2009 ODI series - Trading talk: Eng v Aus

Show must go on

Aug 25, 2009: After the thrilling Test series win, England's second Ashes victory in a row on home soil, the rivalry moves on to the ODI format with the tourists looking for revenge

Spread betting: 2009 Ashes - 5th Test

Is the draw a plausible bet?

Aug 18, 2009: Nerve-jangling. Nailbiting. Squeaky bum time. So just another Test match then for the spread bettor as England and Australia meet at the Oval in the final Ashes Test. While the respective nations work themselves into a frenzy of agitation, it is just anot

Spread betting - Trading Talk - The Ashes - 5th Test

Decision time for punters

Aug 13, 2009: England's humiliating defeat by an innings and 80 runs at Headingley has left the Three Lions' Ashes dreams hanging in the balance. The crushing defeat will have certainly dented the host team's spirit and has no doubt troubled spread bettors who bought E

Spread betting: Ashes - England v Australia

Runs in store at Headingley

Aug 6, 2009: Despite outplaying Australia at Lord's and being the only side that could win at Edgbaston, Sporting Index's confidence in England in this Ashes series is a bit like Andrew Flintoff's knee ahead of the fourth Test at Headingley: ready to give way at any m

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England seal superb series win

Aug 5, 2009: The joy and delight at winning the Ashes will surely go on for a long time yet but those pragmatic souls - the bookies - have already priced up the 2011 series and they make the Australians odds-on to regain the Urn by winning on home soil

Spread betting: 2009 Ashes - England v Australia

Smart money is on getting short

Jul 29, 2009: To listen to Steve Rouse, the groundsman at Edgbaston, one could be forgiven for writing off the third Ashes Test as an opportunity for profit. "On Thursday we've got showers coming in from 10, right the way through. Friday is heavy rain from midday. Satu

Fixed Odds: 2009 Ashes series - Eng v Aus

England scent victory

Jul 28, 2009: England took a couple of crucial wickets late on day four of the third Test at Edgbaston on Sunday to set up a tense final day. The draw remains the favourite, but a couple of early wickets could change all that

Spread betting: 2009 Ashes - England v Australia

Follow batsmen for Lord's success

Jul 15, 2009: It would be fair assume that when the respective players of England and Australia enter Lord's through the Grace Gates on Thursday morning for the start of the second Ashes Test, the batsmen will have a skip in their stride while the bowlers will be diggi

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Australia in with a chance at Lord's

Jul 13, 2009: A brilliant partnership between Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin has given Australia a glimmer of hope going into day five of the second Test at Lord's. With 209 still required and only five wickets remaining, England remain favourites but they will have a

Spread betting: 2009 Ashes - Eng v Aus

Spin pursuit of Cardiff clues

Jul 7, 2009: The sense of anticipation ahead of Wednesday's first Ashes Test in Cardiff will, if you will excuse the boldness, be felt more keenly in the household of the cricket spread punter

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Bowling honours suddenly up for grabs

Jul 6, 2009: The batting honours may just about be done and dusted but the same cannot be said for the bowlers, with long-time leaders James Anderson and Ben Hilfenhaus suddenly under pressure from some of their team-mates

Fixed Odds: 2009 Ashes - Eng v Aus

England face tense final-day battle

Jul 6, 2009: The rain came to England's rescue late on day four of the first Ashes Test but they face a tense final day with eight wickets to protect if they are no avoid a defeat that would put them 1-0 down in the series

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Ponting now clear favourite

Jul 5, 2009: As if we didn't already know it, Ricky Ponting showed just why he was favourite to be his side's top runscorer in the Ashes after his fabulous 150 in Cardiff and he has been cut to just 6/4 to come out on top

Fixed Odds: 2009 Ashes series - Eng v Aus

No getting past Strauss and Clarke

Jul 4, 2009: With one Test to go, it is going to take something pretty special if Andrew Strauss and Michael Clarke are not to finish up on top of their respective batting lists

Trading Talk - 2009 Ashes Series

Can England repeat 2005 triumph?

Jul 2, 2009: The hype, patriotic tub-thumping, claim and counter claim for the Ashes series have been justified on the most basic of levels: the 2005 was a thriller so the 2009 vintage should be just as good. It is questionable logic but when the spread bookmakers - t

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Fairytale final in store

Jun 17, 2009: When you think of what happened to the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore just a few months ago, the fact that Sri Lanka and Pakistan have made it through to the final of the World Twenty20 really does make for a fairytale final on Sunday

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South Africa new favourites

Jun 11, 2009: Australia may be gone but the other top teams all remain and South Africa are the narrow favourites going into the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20

Trading Talk - Twenty20 Knock-out stages preview

And then there were eight

Jun 10, 2009: With the 'Super-Eights' of the World Twenty20 just around the corner, there will be plenty to get excited about for spread bettors up and down the country

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Time for the big guns to shine

Jun 3, 2009: When trying to work out who will be top batsman in the World Twenty20, as with the one-day World Cups, there is a formula that you simply must adhere to. It's as simple as 1, 2, 3

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Can India retain world supremacy?

Jun 3, 2009: The second edition of the ICC World Twenty20 begins on Friday and though one thing seems certain - that England won't win it - the trophy, held by India, is truly up for grabs with any number of sides having a legitimate claim to be favourites