England favourites to beat Ireland in ODI

England are heavy favourites to beat Ireland in their upcoming one day international showdown later this week (August 27th).

Betfair(Go to Betfair ») has the Andrew Strauss-captained team at 1/11 after they regained the Ashes in dramatic fashion at the Oval yesterday, while Ireland are available at 23/5.

After leaving the Aussies with a record-breaking run chase of 546, England looked set to win the Ashes following their second innings and did not disappoint.

Despite a commendable score of 121 for Mike Hussey, the visitors were all out for 348 and the home side secured victory by 197 runs to lift the urn after being humbled by Australia in 2007 when they were defeated 5-0.

Ricky Ponting's team could get revenge with the two team set to face each other in a series of one day internationals sponsored by Natwest next month.

Starting at the Oval on September 4th, Australia are favourites to be the overall winners of the matches, with Skybet(Go to Skybet ») offering 1/2 odds of this happening.

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Posted on:- 24/08/2009 - 12:00 PM
Filed in:- Cricket Betting News