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England odds-on for Ashes victory

Australia showed predictable guts to save themselves from defeat in the third Test at Edgbaston on Monday, but England remain 1-0 up with two matches to go and are still odds-on to regain the Ashes



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Australia showed predictable guts to save themselves from defeat in the third Test at Edgbaston on Monday, but England remain 1-0 up with two matches to go and are still odds-on to regain the Ashes.

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England had been narrowly odds-against in the wake of Kevin Pietersen's withdrawal from the series after the Lord's Test, but bet365 now make them 8/11, while Australia are 5/1 to win each of the last two matches. The drawn series is 2/1.

In the correct scores market, a 1-1 draw is now the new favourite, at 2/1, a 2-0 win to England is next at 4/1, with a 2-1 win just behind at 9/2. It is 5/1 that England win 1-0 and also 5/1 that Australia nick it 2-1, while you can get 10/1 that England win both the last two Tests themselves and win it 3-0.

Cambers' Call - advised before 1st Test
England to win the Ashes - 11/5 bet365

Please note that odds are correct at time of publication and are subject to change.

Simon Cambers is Cricinfo's betting correspondent