England v West Indies Twenty20 Cricket Betting 2012
England and the West Indies have enjoyed some monumental battles in the world of cricket across different decades. England are flying high at the moment with healthy squads in all forms of the game but Twenty20 is where most people agree that the West Indies can be very dangerous.
England v West Indies Twenty20 cricket betting 2012 will be very interesting considering the recent history between the two countries. The West Indies came over for two T20 matches at the back end of the English summer in 2011 and got out with a 1-1 draw, doing what India could not and winning a match on English soil.
England v West Indies Twenty20
There will only be a single England v West Indies Twenty20 match which will follow the three Test matches and three One Day Internationals between the sides. This England v West Indies Twenty20 will take place at Trent Bridge on Sunday June 24 in front of a sell out crowd.
The England v West Indies Twenty20 matches that were played at the end of the English summer in 2011 were both played at the Oval which is traditionally a very different ground to Trent Bridge. However, the sides will get some experience of playing on the Trent Bridge pitch as the second Test match will be played in Nottingham.
England T20 Players
There are a number of England T20 players who will prosper in this format of the game and in this single match against the West Indies. There are a number of individuals who play T20 and ODI cricket for England but not the longer format of the game.
Craig Kieswetter is the classic example. The batsman-wicketkeeper has played 13 T20 internationals for England with an average of just below 30. He has a highest score of 63 and played in every game for England as they went on to win the last T20 World Cup.
Alex Hales is another good example of one of the developing England T20 players, drafted in with a possible view to eventually getting him into the ODI and Test match teams. Hales has played three T20 internationals with an average of 32 and 43 first class T20 matches with an average of 28.
West Indies T20 Players
West Indies T20 players enjoy a glamorous and entertaining reputation which is laid down in the roots of Caribbean cricket. This is the one format of the game where the West Indies are well respected as the Test match and ODI teams have slid down the rankings emphatically.
Garey Mathurin is one of the newer West Indies T20 players. He actually made his debut in the win that the West Indies enjoyed against England in the second T20 at the Oval. Mathurin showed great skill to take three wickets for nine runs. In domestic cricket he averages one wicket in every game he plays.
West Indies cricket players have always been handed the task of following in the footsteps of the great fast bowlers of the region and West Indies T20 players are no different. Fidel Edwards is the quickest of the current pack and he's taken a combined total of 30 wickets in 38 first class T20 matches which includes 13 internationals.
Twenty20 Betting
There are many different ways to go about Twenty20 betting. Quite often the direct markets such as winner and series score will have shorter odds which makes the more niche Twenty20 betting markets more appealing. Markets like backing the potential top scorer on either of the sides offers the prospect of a bigger return.
Twenty20 betting is also very popular when it comes to in-play betting. T20 cricket is the one format of the game that can change very quickly and this increases the importance of being able to adapt with Twenty20 cricket betting. Markets like next wicket, next six, total runs in an over all come into play.