August 2010 - Cricket betting, odds and opinion

The taint of match-fixing strikes again

Andrew Hughes / 31 August 2010 / Leave a comment

It has been a dark day for cricket, thanks to the allegations made in a tabloid newspaper that several members of the current Pakistan squad have taken money from a match-fixer. Andrew Hughes looks at the implications for the sportRead more »

Watson wonders whether Finn is up to it...

Ralph Ellis / 25 August 2010 / Leave a comment

As ever the Aussies are talking a good game, but does Shane Watson have a point when he questions whether Steven Finn is prepared for a long Ashes battle on Australian soil, asks Ralph Ellis.Read more »

Close series to come

Frank Gregan / 24 August 2010 / Leave a comment

Frank Gregan gives us his take on Ricky Ponting's comments that another 5-0 whitewash isn't to be discounted and tells us why in his mind this Ashes series could go to the wire.Read more »

Is the spirit of cricket still alive?

Andrew Hughes / 22 August 2010 / Leave a comment

Open any edition of Wisden and alongside the Laws of the Game, you will find several pages devoted to 'The Spirit Of Cricket'. But in a modern professional game, isn't this just an anachronism? Andrew Hughes thinks not. Read more »

The devil is in David's detail

Ralph Ellis / 12 August 2010 / Leave a comment

Ralph Ellis tells us how David Saker got the nod ahead of the likes of Allan Donald and Craig McDermott for the position of England's bowling coach and why it won't be for want of discipline and attention to detail that England will fail in their bid to hold on to the Ashes.Read more »

England v Pakistan

Ed Hawkins / 05 August 2010 / Leave a comment

Hammered by 354 runs in the first Test, can Pakistan improve in game two at Edgbaston which starts on Friday? Ed Hawkins is not so sure and is surprised a dominant England are not shorter in the betting.Read more »

Pakistan in crisis. Again.

Andrew Hughes / 05 August 2010 / Leave a comment

Two captains, a retirement and a return from the wilderness: Pakistan's English summer is barely half way through and they've already packed in a year's worth of controversy. Andrew Hughes asks what next for the talented but troubled tourists. Read more »

The enigma that is James Anderson

Frank Gregan / 03 August 2010 / Leave a comment

He may have taken 11 wickets in the Test and named man-of-the-match but James Anderson doesn't always perform like that and Frank Gregan doesn't think the Aussies will be having sleepless nights about facing the Lancashire star in sunny conditions...Read more »

Broad's good and bad

Andrew Hughes / 01 August 2010 / Leave a comment

Stuart Broad is a likeable character off the field and one of England's brightest fast bowling prospects. But are his on-field misdemeanours a potential problem? Andrew Hughes looks at the good and the bad of last year's Ashes hero. Read more »