Ashes Betting Odds 2010

The Vodafone Ashes Series 2010-2011

The Ashes is the most eagerly anticipated Test Match series in world cricket, as the old foes, Australia and England, do battle in what promises to be another epic encounter.

2010 - 2011 Ashes Test Match Schedule

Test Match 1: Venue is The Gabba, Brisbane. November 25-29 2010.

Test Match 2: Venue is Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. December 03-07 2010.

Test Match 3: Venue is The WACA, Perth. December 16-20 2010.

Test Match 4: Venue is The MCG, Melbourne. December 26-30 2010.

Test Match 5: Venue is The SCG, Sydney. January 03-07 2011.

Ashes Cricket Odds and Betting Tips

England regained the Ashes on home soil last summer as they did back in 2005 but the result that they are truly in search of is a victory on Australian soil – something they haven’t achieved for over 20 years.

It is something which has clearly been to the forefront of Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss’s thoughts ever since the 2009 victory. Strauss and James Anderson were the first to be treated to the new policy of periodically resting players in order to try and avoid player burnout when they were left out of England’s winter tour of Bangladesh. That policy along with the decision to rejuvenate their Twenty20 squad by picking limited over specialists means that they should arrive in Australia with a fresh and fit squad.

The ongoing ODI series between the two teams provides a reminder of the rivalries that exist between the two cricket nations, but we are likely to learn a lot more about how the two teams are matched on the Test match stage from each side’s forthcoming series against Pakistan.

England have the luxury of being able to recall Kevin Pietersen who sat out the majority of the 2009 Ashes; he has recently looked to be on his way to rediscovering some of his best form. His inclusion along with the new solidarity that the top order of Strauss, Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott bring to the table along with the flair option of Eoin Morgan make England’s batting line-up a much meaner proposition.

13 years after his Ashes debut Ricky Ponting is still the prize scalp for the England bowlers, he is one of few captains to have lost two Ashes series for th

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