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Ed Hawkins has worked in national newspapers for 11 years, the last six of them as a cricket correspondent in two spells at the Racing Post with a brief soujourn at the defunct The Sportsman in between.

He has built a reputation as shrewd student of the game thanks to memorable tipping feats like a 90 per cent profit on the most recent World Cup in the Caribbean and regular myth-busting columns.

He rates Yuvraj Singh and Shahid Afridi as his favourite players in the world game, although for differing reasons. Yuvraj because he is so often underrated on the markets and Afridi for consistently failing to live up to an overblown reputation.

• England v New Zealand First Test Betting Preview: Fortress Lord's favours big runs ... and the draw
• The England Cricket Question: Is Freddie ready or will he misfire?
• IPL Betting: It pays to back the team batting second
• "I wouldn't have had the operation if I believed I wouldn't come back" Andrew Flintoff tells Betfair
• Cricket Betting: Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and even Glamorgan are worth a shout
• One-Day Cricket Betting: Experimental Sri Lanka are one to swerve
• Test Cricket Betting: History shows that the Windies can come back against Sri Lanka
• Warne absence hinders Hampshire but Northamptonshire are a bet in Division Two
• Don't bet on Stephen Fleming bowing out in a blaze of glory
• New Zealand v England: "We weren't good enough" is not an acceptable explanation
• New Zealand v England: Vaughan keen to make amends for last time's heartbreak
• Fall of the first wicket crucial when Sri Lanka play India tonight
• New Zealand v England 4th ODI: Stats show Collingwood needs to bat first to win
• Eng v NZ Second ODI Betting: Schizophrenic Hamilton pitch offers few clues
• McCullum a decent bet to top score in a very close contest
• CB Series Betting: Are India stronger without Ganguly?
• Fourth Test Betting: Flat pitch suggests stalemate is likely
• Third Test Betting: Are India total write-offs?
• Swinging conditions at Durban can floor the West Indies
• South Africa v West Indies: Bet on Shiv or Jacques to dominate the crease
• Recent stats between India and Australia make good reading for Kumble
• Twenty20 stats suggest the betting between New Zealand and Australia should be closer than it is
• Cricket betting: the tools you need to get winning
• Pakistan will need Yousuf at his best to stand a chance against rivals India
• "Sickboy" Bond's absence signals disaster for New Zealand
• Take a punt on "Punter" Ponting
• Warne and McGrath have left a void that Australia will struggle to fill
• Murali holds the key...and the lock and the door.
• Stats suggest success for Smith's Saffers
• Cash in by backing England in the last 10 overs
• Sangakkara can cash in on a tricky wicket at Dambulla
• To be or not to Murali

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