World champions Australia continue the defence of their World Cup crown with a tough looking second match against rivals New Zealand on Friday. The Group A match in Nagpur has been overshadowed by the recent tragic earthquake in New Zealand but the match will go ahead and the Black Caps can be found at industry best priced odds of 2/1 with Bet365. Australia are 2/5 on to win though.
The match itself will also represent a battle for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, the one day cricket trophy the two nations compete for, and Australia hold that trophy as well. They have won the last three World Cups and while they may miss the legendary names of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and co, they still remain a dangerous outfit.
They comfortably overcame Zimbabwe by 91 runs in their opening match although it may have come at a price for captain Ricky Ponting as he could be fined for breaking a television in the dressing room after being run out. Ponting remains one of their truly world class players and with an average of 42.7 in one day cricket he is well worth a look to be top Australian batsman on Friday with B365. Particularly as he is available at industry best priced odds of 7/2 and is one of the most successful batsmen in World Cup history.
Shane Watson has taken on the mantle of 'Mr Reliable' for his country and averages 41.34 with the bat and was at his destructive best against England in the recent one day series. He top scored against Zimbabwe with 79 of 92 balls and we fancy Watson's odds of 7/1 to be man of the match on Friday, particularly as he offers a great deal with the ball as well. Brett Lee continues to shine with the ball and he is industry best priced odds of 11/4 to be top bowler.
For New Zealand it will be interesting to see if they open with a spinner on Friday as Zimbabwe did against Australia and it worked as Brad Haddin laboured to 29 off 66 balls. Spinner Daniel Vettori, the highest ranked one day bowler, will be key on these spinning wickets and at an industry best of 5/2 with Bet365.com he looks good to be top New Zealand bowler and add to his 279 ODI wickets.
The batting can flatter to deceive but if Jesse Ryder gets in he can be destructive and at 4/1 to be top batsman he looks good with Bet365, particularly with a career striker rate of 97.49 in one day international cricket.
New Zealand lost out to India and beat Ireland in their warm up matches before destroying Kenya by 10 wickets on Sunday, but they face a tougher test against Australia this week and we fancy that Australia will justify their favouritism and just edge it.
Australia v New Zealand ODI Tips
Tip #1: Ricky Ponting to be top Australian batsman @ 7/2 with Bet365.com
Tip #2: Shane Watson to be man of the match @ 7/1 with Bet365.com
Tip #3: Daniel Vettori to be top New Zealand bowler @ 5/2 with Bet365.com
Match Odds
2/5 Australia
2/1 New Zealand
Top Australia Batsman Odds
11/4 Shane Watson
7/2 Ricky Ponting
9/2 Brad Haddin
5/1 Michael Clarke
13/2 Tim Paine
13/2 Cameron White
Top New Zealand Batsman Odds
7/2 Martin Guptill
7/2 Brendan McCullum
4/1 Ross Taylor
4/1 Jesse Ryder
5/1 Jamie How
7/1 Scott Styris
Top Australia Bowler Odds
11/4 Brett Lee
11/4 Mitchell Johnson
11/4 Shaun Tait
4/1 Doug Bollinger
5/1 Jason Krezja
11/2 John Hastings
Top New Zealand Bowler Odds
5/2 Daniel Vettori
7/2 Hamish Bennett
7/2 Kyle Mills
10/3 Tim Southee
5/1 Nathan McCullum
11/2 Jacob Oram
Odds provided by Bet365.com, who will be operating in-play betting markets throughout the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Posted: Wednesday, 23rd February 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: cricket world cup, australia, new zealand, ricky ponting, bet365,
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