Cricket Betting: Root And Compton 7/1 To Top Score

18 September 2012

Nick Compton is 7/1 to be England's leading scorer in India

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BetVictor make India 4/7 favourites for the 4 Test Series with England starting in Ahmedabad in November following the news that Kevin Pietersen has not made the 16-man touring party.

Yorkshire’s Joe Root and Somerset’s Nick Compton get the nod over Ravi Bopara and James Taylor and they are both 7/1 to be top England runscorer during the series.

4 Test Series: odds from BetVictor

India 4/7
Draw 3/1
England 7/2

Top England Test Runscorer; India v England

A Cook 5/2
J Trott         5/2
I Bell          5/1
J Bairstow      5/1
E Morgan        5/1
J Root          7/1
N Compton       7/1
M Prior 8/1
S Patel         10/1

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