Fixed Odds: 2009 Test series - NZ v India

New Zealand give themselves a chance

Mar 31, 2009: New Zealand batted stoutly on day four of the third and final Test to at least give themselves a chance to save the match, but with one day still to go, India remain in pole position and it is asking an awful lot for the home side to bat through three mor

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Winner takes all in St Lucia

Mar 30, 2009: England and Andrew Strauss surprised a few people with a decent effort in the fourth one-day international as they levelled the series at 2-2. Now the two teams meet in St Lucia on Friday for series honours

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West Indies should wrap it up

Mar 28, 2009: If West Indies can't win this series, given the way England have clearly given up, then there is something massively wrong. They should win the fourth match, to be played on Sunday, and it is amazing that they are not a shorter price

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All to play for in Barbados

Mar 24, 2009: After Shivnarine Chanderpaul's heroics in Guyana it's as you were in the one-day series, all square but now with just three to play. But for me, nothing has changed and West Indies hold the edge going into the next match in Barbados, to be played on Frida

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India batting themselves out of trouble

Mar 22, 2009: India's batsmen finally came to the party on day four of the second Test against New Zealand in Napier and now have a decent chance of saving the match and taking a 1-0 lead into the final match of the series

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Windies look for fast start

Mar 20, 2009: The first one-day international between West Indies and England takes place in Guyana on Friday and though the bookies can't split the two sides, the home side should have the edge and can make a winning start to the five-match series

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West Indies have the edge at home

Mar 18, 2009: England go into their five-match one-day series with West Indies this week smarting from their defeat in the Test series. The bookies can't split the two sides for series honours, but I have a feeling home advantage could swing it in the West Indies' favo

Spread betting: 2009 ODI series - WI v Eng

Trading Talk - WI v Eng ODI Series

Mar 18, 2009: Spread bettors who were behind England for any of the Test matches against the West Indies will not need reminding that the tourists are still yet to pick up a win this winter, although captain Andrew Strauss, along with buyers of England's series win ind

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South Africa take control in Cape Town

Mar 17, 2009: Jacques Kallis rose to the occasion on Friday as he hit an unbeaten century to take South Africa into a strong position at the end of day two of the third and final Test. The series may be over as a contest, but South Africa want the win to boost morale a

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India take total control in Hamilton

Mar 17, 2009: Sachin Tendulkar's 42nd Test century helped put India in total and utter control after day three of the first Test in Hamilton and it is hard to see anything other than a win for the visitors in the first game of the three-Test series

Fixed Odds: 2009 Test series - NZ v India

India out to assert dominance in Tests

Mar 15, 2009: Having dominated the one-day series, India will be confident of translating their limited overs prowess to the Test arena when the three-match series begins on Tuesday. New Zealand have home advantage but that is the only edge they have against an awfully

Fixed Odds: 5th ODI - NZ v India

One more for the clean sweep

Mar 13, 2009: India have totally dominated the one-day series with New Zealand to date and it would take a braver man than me to predict anything other than another win for the visitors in the fifth and final match on Saturday, a result that would give them a series sw

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Trading Talk - WI v Eng Final Test

Mar 6, 2009: Although England will not claim a series win over the West Indies (to the disappointment of buyers of England's series win index spread at the start of February), England will be keen to impress in advance of the summer's Ashes series

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India look almost unstoppable

Mar 5, 2009: New Zealand were probably grateful that the second match in the one-day international series was washed out for it ruined India's chances of sweeping the series 5-0. Nothing has changed, though, and the bookies give the home side little chance of winning

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South Africa keep hopes alive

Mar 5, 2009: For the first time in the series, South Africa finally showed their true talent on Monday as they turned in a defiant batting performance that at least gives them a chance to force a draw in the second Test and keep the series with Australia alive going i

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Australia eyeing Johannesburg win

Feb 26, 2009: Australia continued to dominate the first Test against South Africa on Johannesburg after day three. The tourists know taking another ten wickets will be tough, on what is a flat pitch, but they are in command and are now odds-on to get the win

Spread betting: 2009 Test series - WI v Eng

England and Ambrose could attract spread interest

Feb 25, 2009: Should Andrew Strauss have forced the follow-on? It's been a matter of contention among cricket fans since, but buyers of England's win index spread for the third Test in Antigua against the West Indies will certainly think so

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England should finally be upbeat

Feb 25, 2009: England may have missed out on victory in the final Test and therefore suffered a series defeat at the hands of West Indies, but, finally, they played positive cricket in Trinidad and will take some positives out of the match as they prepare for this summ

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New Zealand can still pinch series

Feb 12, 2009: Having been outplayed in the first two matches, Australia did well to bounce back in the next two and now they have a great chance to pinch the series against New Zealand by winning Friday's decider in Brisbane