Cricket Betting: England's One Day Woe

We pioneered limited overs cricket so why have England fared so badly in cricket's shorter formats? Andrew Hughes explains all

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Andrew Hughes

Aug 31 2009

Cricket Betting: Don't let spin bowling die a slow death

Paul Moon bemoans the lack of upcoming spin bowling talent in the game and urges the powers-that-be to do their bit so we don't face a cricketing world without another Shane Warne or a Muralitharan....

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Paul Moon

Aug 27 2009

Cricket Betting: Australia - Back, Lay or Okay?

Australia were favourites to retain the Ashes but left empty-handed. Andrew Hughes assesses the performance of the men from down under.

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Andrew Hughes

Aug 26 2009

Cricket Betting: England - Back, Lay or Okay?

England emerged triumphant at the Oval. But what can we learn from the 2009 Ashes. Andrew Hughes puts the England squad under the microscope

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Andrew Hughes

Aug 24 2009

England Ashes Victory: Composed Strauss leads 7.0 England to Ashes win

All the highs and lows on Betfair from yet another incredible Ashes series....

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Editor

Aug 23 2009

Live Ashes Blogging: Day Four

England set Australia a seemingly impossible target to chase but Ricky Ponting's men have got off to a great start. Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Andrew Flintoff will be amongst those trying to make sure...

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Ed Hawkins

Aug 23 2009

Live Ashes Blog: Day Three

It was the Stuart Broad show yesterday as Australia were dismissed cheaply and now have it all to do as England are the ones with runs on the board on a very tricky pitch. But...

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Ed Hawkins

Aug 22 2009

Live Ashes Blog Oval Test: Day Two

Having won the toss and built a solid platform yesterday, the likes of Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff were all guilty of getting out to poor shots. A strong bowling display is now...

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Ed Hawkins

Aug 21 2009

Ashes Betting: The Betfair Contrarian - Why England will win the fifth Test to regain the Ashes

The Betfair Contrrain thought England would win The Ashes before the summer and the man is not budging. Here's why Andrew Strauss will be holding the urn come Monday night....

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The Betfair Contrarian

Aug 19 2009

Ashes Betting: Oval Thrillers

The Oval has been the scene of many a nail-biting Ashes tussle over the years. As Thursday's showdown in SE11 draws nigh, Andrew Hughes reminds us of some memorable Ashes Test matches at this historic venue.

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Andrew Hughes

Aug 18 2009

Ashes Betting: Ringing endorsement from Giles sees Bell and Trott selected

As England announce the inclusion of Warwickshire pair Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott, Frank Gregan wonders to what extent Warwickshire Director of Coaching Ashley Giles had a say in matters in his other role as...

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Frank Gregan

Aug 18 2009

Ashes Betting: Cometh the hour, Cometh the veteran

The Ashes 2009 has been a nightmare series for Ravi Bopara and Philip Hughes. Andrew Hughes examines why the young guns have struggled and the old hands have prospered

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Andrew Hughes

Aug 16 2009

Ashes Betting: Big problems for England call for big changes

After England tamely threw away their Series lead at Headingley, Paul Moon began to think about where it all went wrong for England and who should get the chop for the deciding Oval Test....

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Paul Moon

Aug 13 2009

Ashes Betting: Langer's tongue-lashing has wounded England

Ralph Ellis tells us why Justin Langer's colourful lowdown on the England cricket team contains a lot of truths as the sides prepare for the decider at The Oval....

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Ralph Ellis

Aug 11 2009

Ashes Betting: Is Stuart the man to lay down the Law against the Aussie bowlers?

Frank Gregan tells us why he dodged a massive bullet as Australia levelled the Series and talks us through some of the names being touted to replace the likes of Ravi Bopara and Alastair Cook....

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Frank Gregan

Aug 10 2009

Ashes Fourth Test Betting: Flintoff ruled out but Australia have their own concerns

With the news that Andrew Flintoff isn't fit enough to turn out for England at Headingley, Paul Moon considers who should come in for the big Lancastrian as well as how Ricky Ponting should shuffle...

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Paul Moon

Aug 7 2009

Headingley Betting: Off message Aussies primed for series defeat

The youngsters are tweeting when they should be pulling together for sake of team morale and that does not bode well for the Australian team's chances of winning the fourth Test, says Frank Gregan....

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Frank Gregan

Aug 4 2009

August 2009 - Bat and ball