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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.

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.

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: 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.

Full Schedule for Paddy Power Poker 2008 Irish Open
12-Nov-2007

By now you've heard that the Paddy Power Poker 2008 Irish Open is running over Easter next year, but do you know exactly when? You do now- read on for the just released schedule for the Irish Open.

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.

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.

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.

Sachin Tendulkar will be playing his last game at Lord's

Tendulkar to say fond farewell
08-Sep-2007

It is fitting that the seven-match series between England and India has come to a decider at Lord's on Saturday for two reasons.

Pietersen has suffered a drop in form but is good value to rediscover his touch

England backed to calm the nerves
04-Sep-2007

It is panic stations all round when the sixth one-dayer between England and India takes place at The Oval on Wednesday. England are fretting after being well beaten at Headingley while the bookies are doing likewise, hoping that the hosts can hold on for a series victory.

India will want to make Kevin Pietersen pay for his arrogant comments

Pietersen sets England up for fall
29-Aug-2007

Kevin Pietersen is well-known for being brash and cocky. And who can blame him considering he is one of the best batsmen in the world. Yet he is not one of the world's greatest thinkers.

Yorkshire in pole position
29-Aug-2007

The race for the county championship is shaping up to be the closest for years. Here we analyse the chances of the sides battling it out to be crowned division one champions.

Shaun Tait's injury did not shift Australia's price for the Twenty20 World Cup

Tait absence fails to affect Oz price
27-Aug-2007

Australia suffered an apparent blow to their hopes of winning the inaugural World Twenty20 championship, which takes place in South Africa next month, when Shaun Tait pulled out injured.

Andrew Flintoff's recent return for England could pay further dividens

Flintoff to provide Bristol cream
24-Aug-2007

Before the start of the seven-match one-day series against England, Rahul Dravid, the India captain, identified Andrew Flintoff as the main threat to his side's chances. Dravid was hardly flinging himself from the fence with such a statement but he could soon be cowering behind it if Flintoff's early form carries on.

India's batsmen need to perform to recapture their one-day form

India to recover one-day form?
23-Aug-2007

If you have backed India at short odds to beat England in the seven-match one-day series you may be wondering whether after the evidence of game one, it is one of the worst wagers of your life.

Ian Bell can take advantage of his teammates poor form

Bell backed for top scorer
21-Aug-2007

There looks to be oodles of value on England's top runscorer list when the hosts take on India in the first of seven one-day matches at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday. The reason is that England's two best one-day players, Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood, look out of sorts with the willow.

Sourav Ganguly, right, showed good form throughout the Test series

India to confirm superiority
20-Aug-2007

There are plenty of bad omens for England as they look to upset the 13/8 odds () in their marathon seven-match one-day series against India, which starts at Hampshire Rose Bowl on Monday.

Shane Warne is key to Hampshire's hopes in the Friends Provident final

Warne in a place to make Friends
17-Aug-2007

Durham have come a long way from being the English game's whipping boys in 1991 when they became the first club to gain first-class status since Glamorgan in 1921. They make their first Lord's final appearance when they take on Hampshire in the Friends Provident Trophy showpiece on Saturday.

Ravi Bopara is a key player for Essex in the Pro40

Essex to remember the good times
15-Aug-2007

If England thought they had injury problems with their bowling line up, then they should cast a glance in the direction of Nottinghamshire whose season could be ruined by fitness problems.

South Africa have not named Kallis in their squad

Twenty20 fails to ignite interest
13-Aug-2007

Punters who have taken ante-post prices about South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and India for the inaugural World Twenty20 next month, could be forgiven for feeling cheesed off.

Andrew Flintof should return for the December Test series in Sri Lanka

England need old faces to return
13-Aug-2007

If Andrew Flintoff and Matthew Hoggard - Steve Harmison even - were important to England before the 1-0 series reverse against India, then they became crucial in the aftermath.

Tendulkar could go on to punish England for his let off

Third Test: in-running advice
10-Aug-2007

After the first day of play at The Oval in the third and final Test it would be fair to say that things did not exactly go to plan for England captain Michael Vaughan.

Michael Vaughan will be confident of winning at The Oval

England backed to level series
09-Aug-2007

When betting on the third and final Test between England and India remember two things; firstly England are still the No. 2 side in the world and secondly they do not lose at The Oval very often.

Panesar's spin will be a handful on a bouncy Oval track

England bowlers hold key
06-Aug-2007

As expected England named the same 12 for the third and final Test against India which was on duty for the defeat at Trent Bridge. Stuart Broad is again included and England could be tempted to bring him in at the expense of James Anderson.

Back Sussex at 9/4 to win Twenty20 finals day

Twenty20: Sussex to spin to win
03-Aug-2007

The Twenty20 finals day takes place at Edgbaston on Saturday and is fast-becoming the most important day in the domestic calendar. The thrills and spills of the hit and giggle format have captured the imagination of the public like no other change in the county structure in history.

Jessica Taylor is obviously behind Kp's loss of form

Bookies bashed by India win
01-Aug-2007

If you were unfortunate to be on the end of an important toss at Trent Bridge after having backed England, at least you can console yourself with the news that the bookmakers took a pounding.