Aussies Favourite For Ashes

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The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of international cricket's most celebrated rivalries and dates back to 1882.  The series is named after a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after a match at The Oval  in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882–83) as the quest to regain The Ashes. (Source: Wikipedia)

William Hill are asking who will start in the Ashes?

Ian Bell has played himself back into Ashes contention and he is now 4/7 to start the first Ashes Test. Eoin Morgan is an 8/11 shot to get play the first test and England are 33/1 to win 5-0!

Players to start in first Ashes test:
1/25 Andrew Strauss;
1/25 Graeme Swann;
1/20 James Anderson;
1/12 Matt Prior;
1/10 Stuart Broad;
1/9 Jonathon Trott;
1/7 Kevin Pietersen;
1/6 Alastair Cook;
2/5 Steven Finn;
4/7 Ian Bell;
8/13 Paul Collingwood;
8/11 Eoin Morgan;
2/1 Monty Panesar;
2/1 Ravi Bopara;
5/2 Tim Bresnan;
3/1 Ajmal Shazad;
9/2 Chris Tremlett;
5/1 Steve Davis;
8/1 Craig Kieswetter

Ashes Correct Score:

33/1 Australia 1-0;
14/1 Australia 2-0;
6/1 Australia 2-1;
14/1 Australia 3-0;
7/1 Australia 3-1;
8/1 Australia 3-2;
16/1 Australia 4-0;
14/1 Australia 4-1;
16/1 Australia 5-0
50/1 Draw 0-0;
10/1 Draw 1-1;
8/1 Draw 2-2
40/1 England 1-0;
40/1 England 2-0;
10/1 England 2-1;
33/1 England 3-0;
8/1 England 3-1;
14/1 England 3-2;
33/1 England 4-0;
25/1 England 4-1;
33/1 England 5-0

Who will win?

4/6 Australia,
9/4 England,
9/2 Draw

Some interesting odds - who do you think will win?

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[Johnny Karp]

I think that the favourites will win.

[wnanhee]

ugh...not so sure about this one...kinda tough one to guess but I will go with Aussie this time...better odd it seems.

[blueday]

Yeah - I think WillHill have got this one in the bag.

I wonder if the person deciding these odds bets at another sportsbook?  I bet he makes a nice little profit too.

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Here are the fixtures and results so far.

November

5-7 v Western Australia, Perth
England won by six wickets
Match report Scorecard

11-13 v South Australia, Adelaide
Match drawn
Match report Scorecard

17-20 v Australia A, Hobart
Play starts at 2330 GMT (16-19 December)

25-29 1st Test, Brisbane
Play starts at 0000 GMT

December

3-7 2nd Test, Adelaide
Play starts at 0000 GMT

10-12 v Victoria, Melbourne
Play starts at 0000 GMT

16-20 3rd Test, Perth
Play starts at 0230 GMT

26-30 4th Test, Melbourne
Play starts at 2330 GMT (25-29 December)

January

3-7 5th Test, Sydney
Play starts at 2330 GMT (2-6 January)

10 v Prime Minister's XI, Canberra
Play starts at 2245 GMT (9 January)

12 1st Twenty20 international, Adelaide (d/n)
Play starts at 0835 GMT

14 2nd Twenty20 international, Melbourne (d/n)
Play starts at 0835 GMT

16 1st ODI, Melbourne (d/n)
Play starts at 0320 GMT

21 2nd ODI, Hobart (d/n)
Play starts at 0320 GMT

23 3rd ODI, Sydney (d/n)
Play starts at 0320 GMT

26 4th ODI, Adelaide (d/n)
Play starts at 0320 GMT

30 5th ODI, Brisbane (d/n)
Play starts at 0320 GMT

February

2 6th ODI, Sydney (d/n)
Play starts at 0320 GMT

6 7th ODI, Perth
Play starts at 0320 GMT

Current odds from William Hill:

4/5 Australia, 7/4 England, 5/1 Drawn Series (originally 9/2 so slightly better odds)

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