England's cricketers are odds-on (2/5) to still be world number one by the end of the current test series with Sri Lanka, according to Ladbrokes.
Andrew Strauss's team are the 2/5 favourites to wrap up victory on the final day of the second test with the draw a 9/4 chance and Sri Lanka 16/1 to complete an unlikely turnaround.
Sri Lanka and England cannot be split apart as the second test begins in Colombo according to Ladbrokes.
Play gets under way on Tuesday with both teams chalked up at 15/8 for victory, however nothing less than a win will be good enough for Andy Flower's men if the wish to remain the world number one Test side.
William Hill offer 11/4 that Andrew Strauss will NOT start as England's 1st Test match against South Africa on August 2 – and 1/4 that he will lead the side into that game.
"Strauss is coming under pressure since his current moderate run of form began, and there will be those calling for his head before long if his own and the team's performances do not improve," said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe on the latest cricket odds.
Sri Lanka have gained the upper hand in the 1st Test against England and William Hill are offering 8/15 that the hosts are victorious with England 6/4.
With two days left to play, the draw is looking unlikely at 50/1. Jonathan Trott is Even money to be England's top second innings batsman with Kevin Pietersen 6/4.
ENGLAND ARE the red hot favourites to wrap up a series win against Sri Lanka according to Ladbrokes.
The first Test gets under way on Monday and England (15/8) will be looking to get back to winning ways after the dismal series against Pakistan, and at 9/4 Sri Lanka could be taken advantage of.
England's last test series ended in disaster against Pakistan and they will be looking to bounce back against a Sri Lanka side in transition.
Former West Indies star Michael Holding features to preview the upcoming two match series and tells William Hill who he thinks will be victorious.
SACHIN TENDULKAR is 7/1 with Ladbrokes to hit more than 106 international 100s for India.
Tendulkar finally made it to his century of centuries and the bookies favour the talismanic batsman to hit two more tons (3/1) before bowing out of international cricket. It's 6/1 that he stays on 100 or there's a 7/1 chance that he takes his tally to 106 or more.
Australia are heavily odds-on to clinch the final series victory on Tuesday according to Ladbrokes.
Australia are quoted at 1/7 to wrap up the series and they head in to the match as the 8/15 favourites with Sri Lanka facing a hard task as the 6/4 underdogs.
England are the 6/5 favourites to win the Test series in Sri Lanka according to Ladbrokes.
England (6/5) will be looking to bounce back from the embarrassing 3-0 whitewash in the Test series against Pakistan and wrap up a victory against a weaker Sri Lanka (5/2). It's 12/5 England take the series 1-0 or 5/1 they win both tour fixtures. The draw can be backed at 15/8.
A gutsy William Hill punter from Dagenham has swum against the current and backed Pakistan to the tune of £3.5k to win the third ODI, despite England winning the first two relatively comfortably. Pakistan are 10/11 to win the match with England the same price.
William Hill have pushed out the price of England winning the ODI series from 11/4 to 7/2 in an attempt to attract England punters back to the cause. England are 6/5 to win the first ODI with Hills offering 5/6 that England's top scorer makes 69 or less!
England have been lengthened from 12/5 to 11/4 to win the forthcoming One Day series v Pakistan who have been cut from 11/8 to 5/4 after bets of up to £1000 a time, by William Hill who make a drawn series 7/4.
"We can't give England away at the moment," said Hill's cricket betting expert Graham Sharpe.
William Hill offer 5/4 that England will be the Number One Test nation at the end of 2012, and 4/7 that they will not, after they jeopardized their ranking by being whitewashed v Pakistan.
Eoin Morgan and Ian Bell could be dropped ahead of the Test series against Sri Lanka according to Ladbrokes.
After a Pakistan whitewash in UAE it's looking like Andy Flower will make some changes to the team ahead of their next series against Sri Lanka and it's odds-on (4/7) that Eoin Morgan and Ian Bell (5/6) are both dropped from the middle order.
William Hill customers are backing Pakistan to beat England in the 3rd Test at 13/8, with the draw completely friendless at 2/1. Kevin Pietersen is 5/1 to come good and score a hundred but he is 5/6 to fail to reach 32. Hills are 12/1 that England fail to make three figures in either innings.
Hills make Pakistan their 13/8 favourites to beat England in the final Test, with England offered at 2/1. Hills are 4/5 that England remain unchanged for the final test, but perhaps the big news is that the odds suggest England will lose their number one status this year.
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