England vs West Indies Test Match Special Bets

With the first delivery of the England vs West Indies test series a mere 24 hours away, we'll have to examine some of the more intricate bets available from Blue Square. I'm confident that the likes of Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen and Ryan Sidebottom will be able to bring out the victory for England and I have a feeling that aside from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Chris Gayle that the West Indies are looking short of quality batsmen. In terms of top match runscorer, Chanderpaul is the slight 9/2 favourite over 5/1 Kevin Pietersen. Andrew Strauss and Chris Gayle come in at 6/1 apiece while the longer shots include Ramnaresh Sarwan at 15/2 and Alastair Cook at 13/2. Ian Bell is sitting at 15/2 alongside Owais Shah. I have a feeling that if Ian Bell is our highest runscorer, then we will likely lose the test match. A big 1st innings performance will be necessary from both Pietersen and Strauss. Chris Gayle is listed at evens to finish between 0-30 runs. 13/5 for 31-60 and 2/1 for 61+. Chanderpaul is favoured to get to 60+ with odds of 7/5 indicating that he likely will. If you're looking to back a first innings century, the favourite is Chanderpaul again followed by Pietersen. Shivnarine sits at 5/2 while KP is listed at 11/4. Strauss and Gayle are both at 7/2. The bookies are backing Kevin Pietersen as England's top runscorer with odds of 11/4 compared to Strauss' 7/2. Andrew Flintoff is listed at 9/1.