Kiwi's 8/13 favourites for clash with the Windies

New Zealand are favourites to beat West Indies in Saturday's NatWest Series match at Cardiff. Stephen Fleming's men are 8/13, and West Indies 6/5. The Man of the Match award always offers attractive odds for those preferring to bet on players, and Brian Lara is the favourite at 13/2. Dwayne Bravo has performed very creditably with the ball so far, and he is temptingly priced in this market at 16/1.

Other pre-match markets for this match include Top Team Batsman, Best Score after 15 overs, Match Sixes, and Player Performances.

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In the other international action, the Darwin Test looks as if it should reach a definite conclusion on Saturday. bet365 are offering live in-running betting on the match. After the second day, Australia are hot favourites at a miserly 1/12, with Sri Lanka (6/1) needing an unlikely 312 to win on what has been a bowler-friendly pitch so far.

In English domestic cricket, the Twenty20 Cup begins today, and Lancashire are 11/2 favourites. Surrey, so impressive in the new format last year, follow them at 8/1. Gloucestershire - past masters at the one-day game - are definitely worth a look at 14/1. Given the novelty of the format, an each-way bet on a side with longer odds may be worth a try. The claims of Sussex, at 28/1, are certainly worth considering.

The Twenty20 match coupon offers prices on every match. The standout tie of the first round is probably Sussex v Surrey, and the bookies find it impossible to separate the two sides - both are 5/6. Hampshire are 4/5 to beat Essex, the form team Glamorgan 4/6 to beat Northants, and Kent similarly priced to beat Middlesex.

In the County Championship, previously unfancied Warwickshire are now favourites at 10/11, followed by Kent (11/4). The pre-season favourites Lancashire have subsided to 13/2, ahead of 15/2 Warwickshire. In Division 2, Nottinghamshire are short-priced favourites at 4/9, followed by Hampshire (4/1)and Glamorgan (5/1). The rest are at extremely long odds - Leicestershire 100/1, Essex 150/1 and Somerset - who are having a nightmare season - 300/1.