Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Betting 2010
The 2009 Twenty20 World Cup may still be fresh in the memory for cricket fans but the Twenty20 World Cup 2010 is now upon us. This year’s tournament will be held in West Indies between 30 April and 16 May and will be contested between 12 international teams – the Test playing nations plus two qualifiers. The fixtures will be played at four grounds across the West Indies – Barbados, Guyana, St. Lucia and St. Kitts & Nevis. As in previous years each team begins the tournament in a group of three and will play one game against each of the other group members. The top two teams in each group will then carry forward any points won into the Super 8s where the top two teams in each group will then proceed to the semis then final with the eventual winner being crowned on May 16.
Twenty20 World Cup Winners Betting 2010
Pakistan are the reigning champions having lifted the trophy at Lords in 2009, but their erratic nature means that they are not installed as favourites in the Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Betting 2010. That accolade is bestowed upon an Australian side that endured a near perfect summer in limited overs cricket, with South Africa and India equally feared by the bookmakers and installed at similar prices across the board – they are all available in places at 4/1. Sri Lanka were losing finalists in England and they are 5/1 shots whilst Pakistan are around the 6/1 mark. The proximity of the odds of the top five teams in the betting shows just how difficult Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Betting 2010 will be.
There is also a very good argument to say that you couldn’t write off the hosts at a juicy price of 10/1, but they have been so poor in recent months that there will be few who stake big money on them to win the World Cup. England and New Zealand also proved that they can be dangerous in the shortest format of the game by recording some emphatic wins in the 2009 World Cup. Buckle up Cricket Betting fans; this could be a superbly exciting and entertaining two weeks.
However, there are a few sides that we can (and the bookies already have) write-off as no hopers. Ireland and Afghanistan were the two teams to qualify from the Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers but reaching the finals is an achievement in itself for these two nations and it would be a major surprise to see either qualify for the Super 8s. Hence the reason they are both 500/1 shots with the bookmakers. Zimbabwe and Bangladesh also have little chance of making it past the early group stages and are justifiable odds of 250/1 and 50/1 respectively.
Twenty20 World Cup Groups Betting
England have been handed a rather favourable group stage draw at the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup and will be confident of progressing to the Super 8s with maximum points. However, it is one of those groups where the West Indies will also fancy their chances of progressing and Ireland will feel that they could cause an upset if things fall right for them. England are the favourites in the Group D Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Betting 2010 and can be backed at 4/5 to top the group, whereas the West Indies are 11/10 and the fact that everything would have to fall right for Ireland is reflected in their 12/1 price tag.