Friday, 26 November 2010
Australia on the drift for Ashes as Bell chimes
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Ashes Betting 2010
Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues being in opposite hemispheres, the break between series alternates between 18 and 30 months, obviously depending on when the Summer of the hosting country. A series comprises five Test matches, two innings per match, under the regular rules for Test match cricket. If a series is drawn then the country already holding the Ashes retains them.
So now that that’s out of the way let’s crack on with The Ashes 2010. It’s in Australia and starts on Thursday, November 25th. This being Cricket of course, the series will continue until the fifth and final match on January 2nd 2011 when they meet each other in Sydney.
Bookies have Australia as favourites which means you can still get a reasonably good price on England to win so get in there early as odds will dramatically change as each game goes on…
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Australia 4-5 for Ashes after sixth loss in a row
By Max Oram 12:52AM 4 NOV 2010 AUSTRALIA have been eased to 4-5 to win back the Ashes after Sri Lanka extended their form trough to six straight defeats across all formats with Wednesday's stunning one-wicket win in Melbourne. RELATED LINKS Free bet Bet In-Play now Win Premier Leaguetickets But sensational rather than freak or terminal is how the MCG result should be considered.
Sri Lanka were matched at a high of 80 on Betdaq, while the Gold and Greens traded at 1.01 before Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga embarked on their record 50-over eighth wicket partnership that took them from 107-8 to level scores on 239.
And there were decent knocks for Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin while debutant left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty took 4-46.Kumar Sangakkara's men are now 4-7 from 2-1 to win the series which continues in Sydney on Friday while Austrlia are 6-4 from 1-2 to secure the spoils in Brisbane on Sunday.However, the Australians, with Ricky Ponting set to return to the side after a rest and then a family funeral, are 8-11 to triumph at the SCG. Sri Lanka are 11-8.Conditions have been surprisingly wet in recent weeks in Sydney and showers are on plenty of forecasts again.Read Thursday's RPSPORT for Max Oram's second Australia v Sri Lanka ODI advice, prices andstatsDownload the NEW digital Racing Post from 3am or buy it as a PDF from 9am Open an account and receive free bets FacebookDeliciousDiggStumbleUpon Comments Log in to post comment Show all comments Comments Help TOP STORIES Shake-up in title betting as Blues and Arsenal flop 10:02pm 7 Nov 2010 Vettel’s Brazil victory causes F1 title traffic jam 9:54pm 7 Nov 2010 Johnson’s men impress despite All Blacks defeat 9:22pm 7 Nov 2010 Molinari holds off world No. 1 to win in China 8:04pm 7 Nov 2010 Strauss ton takes Lions to Perth warm-up win 7:08pm 7 Nov 2010 Australia eased to 10-11 for Ashes after SCG loss 8:40pm 5 Nov 2010 City slump to third loss on the spin in Poznan 11:01am 5 Nov 2010 12:52am 4 Nov 2010 Gunners cannot seal the deal but Blues progress 10:50pm 3 Nov 2010 United 11-10 for fourth Euro clean sheet on spin 12:20am 2 Nov 2010 Show All Current Stories LATEST STORIES Shake-up in title betting as Blues and Arsenal flop 10:02pm 7 Nov 2010 Vettel’s Brazil victory causes F1 title traffic jam 9:54pm 7 Nov 2010 Johnson’s men impress despite All Blacks defeat 9:22pm 7 Nov 2010 Molinari holds off world No. 1 to win in China 8:04pm 7 Nov 2010 Strauss ton takes Lions to Perth warm-up win 7:08pm 7 Nov 2010 Australia eased to 10-11 for Ashes after SCG loss 8:40pm 5 Nov 2010 City slump to third loss on the spin in Poznan 11:01am 5 Nov 2010 12:52am 4 Nov 2010 Gunners cannot seal the deal but Blues progress 10:50pm 3 Nov 2010 United 11-10 for fourth Euro clean sheet on spin 12:20am 2 Nov 2010 Show All Current Stories FOOTBALL Shake-up in title betting as Blues and Arsenal flop 10:02pm 7 Nov 2010 City slump to third loss on the spin in Poznan 11:01am 5 Nov 2010 Gunners cannot seal the deal but Blues progress 10:50pm 3 Nov 2010 United 11-10 for fourth Euro clean sheet on spin 12:20am 2 Nov 2010 Reds 5-1 to finish in top four after Maxi strike 11:55pm 31 Oct 2010 City drift to 14-1 as loss at Wolves hits title hopes 8:05pm 30 Oct 2010 GOLF Molinari holds off world No. 1 to win in China 8:04pm 7 Nov 2010 Westwood 6-4 to remain world No. 1 until 2012 11:53pm 31 Oct 2010 CRICKET Strauss ton takes Lions to Perth warm-up win 7:08pm 7 Nov 2010 Australia eased to 10-11 for Ashes after SCG loss 8:40pm 5 Nov 2010 12:52am 4 Nov 2010 Aussies eased to regain Ashes after T20 defeat 11:46pm 31 Oct 2010 England backed for Ashes success in Oz 1:42pm 23 Sep 2010 TENNIS Kim cut for Oz Slam defence after US stroll 9:13pm 12 Sep 2010 Federer 12-1 for Grand Slam after fourth Aussie win 11:39am 31 Jan 2010 RUGBY Johnson’s men impress despite All Blacks defeat 9:22pm 7 Nov 2010 Mixed reaction by layers to Exiles victory over Sale 11:44pm 31 Oct 2010 Slick Roos end England Four Nations challenge 11:40pm 31 Oct 2010 OTHER SPORTS Vettel’s Brazil victory causes F1 title traffic jam 9:54pm 7 Nov 2010 Star turns push Cher and Rebecca into Factor fray 10:36pm 1 Nov 2010 Flying Patriots rocket to top of Super Bowl betting 10:23pm 1 Nov 2010 Rocket still 9-2 for world title after Power win 11:49pm 31 Oct 2010 Contador evens to win 2011 title 6:19pm 25 Jul 2010 Disappointed David 5-1 to step down as MP 7:45pm 28 Sep 2010 Taylor 9-2 to take title haul to 20 2:49pm 4 Jan 2010 Schumacher makes F1 return with Mercedes 12:19pm 23 Dec 2009 Rage set to give Joe a run for his money 5:06pm 16 Dec 2009 Haye camp unimpressed with Klitschko defence 2:58pm 13 Dec 2009 Show All Current Stories BOXING Haye huge favourite for Harrison clash 4:35pm 7 Sep 2010 Search our News Archive Sport News RSS Feed All Racing Post RSS Feeds Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook Download our iPhone app
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Pietersen claims confidence back ahead of Ashes
Kevin Pietersen is not a man whom you would expect to be brimming with confidence right now; he has seemed out of form, low in spirits, apparently out of love with cricket, and without a test century since way back in March 2009. However, the player has now claimed that his spell in South Africa has given him the opportunity to reclaim the confidence that he will need if he is to show his class in the upcoming Ashes series against an Australian side which is going to be looking to win back the urn that the players let slip in 2008.
With the Australian bowling attack being tipped to be stronger than the English one, the English batsmen such as Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen will need to avoid a top order collapse if the English team is going to stand a chance of allowing its bowlers to get used to wickets that English bowlers have rarely performed well on.
However, with the England team having looked to use a variety of techniques to boost their chances of overcoming the current Ashes betting odds that have them down has underdogs, Pietersen may have been the man to come up with the best solution to his own problems by returning to his homeland for a short while.
If this move has indeed proved successful and the player has found a way to overcome the blues he had been left facing, then the England team may well find itself ending the series with people left scratching their heads and wondering why they came into the Ashes 2010 series with such low expectations of the team, leaving egg on the faces of many experts in the process.
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Ashes player preview – Ian Bell
If the game was decided on technical ability alone, Ian Bell would be up there with the best, sadly there are other aspects of the game he appears to struggle with.
The Warwickshire batsmen must be used to playing under pressure. He was burdened with high expectations when he first emerged as a potential England player in 2001, so much so that Dayle Hadlee labelled him as the best 16-year-old he had ever seen.
But when it comes to the crunch Bell struggles to make the real big scores that mark out the class batsmen from the rest. He broke into the England side in 2004 but became a regular in the summer of 2005, scoring runs for fun, 297 to be exact, against Bangladesh.
However, when the Aussies arrived he found life much tougher. The ruthless tourists targeted the inexperienced Bell and he struggled to make the scores his class should dictate, hitting just 171 runs in ten innings.
He did improve during the tour of Pakistan that winter and was named ICC young cricketer of the year in 2006. But questions always linger about his ability to perform when it matters. He battle bravely in the face of more fierce Aussie sledging in the 2006/07 Ashes tour, hitting four half centuries in what was a pretty-dismal tour for England.
But his failure to convert 50s into 100s remains. Over the past four years he has been dropped and recalled on several occasions, answering his critics with defiant centuries one week, before collapsing early on the next. As Bell heads down under he must know he is set to receive another warm welcome from the Australians who openly target Bell, a player they feel is susceptible to sledging. Anyone looking at Ashes betting offers may want to steer clear of backing Bell.
His place in the starting line up isn’t guaranteed and given his track record I can understand why. Australia is a ruthless arena in which to play test cricket and I don’t think Bell has the mental strength to consistently cop with the pressure and score big runs. The Ashes best odds suggest England will struggle anyway and they should avoid gambling on Bell’s temperament.
Those doubts should serve as a challenge to the 28-year-old however and he knows if he can resist the charms of the Aussie bowlers, he has enough shots in his armoury to score runs Downunder and be a key weapon in England’s armoury.
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