Australia v England Ashes Cricket Betting 2010-2011

The 2010-2011 Ashes series will be known as the Vodafone Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons (is nothing sacred) and will begin with the first Test on 25 November 2010 with the final Test scheduled to conclude on 7 January 2011. England are the current holders of the urn after winning the 2009 series by a 2-1 score line, however, the last Ashes series to be played in Australia was won 5-0 by the hosts.

For the last four series the little urn has alternated between the hands of the English captain and his Australian counterpart as each nation has won the Ashes when on home soil. Australia will obviously be hoping for that sequence to continue whilst England will be hoping to end over 20 years of failure down under.

Australia v England Ashes 2010-2011 Winner Betting

Australia go into this series as resounding Australia v England Ashes Cricket Betting 2010-2011 largely due to the ease with which they won the series when England last visited the continent. However, England have since regained the Ashes on home soil, drawn a series against a resilient South Africa side and beaten Bangladesh and Pakistan this summer. They also have the psychological edge following victory over the Aussies in the Twenty20 World Cup final and an ODI series victory in England.

Australia v England Ashes 2010-2011 Player Watch

Australia
Australian cricket never fails to amaze in the number of quality players that are produced. Just as one generation of world beaters retire, another is born.

Shane Watson and Simon Katich can be devastating at the top of the batting order, captain Ricky Ponting remains one of the best cricketers in the world despite a disappointing year with the bat and the likes of Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey and Marcus North provide solidarity to the middle order.
 
Mitchell Johnson will revel in the Australian conditions as he has done in the past whilst Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle are all key components in the Aussie attack.

England
England have developed a deep and solid batting line-up in the last 18-24 months. Alastair Cook and captain Andrew Strauss will open the batting followed by the reliable Jonathan Trott and the match-winning Kevin Pietersen. From there they then have flair and resilience in equal measures courtesy of Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood then wicketkeeper Matt Prior is proving to be a useful batsmen in his own right and Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad are both capable of finishing of an innings with a flurry.

With the ball things are equally exciting for the England team. Stuart Broad and James Anderson head a potent pace attack that is likely to be backed up by Steven Finn and/or Tim Bresnan whilst Graeme Swann has built a reputation of being the most feared spin bowler in world cricket.

England’s well rounded team are on course to retain The Ashes down under this winter.

Australia v England Ashes 2010-2011 Fixtures

Five Tests will be played at the main cricket grounds in Australia’s five largest cities;

Test	Location	Ground	Capacity	Date	Result
1	Brisbane	The Gabba	42,200	25-29 November	Draw
2	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	34,000	3-7 December	England Win
3	Perth	WACA Ground	24,000	16-20 December	Australia Win
4	Melbourne	MCC	100,000	26-30 December	England Win
5	Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground	46,000	3-7 January	England Win

Australia v England Ashes Cricket Betting 2010-2011 Markets

Over the course of the two months in which the Ashes are contested the internet will be awash with Australia v England Ashes Cricket Betting 2010-2011 markets. Punters will be able to bet on everything from the outright series winner to the individual Test match winners and a foray of individual player markets including Top Series Batsman, Top Series Bowler, Man of the Match betting and Man of the Series betting.

Australia v England Ashes Cricket Betting 2010-2011 is certain to dominate the headlines as the nation is swept up in Ashes fever. Australia start the series as favourite but it is a long time since England have travelled down under with such high levels of confidence.