Can England get ahead of the Aussies in the Rankings?

William Hill quote England at 5/2 to be higher placed than Australia in the ICC World Rankings when they meet in the next Ashes Series. The Aussies are currently ranked at Number One with England at Two and Hills make the Aussies 2/7 still to be head of England when the next Ashes series begins.England's Ashes triumph saved bookies from a betting bashing, say bookmakers William Hill. 'We've now totted up our Ashes Series takings and after taking the best part of £10,000,000 on a Test series for the first time, we are delighted to discover that England's victory saved us from a potential seven figure losshad the Aussies won the series. Although England fans talked big about winning they bet relatively small on the likelihood and we have emerged with a healthy six figure profit when all aspects of the series are taken into account' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.'The biggest winning bet on England winning theseries produced £11,275 - our only five figure payout - for a William Hill telephone client from Bournemouth, who bet £3000 on them at odds of 11/4 - but we would have faced a string of five figure payouts if the Aussies had won'ENGLAND ARE 9/5 to win the next Ashes series with William Hill, who have already made Australia odds-on favourites at 8/11 to regain the Ashes at the first time of asking in the 2006/7 series, and offer 9/2 for the series to be drawn. **Michael Vaughan is 1/6 with Hills still to be England skipper when the nextAshes series gets underway, 7/2 to have stood down by then. Ricky Ponting is 5/6 to be Aussie skipper at that time, 5/6 not to be.