ENGLAND VS PAKISTAN TWENTY20 PREVIEW AND BETTING PREDICTIONS
Everybody will be keeping their eyes peeled for no balls today as England take on Pakistan in the first fixture of a twenty20 series that is still tarnished from the fall-out over spot fixing allegations stemming from the 4th test at Lords.
Either way, these are two talented twenty20 sides but Pakistan just haven't looked consistent enough in all formats of the game.
England go into this one as distinct favourites and they are listed at 4/9 odds with popular bookmaker Bet365. Fans of Pakistan can back them at 7/4.
Ravi Bopara and Craig Kieswetter are the favoured top batsmen for England and you can back either of them at a 7/2 price. Eoin Morgan is my tip for top batsmen as he has had such a dramatic effect on so many twenty20 fixtures since he's switched over to the English side. Eoin Morgan's odds for top English batsmen are listed at a solid 4/1.
Paul Collingwood is priced at 9/2 he's not a bad shout either although I do think Morgan has the potential to do more damage.
Pakistan are slightly favoured to get more sixes and you can back Pakistan at 20/21 while England are trading at 5/4.
If Stuart Broad's over/under on points scored is listed at 25 while Graeme Swann's is listed at 26.
I think this match could favour the chasing team as both sides have shown that they're capable of chasing down big totals in the past, however, Pakistan will need to retain so much focus here that I think the occasion could prove to be too much for them.