Paul Collingwood has the all-round game to excel in South Africa

Lions backed to roar
11-Sep-2007

A very strange thing has been happening at the beginning of this week in betting shops around the country as England are being well backed to win the ICC Twenty20 World Cup following their ODI triumph over India.

At 10/1 West Indies are a sound each/way bet with players of the calibre of Chris Gayle

Gayle and co to blow rest away?
10-Sep-2007

Australia have not taken their five Twenty20 matches very seriously if you believe Andrew Symonds and Adam Gilchrist. The pair have bemoaned the fact that they will now have to do so and that is bad news for the rest of the world on two counts.