Mumbai will be the focus of attention on Saturday for all those involved with the Cricket World Cup as joint hosts India and Sri Lanka take to the field. It is bound to be a colourful affair with both sets of fans getting set to cheer on their team for the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday 2 April, 10am UK time.

India go in to the game as the bookies cricket world cup betting favourites. As the game is on India’s home soil, you can expect nearly all of the 1.2 billion population will be huddled around television sets everywhere, as India try to become the first team ever to win the Cricket World Cup on their own patch.

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The Quarter Finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup starts tomorrow (23rd of March) as Pakistan take on the West Indies. It is the first of four intruiging games as we creep closer to see who will be crowned ODI cricketing Kings of the World come the Final on the 2nd of April.

The big guns have all made it through to the last eight with India vs Australia without doubt the stand out quarter final tie of the knock-out round. Current champions facing one of the tournament favourites is bound to get a few cricket world cup betting fans sweating as to whom will progress in to the Semis. Below we go into a little more detail about the betting chances of the teams left in the Cricket World Cup Quarter Finals.

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In just over a week’s time, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will take place. This is the tenth ICC Cricket World Cup and it is the first time the competition will be tri-nation hosted event. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been selected to honour the much anticipated one-day international cricket world cup.

Canadian pop icon, Bryan Adams, will open the The 2011 Cricket World Cup and he’ll be hoping his name nation Canada wont be left as whipping boys in the Group Stages.

England have been drawn in Group B alongside : Bangladesh, India, Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa and finally The West Indies.

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Tell me, are England’s bowlers just so devastating or are Australia’s batting so woefully underpar? I’d like to think it’s the former as England cruise onwards after a more-than-convincing display against Australia in Day 3 of The Ashes Fourth Test.

The current cricket betting odds for England walking away with the Fourth Test pretty much reinforces the outcome of this Boxing Day Test. England are, at best bet, odds of 1/1000 from Victor Chandler, to finish as victors at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Ricky Ponting, Australia’s Captain, must be wondering where it all went wrong after his team emerged victorious from the Third Test to tie The Ashes series and rekindle Australia’s national love afffair with cricket. However, Perth was soon forgotten as Australia were humbled by superior bowling action from England and were all out for a whimpering 98.

England then showed the stunned Aussies just how to rack up the runs before Ricky Ponting finally lost it and verbally attacked the Umpire – even after Hi-Tec Video replays proved the Umpire was right – that could cost him his Captaincy.

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Is there such a sure thing in Ashes betting that would make you wager a quarter of a million pounds on england regaining The Ashes down under? According to Sporting Life one punter is 100% sure that this will be the inevtiable outcome he has staked £250,000 – the biggest bet in Ashes history.

It seems that the punter is not alone in his thinking as most of the early betting money is being placed on England to come away with The Ashes on Australian soil for the first time since 1986/7.

The first Test gets underway on Thursday the 25th of November 2010. Surprisingly, the bookies fancy Australia to win the opening test. It just goes to show that not everyone is getting hyped under The Ashes fever. The memory of the 5-0 whitewash on Australian soil a few years back is still lingering.

Personally, I think The Ashes will be a much closer contest than some expect. England have grown in International cricket in recent years while Australia’s demise has run a parallel course. Most definetely the elements will play in to Australia’s favour but I still see the series finishing 3-2 for England and regaining The Ashes for the first time in over 3 decades.

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England will resume their One Day International Series against Australia at Old Trafford on the Sunday, 27 June. With England leading 2-0 in the series it will be a time for calm heads as Australia end to put a stop to the rot. Most England v Australia ODI betting fans must fancy England, however, to further enhance their recent superiority over the Aussies in test match cricket.

With the Ashes already in the bag, alongside the Twenty20 World Cup, English international cricket looks in very fine form indeed. If England succeed in claiming a 3-0 lead in this Series, then it will have been their first victory over Australia in ODI since 1997.

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