Australia v Pakistan BettingChoice Analysis

Australia have been in irresistible form of late, and it is actually becoming hard to imagine a better team. They have won seven and lost one (when the series result with India was already beyond doubt) of their last ten test matches. The driving force behind these results has been an awesome bowling attack consisting of Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, Michael Kasprowicz and Shane Warne. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> This line up gives Ricky Ponting a huge amount of scope with his options, and there was even better news to be gleaned from the one day games with New Zealand, when Brett Lee appeared to be in fine form. The famously hard and bouncy wicket at the WACA is perfect for a man of his pace, and a recall to the starting XI could be on the cards. In four matches t the ground, Lee has snared 24 wickets at an average of just 24.50. Pakistan also have a genuine pace man, in the shape of Shoaib Akhtar. The player known as the Rawalpindi Express has done well against these opponents in the past too, especially in Colombo during the 2002 series where he picked up the prize wickets of Ponting, Mark and Steve Waugh, and Adam Gilchrist in an eleven ball burst. What was even more impressive was that three of these front line batsmen were clean bowled as figures of 5-21 were collected. However, depressingly for Pakistan followers, they still lost the match. The hosts are 2/5 to win the match, and with rain a very distant possibility in Perth at this time of year, the draw holds no appeal at 10/3. We are not in the habit of plumping for odds as short of this, so we shall go into the individual player markets in search of a bet worth taking. The bet we are going for is Adam Gilchrist to be top batsman in the match at 15/2. His form has been outstanding of late, scoring 126 and 50 in his two test innings against New Zealand and following these up with 68 and 60 in the One Day series. An overall test average of 51.72 is phenomenal, but one of 64.33 against these opponents is even better. If this were not convincing enough, the WACA is his home ground and one where he averages 78.00 from his six test match knocks. The vice captain has a great deal in his favour, and even coming in at number six or seven as he, and we feel is worth supporting in this market. Get free cricket bets from VCBet!