August 2008

Cricket Bets: The best batsmen are masters in all forms of the game

Andrew Hughes / 30 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes looks at the different skills neeed to excel as a batsman in the Test and 50-over forms of the game. The truly great batsmen, will be be truly great at both....Read more »

ODI Betting: England v South Africa at the Oval, Fri 29th August

/ 28 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Betfair Radio 2 got the views of Test Match Special's Simon Mann and Racing Post cricket betting guru Ed Hawkins ahead of tomorrow's third ODI in the five match series. England lead 2-0 and the Proteas will be without captain...Read more »

Prince of Kolkata is India's most successful ever captain

Andrew Hughes / 28 August 2008 / Leave a comment

A changing of the guard is imminent in the Indian test team and Andrew Hughes knows whose place is most vulnerable....Read more »

Matt Prior: "I know all about the highs and lows when it comes to England."

Ralph Ellis / 28 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Ralph Ellis talks to England's wicketkeeper-batsman ahead of Friday's third ODI at The Oval....Read more »

England 1.25 to take series after dominating win at Trent Bridge

Joe Dyer / 26 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Tourists humbled as Broad runs rampant....Read more »

Correct decision on Champions Trophy but why wait till now?

Frank Gregan / 26 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Relocation of the Champions trophy would have been feasible had the ICC not dragged their heels in cancelling the Pakistan tournament, says Frank Gregan....Read more »

Second ODI Preview: South Africa favourites to strike back

Ed Hawkins / 25 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Greame Smith and co have a formidable record in recent One Day Internationals and they are short priced favourites on a ground which favours batting second....Read more »

ODI Betting: "KP can be England's best ever ODI captain," says Flintoff

/ 21 August 2008 / Leave a comment

England's rejuvenated all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been impressed with his new captain, Kevin Pietersen. Freddie also talks about his own time as captain of England. Will he ever want the job again?...Read more »

Formidable South Africans will be pushed by English momentum

Andrew Hughes / 21 August 2008 / Leave a comment

The ingredients are in place for home success as Carberry fails to hit the decks running....Read more »

Betfair's Big Interview: Ian Bell on double hundred disappointment and batting at number three

Ralph Ellis / 21 August 2008 / Leave a comment

After all the doom and gloom surrounding English football, we thought the cricketers might be able to cheer us up. Betfair went to find Ian Bell watching the rain and waiting for the One Day series against South Africa to...Read more »

County Cricket Betting: Lancashire won't miss Cork the self-publicist

Paul Moon / 20 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Moon thinks county cricket has seen the last of Dominic Cork. He has certainly provided entertainment and headlines in his eighteen years in first-class cricket, but has he really delivered the goods?...Read more »

India crushed without the bubble of greatness

Andrew Hughes / 19 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest one day batsmen of all time and India are floundering without him, says Andrew Hughes....Read more »

Owais Shah to be KP's trump card

Ralph Ellis / 19 August 2008 / Leave a comment

The new England captain is going to give players time to shine, says Ralph Ellis....Read more »

ICC Champions Trophy: "It's up to the board to make the decision," say Pietersen

/ 19 August 2008 / Leave a comment

England captain Kevin Pietersen states the players' position on whether they should travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions' Trophy. As ever, their position seems to be that they don't have one....Read more »

Cricket Betting: Talk the talk and walk the walk

Frank Gregan / 18 August 2008 / Leave a comment

In other sports it is considered to be wit, banter or repartee but in cricket it's called sledging, frowned upon and considered not to be in the spirit of the game. Why are the authorities so uptight? asks Frank Gregan....Read more »

Friends Provident Trophy Betting: Napier and Robert appear to hold the Key to victory

Editor / 15 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Richard Douglas talks us through all the team news and betting as Essex and Kent clash in the final of the Friends Provident Trophy. Kent skipper Robert Key and hard-hitting Graham Napier are both more than capable match-winners as Richard...Read more »

Cricket Betting: Laziness, Inzamam's runout record and the one-dimensional cricketer

Paul Moon / 14 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at cricketers not prepared to put in the hard graft on the fitness front, the most useless batsmen out there and Panesar's inability to bat or field....Read more »

Cricket Betting: Owais with England's misfiring middle-order, bring in Shah

Andrew Hughes / 14 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Cricket fanatic Andrew Hughes bemoans the lack of Test opportunities offered to Owais Shah and puts forward a case for the classy Middlesex batsman to be handed a seat on the plane to India for this winter's tour....Read more »

England Cricket Betting: You'd have to be nuts to back KP's England

Ed Hawkins / 12 August 2008 / 3 Comments

Ed Hawkins is not known as 'Hawkeye' for nothing. He spotted something in Kevin Pietersen's first match as captain of England to make you think twice before backing any of his teams in the future....Read more »

Series defeat gives the England selectors plenty to think about

Andrew Hughes / 12 August 2008 / Leave a comment

From Freddie's new-found fitness to Broad's exploits with the bat, the ongoing wicket-keeping dilemma to Panesar's shortcomings, Andrew Hughes dissects the good and the bad from England's performances in the Series just gone....Read more »

Goodness Gregan, great balls of fire

Frank Gregan / 11 August 2008 / 1 Comments

Betting.betfair's one time military man marvels and shudders at the pace of modern seam bowling....Read more »

Live Test Match Blog: Eng v SA, Fourth Test, Day 5

Ed Hawkins / 11 August 2008 / Leave a comment

KP's men let a lacklustre South African side back into the game at the Oval yesterday. Honours are almost even now, with England requiring 197 runs to win in three sessions today. All four results are possible so stick with...Read more »

Live Test Match Blog: England v South Africa

Ed Hawkins / 10 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Almost a whole day's play was lost to rain yesterday but with fair weather expected all day at the Oval today, it's game on as KP looks to win the Fourth Test on his debut as Test captain. Ed "The...Read more »

Live Test Match Blogging: England v South Africa

Ed Hawkins / 08 August 2008 / Leave a comment

England are in the driving seat going into day three of the final Test against South Africa. Kevin Pietersen got his ton on his debut as Test captain but will it be enough to also give him his first win?...Read more »

Live Test Match Blog: Eng v SA, Fourth Test, Day 2

Ed Hawkins / 08 August 2008 / Leave a comment

The Pietersen era began with a bang yesterday as England's five man attack ripped through the South African order with apparent ease. Overnight rain means consolidating that advantage won't be easy, though. Follow all the action on Ed Hawkins' live...Read more »

Live Test Match Blog: England v South Africa

Ed Hawkins / 07 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Ed "The Hawkeye" Hawkins will be keeping us up to date with all the action and betting news from the Fourth and final Test between England and South Africa. It's Kevin Pietersen's first ever Test as England captain and he's...Read more »

The Betfair Contrarian: Why Kevin Pietersen will lead England to Ashes glory

The Betfair Contrarian / 06 August 2008 / Leave a comment

The media knives are already out for England's new captain (even on this site!). Step forth the Betfair Contrarian, who reveals that the omens could be good for our adopted countryman going into next year's Ashes series....Read more »

England Cricket Betting: Pietersen's captaincy will keep us awake at night

Ed Hawkins / 06 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Ed Hawkins tells us why, as England cricket fans, our bosses will start to question why we're turning up at the office looking more and more tired....Read more »

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the greatest current Test batsman of them all?

Andrew Hughes / 06 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes nominates his four best current Test batsmen based on runs, technique and temperament. KP makes the cut, but who are the others and who comes out on top?...Read more »

Test Cricket Betting: You've got to accentuate the positives...

Frank Gregan / 04 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Eliminate the negatives. Betting.Betfair's very own crooner Frank Gregan analyses England's defeat in the third test against South Africa. How can they possibly stay positive going into a final match with the series already lost?...Read more »

"Ego" Pietersen will seek new authority as captain

Ralph Ellis / 04 August 2008 / Leave a comment

England legends disagree on whether England's best is their most natural leader, says Ralph Ellis....Read more »

The Verdict on Vaughan: A great captain whose strengths may well have been his undoing

Andrew Hughes / 03 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Edgbaston Test was almost certainly the last time we will see Michael Vaughan in an England shirt. Andrew Hughes assesses the contribution he made to English cricket over the last five years....Read more »

Vaughan resigns captaincy after England lose at Edgbaston

Joe Dyer / 02 August 2008 / Leave a comment

England captain goes after Test series defeat to South Africa....Read more »

Live Test Match Blog: Eng v SA, 3rd Test, day four

Ed Hawkins / 02 August 2008 / 1 Comments

Wow! What a day! The third Test is beautifully balanced as it heads into a fourth day with both teams holding a great chance of winning. Talking you through the action and the betting fluctuations is Ed Hawkins. You can...Read more »

Cricket Betting: Just who would want to be a cricket groundsman?

Andrew Hughes / 01 August 2008 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes uses recent Test matches as case studies for explaining the role and responsibilities of a Test Match groundsman. The conclusion: whatever you do, someone's always going to have a go at you......Read more »

Live Test Match Blog: Eng v SA, 3rd Test, Day Three

Ed Hawkins / 01 August 2008 / Leave a comment

It's a crucial day in the context of the series. After last night's fireworks England, spear-headed by a rejuvenated Andrew Flintoff, are looking to use the new ball to run through the Proteas' tail. Ed Hawkins follows all the action...Read more »