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January 2008

Adam retires on the eve of Pakistan Series - is it the beginning of the end for Australia?

Andrew Hughes / 31 January 2008 / Leave a comment

In the week that Adam Gilchrist decided to call it a day Andrew Hughes considers if there is a right time to retire from international cricket and how Australia will cope without him...Read more »

Brendan Taylor is just the sort of breath of fresh air Zimbabwe need

Andrew Hughes / 29 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes looks at the impact swashbuckling wicket keeper/batsman Brendan Taylor has had for Zimbabwe since his emergence on the international scene...Read more »

CB Series Betting: Are India stronger without Ganguly?

Ed Hawkins / 28 January 2008 / Leave a comment

The Racing Post's Ed Hawkins assesses India's chances without their swashbuckling batsman......Read more »

Jacques Kallis: The 'boring grumpy automaton'

Paul Moon / 24 January 2008 / 2 Comments

Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo tells us why the South African doesn't classify as a modern great...Read more »

Current crop of Windies players demonstrate the demise of Caribbean cricket

Andrew Hughes / 22 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Cricket-mad Andrew Hughes considers how many of the Windies' current players would have made it into the great team of the late 1970s...Read more »

No reason why the England selectors shouldn't welcome Saqlain

Paul Moon / 21 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo tackles the question of eligibility through residence and considers whether Saqlain is still good enough to play for England in the first place...Read more »

Adam Gilchrist - a new breed of wicket keeper

Andrew Hughes / 21 January 2008 / 1 Comments

Andrew Hughes talks about the impact Adam Gilchrist has had on the role of wicket keeper and how India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni compares to the hard-hitting left-hander...Read more »

Fourth Test Betting: Flat pitch suggests stalemate is likely

Ed Hawkins / 20 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Ed Hawkins previews the fourrth and final Test of India's Australian tour......Read more »

Love him or hate him - we give you Graeme Smith

Andrew Hughes / 17 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes looks at the fortunes of the latest man to drink from the poisoned chalice that is the South African captaincy - Graeme Smith...Read more »

The ICC's handling of the Second Test in Sydney was wide of the mark

Paul Moon / 15 January 2008 / 3 Comments

Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair - considers whether it's time for umpire Steve Bucknor to call it a day after the Australia v India debacle......Read more »

Third Test Betting: Are India total write-offs?

Ed Hawkins / 14 January 2008 / 1 Comments

The Racing Post's Ed Hawkins looks ahead to Wednesday's big one......Read more »

Australia haven't exactly covered themselves in glory over the Harbajhan affair

Andrew Hughes / 13 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes give us his take on recent events in the 2nd Test between Australia and India that included sledging, racist allegations, absence of sportsmanship and a suspended umpire...Read more »

McCullum and Taylor the only shining lights of a Black Caps team going nowhere

Andrew Hughes / 11 January 2008 / 1 Comments

Andrew Hughes explains why New Zealand cricket is in a rather sorry state which it's unsure how to get out of...Read more »

Nothing secret about Bond's intentions to join the Indian Cricket League

Paul Moon / 10 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at the achievements of Shane Bond and questions whether he is right to turn his back on New Zealand to join the Indian Cricket League...Read more »

Betfair Radio Interviews: James Fitzgerald of the ICC

Editor / 08 January 2008 / Leave a comment

The ICC's James Fitzgerald joined Andy Richmond live on Betfair radio to give us some insight into the goings on in the hugely controversial test series between Australia and India....Read more »

Is it the end of the line for Shaun or is that just Pollocks?

Andrew Hughes / 08 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Cricket-mad Andrew Hughes looks at the career of Shaun Pollock and wonders whether it's time for the great bowler to return to the Test arena...Read more »

Swinging conditions at Durban can floor the West Indies

Ed Hawkins / 07 January 2008 / Leave a comment

The Hawkeye View - Ed Hawkins tells us why the West Indies' awful record on swinging wickets suggests South Africa should secure a series win...Read more »

Clarke takes Australia to the brink of a new record

Editor / 06 January 2008 / 2 Comments

Draw trades at 1.02 before batsman's intervention with the ball......Read more »

A Happy New Year indeed with plenty of green positions

The Betfair Trader / 02 January 2008 / 1 Comments

The Betfair Trader brings us up to date with his cricket trading...Read more »

Australia v India - 2nd Test

Editor / 01 January 2008 / Leave a comment

Will history repeat itself in Sydney after the Aussies wallop India in the 1st Test ?...Read more »

South Africa v West Indies - 2nd Test

Andrew Hughes / 01 January 2008 / Leave a comment

After their first test win for over two years - can the Windies make it two in a row? Cricket betting don Andrew Hughes mulls over the odds....Read more »

Australia v India second Test odds and betting (January 2, 2008)

Editor / 01 January 2008 / Leave a comment

After such a comprehensive win in the first Test against the tourists, Australia will be hard to oppose even at short odds in the betting to secure a landmark win in the second Test which gets underway in Sydney on...Read more »