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England v West Indies – first test betting preview
England take on the the Windies at the home of cricket tomorrow in the first Investec test match of three, it is the first time since 2009 that the Carribean Kings have been in England for a test series. As we have said England last welcomed the West Indies in 2009 and were on the [...]
New Zealand V South Africa 3rd ODI Betting Preview
New Zealands’s camp has slid into carnage on and off the field now with the news of players being dropped for breaching team protocol. It must be even harder when your team has already lost the series without mounting a serious challenge in either of the two matches played. Brendon McCullum and John Wright, New [...]
New Zealand V South Africa 2nd ODI Betting Preview
A win in Napier will see South Africa add the ODI trophy to their victory in the Twenty20s in New Zealand. Gary Kirsten, head coach, has made plain that South Africa’s goals are to win every series they play, whether at home or away, and a triumph on his first visit abroad with the team [...]
New Zealand V South Africa 1st ODI Betting Preview
The appetisers have been gobbled up as South Africa won a thrilling Twenty20 series 2-1 and the time for a more substantial test has arrived. The one-day series is only three matches and may struggle for relevance in its current context. With no ICC event looming, the fixtures have no real place except to act [...]
Australia V Sri Lanka ODI Betting Preview
As Australia deal with the ramifications of Ricky Ponting’s removal from the ODI team, Sri Lanka have established a strong run of performance to leap from the basement to the penthouse of the triangular series standings. Both sides have enjoyed comfortable victories over a faltering India, and now meet in Hobart to provide an indicator [...]
Pakistan v England first T20 International Dubai
Pakistan and England have had differing fortunes during this tour, Pakistan completely destroyed the Worlds number one test playing nation 3-0 during their series for the longest form of the game. Both England and Pakistan are 10/11 to win this match. England’s batting was woeful, skittled out for less than 200 on four occassions in [...]
Pakistan V England 3rd ODI Betting Preview
The series is at its mid point and England find themselves comfortably positioned with an unassailable 2-0 lead. Pakistan now know that it is impossible to win the series from here on, but at the same time they would also be well aware of the fact that any error from their end could see them [...]
Australia V India 2nd T20 Betting Preview
A change of formats seems to have not helped India, who struggled in the first Twenty20 at Stadium Australia on Wednesday night. Again it was a case of the top order failing to give the side a good start, and the batting will need to improve if they are to avoid a 2-0 defeat. Australia’s [...]
Pakistan V England 3rd Test Betting Preview
Andrew Strauss has warned his England teammates they are playing for their places in the final Test of the series against Pakistan in Dubai, the focus will fall onto the batsman after the failure to deal with the spinners cost them a chance of playing for the series in the last test match. Pakistan spun [...]
Pakistan V England 2nd Test Betting Preview
England looked anything but the best side in the world a week ago when Pakistan cruised over them to a ten wicket victory in Dubai, if their first-innings capitulation was forgivable after a five-month lay-off from Test cricket, the collapse second time around was met with a much more concern and surprise considering the pitch [...]
Australia V India 4th Test Betting Preview
When this series started, a lot of people expected a high quality series that would probably go right down to the wire, a great chance for this Indian side to finally pull off a series win in Australia, after three Tests, none of which have lasted five days, the best the hapless Indian side can [...]
Pakistan V England 1st Test Betting Preview
An intriguing series starts tomorrow in Dubai as World Number 1 side England go to Dubai to try and prove they can dominate test cricket in the most demanding bowling conditions possible, the series also has spice considering the recent sentence handed down to three Pakistan players now serving custodial sentences after being found guilty [...]
India V West Indies 1st ODI Betting Tips
India’s one day team are on a crest of a wave after winning 6 consecutive one day internationals and with the current series against the West Indies match taking place at the smaller cricketing centre of Cuttack, a jam-packed stadium is expected. Even though the the biggest crowd-pullers like MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar are [...]
South Africa V Australia 2nd Test Betting Tips
After the incredible events at Cape Town last week the series well and truly got underway to a flyer with the Saffers outbattling the baggy greens after a ridiculous day of day of cricket that saw two sides being bowled out on the same day. Despite a brilliant Captains century from Michael Clarke, the Aussies [...]
South Africa V Australia 1st Test Betting Tips
Australia starts its biggest series since last year’s Ashes defeat when they get underway in South Africa this week in a real test to see how the side has progressed under the leadership of Michael Clarke. The teams’ mutual respect for each other’s aggressive approach to the game is plentiful in the buildup to Wednesday’s [...]
England v West Indies Twenty20 Series Preview
The Curtain comes down on England’s Summer of home cricket with a quick fire double header against the West Indies on Sept 23rd and 25th at the Oval and they will be lead by a new skipper as regular Captain Stuart Broad is ruled out with a shoulder injury as is his deputy Eoin Morgan. [...]
England v India Third ODI Preview
A man of the match performance from ODI Skipper Alastair Cook helped England ease to a victory and a 1-0 lead in the five match series. Cook hit an unbeaten 80 as England beat India by seven wickets in the second one-day international at the Rose Bowl, a match reduced to 23 overs per side [...]
England v India First ODI Preview
England have followed up their four test mauling of the World ODI Champions with another victory in the one off T20 match at Old Trafford last Wednesday night, that victory was thanks in no small part to Eoin Morgan’s well constructed and quick knock of 49 off just 27 deliveries before he fell to an [...]
Sri Lanka v Australia First Test Preview
The first test takes place in the ancient city of Galle as Australia, now ranked a lowly fifth in the World, take on a Sri Lanka side that has come home from an unsuccessful test series against England losing 1-0 in the three match tour – that defeat however was mainly down to a mad [...]
England v India Twenty20 Preview
The World 20/20 Champions and the World’s leading test playing nation take on the World One Day International Champions in a one-off T20 match at Lancashire’s Old Trafford cricket ground in a lead up match to the five match ODI series starting next week, Between them these two nations hold all the international cricketing accolades [...]
Twenty20 Finals Day Preview
Twenty20 Finals Day, Edgbaston Build Up The most exciting and intense day in English domestic cricket is here and there are four extremely good teams going for the glory come Saturday evening in the Midlands. Leicestershire, Lancashire, Hampshire and Somerset are the last four teams standing in the cricketing equivalent to a sprint competition, This [...]
England v India Fourth Test Preview
England v India, Fourth Test – Kia Oval, London The best team in the test playing world goes head to head with the team currently lying third in the same table but unlike the first three tests it is now India that are looking up at England and not the other way round, such is [...]
England v India Third Test Preview
England v India, 3rd Test, Edgbaston England take on India at Edgbaston this Wednesday with the chance of securing the world number one spot from their visitors, they already lead India 2-0 in the four match series and one more victory will elevate them to the best in the world. Engalnd Team News One damp [...]
Sussex v Lancashire Twenty20 Quarter Final Betting
The Sussex Sharks came through a highly competitive South Group in second place securing what could be an all important home game, they finished a point ahead of fourth placed Somerset and topped Kent by via a slender net run rate advantage, Sussex have serious power hitters when they are allowed to play. Luke Wright’s [...]
Hampshire v Durham Twenty20 Quarter Final Betting
Defending Champions Hampshire won the T20 South Group this year by three points from the Sussex Sharks with a very healthy run rate of +1.09. Dominic Cork’s team have won eleven of their thirteen completed matches and have had three no results (Just like the North group Winners Notts) that record for the Hawks is [...]
