Up to £20m at stake on biggest betting Test Series

Up to £20m at stake on biggest betting Test Series of all time:PUNTERS EXPECT AUSSIES TO LEAVE ENGLAND ASHEN FACED.....The biggest bet struck so far on England to win the opening match of the Ashes Series with William Hill is £500, whereas the biggest on the Aussies is £5000; the biggest bet Hills have taken on England winning the series is £3000 and the biggest on the Aussies £10,000.'England fans seem to be talking big but betting small!' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe, 'Whereas Aussie fans have, as usual, been putting their money where their mouths are. We expect to take up to five million pounds on the series, making an industry wide turnover of some £20million. It will definitely be the biggest betting series ever'. Hills make England 3/1 to win the Series and the same odds to win the opening match, while the Aussies are 5/6 to get off to a winning start and 2/5 to go on to win the series. An opening draw is 21/10 - and one Hills client has staked £4000 on that - and a drawn series 11/2.And with Aussie bowler Glenn McGrath predicting a 5-0 whitewash in the series, Hills are offering 16/1 about the visitors winning by that score, but England rated as 100/1no-hopes to do likewise.***Ricky Ponting is 9/2 favourite to be the series top run-scorer with William Hill who also offer 5/1 Matthew Hayden; 11/2 Justin Langer; 7/1 Muchael Vaughan; 8/1 Andrew Strauss; 9/1 Marcus Trescothick; 12/1 David Martyn; 14/1 Ian Bell; 16/1 Michael Clarke; Adam Gilchrist; Kevin Pietersen. 25 Flintoff; Katich; 33Haddin, Thorpe; 40 Hodge.***Shane Warne is 3/1 favourite to be series top wicket taker with Hills who also offer 100/30 McGrath; 5/1 Lee; 6/1 Harmison; 10 Flintoff; Hoggard; 12 Gillespie; 14 Jones; 16 Kasprowicz; 33 Giles, Tremlett; 50 Tait.