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England favourites at Headingley

After somehow contriving victory in the fourth one-day international at Old Trafford to take a 3-1 lead in the seven-game series, England are understandably big favourites to wrap it up but India may not be done just yet and there is not much in the odds

Simon Cambers
24-Aug-2007


Rahul Dravid and India will be wounded going into match five at Headingley after throwing away victory on Thursday © Getty Images
After somehow contriving victory in the fourth one-day international at Old Trafford to take a 3-1 lead in the seven-game series, England are understandably big favourites to wrap it up but India may not be done just yet and there is not much in the odds for the fifth game at Headingley on Sunday.
At one stage on Thursday, England looked out of it but a great stand between Ravi Bopara and Stuart Broad helped them get home.
India may feel they should have won that match, though, and that makes them dangerous for the fifth match, particularly as they didn't play that well themselves and still came close to winning it.
Bet365 make England 4/6 favourites to win the match while India are 11/10.
England are the side in the ascendancy, though, and they will be pretty confident of winning at Headingley, where they have triumphed in three of the past five one-dayers.
India are 8/11 to have the better opening partnership, while England are evens.
Kevin Pietersen has not made a score of note yet, which may be ominous for India, but the effect of his poor run has reduced the margin between him and the rest in the betting to be England's top runscorer.
The Hampshire man is still favourite, of course, but not by much, at 3/1 to the 7/2 of Ian Bell. Alastair Cook is 9/2 and Paul Collingwood is 6/1, with Owais Shah 15/2. Matt Prior is 8/1 and Andrew Flintoff - who may or may not play - is 10/1, the same price as Ravi Bopara.
For India, Sachin Tendulkar is the favourite at 3/1, just ahead of Sourav Ganguly, who is 10/3 and captain Rahul Dravid, who is 4/1.
Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa are both 5/1 to come out on top while Dinesh Karthik and Gautam Gambhir are both 11/2 and Mahendra Dhoni, who is always dangerous, is 7/1.
Please note that odds are correct at time of publication and are subject to change.

Simon Cambers is Cricinfo's betting correspondent