ANDREW FLINTOFF RETURNS! ENGLAND VS WEST INDIES 3RD ODI BETTING TIPS

England and the West Indies are locked in a virtual dead-heat for the victory in the 3rd ODI of the tour. Every single bookmaker can't find anything between the two teams and the outright wagering on each is listed at 5/6 at Bet365. With little value available in the outright market, we've got to examine the top batsman markets and man of the match markets in order to extract maximum value. Currently, Chris Hayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan are the 8/1 favourites to secure man of the match with Kevin Pietersen listed at 9/1 alongside Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff who makes his return from a troublesome hip injury. Dwayne Bravo sits at 10/1 in lockstep with Chanderpaul, while Ravi Bopara and Andrew Strauss both sit at 11/1. Sarwan and Chanderpaul are both the 3/1 co-favourites to secure top batsmen for the West Indies with Chris Gayle just behind at 10/3. Lendel Simmons is available at 9/2 if you think any of these guys are set for an off-day. Sarwan has been in scintillating form and England will be looking to do damage early. Strauss and KP are the 7/2 favourites to emerge as top English runscorer with Bopara listed at 4/1 and Ian Bell sitting at 9/2. Personally, I'm very confident that the value bet here is on Paul Collingwood at 6/1. He's got good one-day form and has come through for me many times in the past. Strauss racked up a high score in the last ODI, but the rest of the order let the team down. Pietersen has been in iffy form and I don't expect Flintoff to do a significant amount of damage so I'm going to back Collingwood on this one.