4th Ashes Test Betting Tips Part 1
- By Allan Pederson on August 8, 2013 15:01 GMT
Australia came back with a solid performance that was ultimately undone by the rain at Old Trafford last week as England were able to retain the Ashes in a rather inauspicious fashion in front of a rain-soaked crowd who were forced to hang around in their seats for another hour or two before the announcement that play would be called off.
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The big question was why didn’t Michael Clarke declare earlier, knowing what the forecast was, and then refusing to bowl two spinners when the umpires had signified that light was bad. When the waterworks kicked off, you knew it was all over for the Australians and they will be looking to regroup and put together a much better set of performances over the remaining two tests in order to solidify their challenge for the Ashes on home soil.
England are still favoured to get the result at Chester-Le-Street starting tomorrow and the bookmakers seem to be pricing them at an even money price at the outset. Those odds always fluctuate a bit once the toss has been conducted and we figure out who’s batting first.
The main question seems to be are the Aussies on the up-and-up or will England come back and flash their quality once again now that the next two tests are, effectively, dead rubber fixtures. England have still made their intentions clear that they are focused on winning the series and not just taking the series draw - something that would really take away their thunder after a great escape in the first test and a rollicking performance when they smashed Australia with a full day’s play to spare during the second test at Lord’s.
Punters can lock in a very enticing wager with William Hill on Kevin Pietersen to be named as the top batsmen and England to win the test series at a solid price of 10/1. David Warner to finish as the top Australian batsmen and Australia to win the test will pay out in the region of 25/1 - that’s an exciting headline offer and something that you can see plenty of punters locking in on.
