5/2 England to utilise fresh blood

The final leg of England's tour down under represents another clean slate for them to salvage something from their trip. They have the ammunition in the shortest format to finally claim some glory and are 5/2 to take the T20 series 2-1.

Gone are Alastair Cook, Ian Bell and others that have been worn down by the most wearying of trips. In comes Alex Hales, Luke Wright and fellow specialists fresh out of the Big Bash League where they have had time to tune their games to the shortest format and can now propel England to a series victory.

Looking longer term, England have been inserted as marginal favourites for the 2015 Ashes series - primarily due to home advantage - but there is a big question as to whether Alastair Cook's men will have rebuilt a solid Test side by then. Australia should still have most of the XI that won the recent series available but can't be expected to produce the same level of performance, therefore a drawn series at 5/1 offers the best value.