Cricket world cup - Brummie punter puts a £8k bet on ...

A Coral betting shop customer in Birmingham City Centre today placed an eight thousand pound cash bet on England to win the Cricket World Cup at odds of 8/1.

"This is by far the biggest bet we have taken on the World Cup and it is somehwat surprising given England's overall performance over the winter", said Simon Clare, Coral Spokesman.

Australia are Coral's 2/1 to win the competition with South Africa next best at 4/1.

Coral is offering odds on who will be England's top batsman and make Kevin Pietersen the 5/2 favourite, and are also betting on England's top bowler with Andrew Flintoff the 11/4 favourite.

Coral is offering a range of special six hitting markets and is offering 25/1 that six 6's are hit off an over at any stage in the tournament.

To Win The World Cup

2/1 Australia, 4/1 South Africa, 6/1 Sri Lanka, 7/1 India, West Indies, 8/1 England, 10/1 New Zealand, 12/1 Pakistan, 100/1 Bangladesh, 200/1 Zimbabwe, 500/1 Kenya, 1000/1 Bermuda, Canada, Holland, Ireland, Scotland

Group Betting

-Group A: 4/7 Australia, 5/4 South Africa, 100/1 Scotland, Holland

- Group B: 5/6 Sri Lanka, 10/11 India, 20/1 Bangladesh, 200/1 Bermuda

- Group C: 4/5 England, 10/11 New Zealand, 50/1 Kenya, 100/1 Canada

- Group D: 8/13 West Indies, 6/5 Pakistan, 50/1 Zimbabwe, 100/1 Ireland

Top Tournament England Batsman

5/2 K Pietersen, 9/2 I Bell, 11/2 E Joyce, 11/2 M Vaughan, 11/2 P Collingwood, 7/1 A Strauss, 9/1 A Flintoff, 16/1 R Bopara, 33/1 J Dalrymple, 50/1 P Nixon

Top Tournament England Bowler

11/4 A Flintoff, 10/3 J Anderson, 4/1 M Panesar, 5/1 L Plunkett, 6/1 J Lewis, 8/1 S Mahmood, 14/1 J Dalrymple, 16/1 P Collingwood, 25/1 R Bopara,

England Stage of Elimination

1/2 Super Eight Stage, 3/1 Lose Semi Final, 8/1 Lose Final, 8/1 Winner, 25/1 Group Stage

Top World Cup Runscorer

8/1 Ponting, 14/1 Gilchrist, Gayle, G Smith, 16/1 Jayasuriya, 18/1 Pietersen, Hayden, Kallis, Tendulkar, 20/1 Sangakkara, Chanderpaul, 25/1 Lara, de Villiers, Dravid, Ganguly, Yousuf, 28/1 Vincent, Fleming, 33/1 Bar

Top World Cup Wicket-Taker

8/1 Muralitharan, 9/1 Ntini, 11/1 Bond, 14/1 Bracken, Pollock, 16/1 McGrath, Malinga, 20/1 Flintoff, Vaas, Khan, 25/1 Vettori, Taylor, Clark, 28/1 Anderson, Panesar, 33/1 Bar

Minnows Specials

8/13 Scotland to win a game

5/2 one of the minnows to qualfiy for the Super 8's (Bangladesh, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Canada, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bermuda)

Top England Six Hitter

8/13 K Pietersen, 7/2 A Flintoff, 10/1 P Collingwood, 14/1 J Dalrymple, 16/1 E Joyce, 16/1 M Vaughan, 20/1 A Strauss, I Bell, 25/1 Bar

Paul Nixon Tournament 6's

None 11/8, One 3/1, Two 5/1, Three 7/1, Four or More 3/1

Top World Cup Six-Hitter

9/1 Gilchrist, 9/1 Jayasuriya, 12/1 Pietersen, Afridi, 14/1 Gayle, Dhoni, 16/1 Kemp, 20/1 Hayden, Ponting, Sehwag, 25/1 Nazir, Ganguly, 28/1 Lara, G Smith

World Cup Innings Sixshooter (most 6s in an innings) (Only these count)

10/3 Gilchrist, 10/3 Jayasuriya, 9/2 Pietersen, Afridi, 5/1 Gayle, 5/1 Dhoni

Six 6's in an over

25/1 Six 6's in one over during the World Cup