2013 Ashes First Test Betting Tips and Preview Part 1

We’re just a single solitary day away from the kick off of the 2013 Ashes series and it looks like England are continuing to get the solid backing from the bookmakers are the match-up draws nearer by the minute. The first test is set to unfold at at Trent Bridge and there’s a lot to like about this first contest with the English looking confident but the Aussies themselves declaring their side well and truly up for it. 

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England will go into the match as the distinct favourites with the bookmakers pricing them at an odds-on listing of 8/11 for the test match win. The Australians are a 3/1 price to pull off the big upset victory - one that could certainly alter the balance of the series if they were to pull it off. 

You will also find the draw listed at a reasonable 10/3 price tag as well. Most will remember the tense opening contest in the last Ashes series played in England as James Anderson and Monty Panesar batted out on the final day’s play to save the draw and keep England’s hopes alive. It turned out to be one of the penultimate moments of the entire series as England defied the odds to win the Ashes for the first time in quite a while. 

One reckons that England will prefer to bat should they win the toss and you can lock in a wager on either team to win with a 10/11 price tag on the coin flip. The Aussies have an exciting young bowler in James Pattinson and he will be eager to strut his stuff with the new ball. 

England are favoured with a 4/6 price on the highest opening partnership while the Australians can be backed at 11/10. A perfect draw in the opening partnership statistic will pay out a whopping 20/1.