England v West Indies First Test Betting
England and the West Indies will meet for the first Test match of the English summer on Thursday May 17 at Lord's. England will be out for some revenge as the last time these two sides met in the Test match arena, the West Indies won the series 1-0 in the Caribbean where they also bowled out England on one occasion for less than 50 runs.
Times have changed and England v West Indies first Test betting will now stack all of the markets in favour of the English. The England Test team is always on the look out for that next challenge and the chance to get a little bit of revenge on the West Indies for that humiliation could be just the challenge.
England Test Match Betting
England are currently ranked as the best Test match team in the world thanks to terrific results such as drawing 1-1 away in South Africa, beating Australia 3-1 in Australia and then thrashing India 4-0 in England. England Test match betting is more popular than ever before.
England Test match betting has now sucked all of the value out of certain markets because of how successful England have been. Regardless of what happens in the winter Test matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, England will play the West Indies as the shortly priced favourites to win each match and the series.
A much better way to get value out of England Test match betting is to back the individuals in the side. For example Alastair Cook has seen his profile explode as an international player thanks to his performances in the 2010-2011 Ashes series. Cook has a Test average of 49.72 and is a superb bet to be top run scorer for England against the West Indies.
West Indies Cricket Betting
The West Indies are loved and admired all over the world because they are a fun team to watch and they get involved with some of the crowd banter. West Indies cricket betting during the 1980s would have been exactly the same to how England Test match betting is at present.
The best approach to take into the first Test with West Indies cricket betting is to stick with the individuals because the West Indies as a side are not consistent enough to be reliable. The West Indies did bowl out England for less than 50 runs in Jamaica but they also got bowled out for less than 70 runs by Bangladesh in Chittagong.
West Indian bowlers with pace will always be dangerous on English pitches that offer a little more to the bowlers. Fidel Edwards is a Test match bowler with 141 wickets to his name including ten five wicket hauls. Edwards sends the ball down regularly at over 90 miles per hour. Sulieman Benn is another great example, a tall left arm spinner with a good record against England and 51 Test wickets from 17 games in the bank.
Test Series Betting
The first Test match of any multiple game series is never going to be the end of this betting market. Test series betting will go on for at least the second game where either side could wrap up the series. Test series betting will shorten dramatically if England win the first Test and it's the only market which will disappear if either side wins the first two Test matches.