Cricket Odds: The Oldies Are Golden
December 24th, 2014 by G WaldorfYou could be forgiven for thinking that the shortest form of the game was a young man’s game – it’s still pretty new, and it’s where we’re seeing all sorts of innovation both with bat and ball. It’s not really a place to hide anyone in the field, either, but a look at the Cricket odds we’ve got for you will reveal that the online bookies think there are some ‘experienced’ players set to make an impact in this year’s Big Bash season.
Players like Brad Hogg, who’s very definitely 43 years young, are right at the top of the running for prizes like leading wicket-taker and top run-scorer in the 2014-15 season – which is interesting to see at the same time that we’re seeing young talent starting to come through in the Test team. Perhaps cooler heads are what’s needed in the 20-over format…
So if you’re looking for interesting options for the stand-out individuals of the current Big Bash season, you’ll want to be having a look through the Cricket odds we’ve got for you, and taking note of names like Brad Hogg, Dirk Nannes, big Freddie Flintoff and Kiwi Daniel Vettori in the running for the highest wicket-taker over the course of the season – all of those veterans have odds of less than $7 beside their names on Sportsbet as of today. For the most prolific run-getters in this year’s Big Bash, consider Brad Hodge, the Hussey brothers and Flintoff again. Jacques Kallis is a very real chance in both those categories, and he’s certainly going to be a player to watch: he might be getting older, and he might have put the Test match arena behind him, and hung up his boots for South Africa, but he’s still one of the very finest players of his generation, and we’d be surprised if he didn’t have an impact on the Big Bash season. He might even make those odds of $6.50 for the Sydney Thunder look long…
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