Ireland play Bangladesh on Friday morning in their first match of the 2011 World Cup and they will be hoping to produce a repeat of their 74 run win over the same opponents in 2007. Friday's Group B match will be at the Sheera Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka and home advantage for the test playing nation means they are 2/7 odds on favourites with Paddy Power. Ireland can be backed at tempting odds of 5/2 though as they look to repeat their 2007 heroics.
Both sides are much improved from 2007 although Bangladesh appear to have the distinct advantage of regularly playing the other test nations. Home advantage in Dhaka could work either way as it could either intimidate the Irish or pile huge pressure on Bangladesh, and there certainly will be pressure on Bangladesh to win after they lost their first Group B match by 87 runs to India.
They do boast one of the most explosive batsmen in world cricket in Tamim Iqbal, the man who announced himself with centuries against England last year. He is without doubt the standout batsman in the Bangladesh side and top scored with 70 against India on Sunday, and with that in mind he is well worth a look to be top Bangladesh batsman at odds of 5/2 with PaddyPower. We also fancy him to scorer over 31.5 runs in the match at 5/6.
Bangladeshi captain and all rounder Shakib Al Hasan is also renowned in world cricket and he impressed while playing for Worcestershire in county cricket last season. He knocked 55 off 50 balls against India and took 1 for 61 with the ball on Sunday and with career averages of 35.23 and 29.05 respectively we like the look of him at industry best priced odds of 8/1 to be man of the match this week.
Ireland meanwhile will be desperate to prove the associate nations are worth their place in the World Cup and they welcome Sussex batsman Ed Joyce back into the fold. Joyce played 17one day internationals, including the 2007 World Cup, for England before returning to secure the number three spot in the Irish batting order. He will be key to their World Cup hopes and he could be worth backing to be top Irish batsman at 3/1 with PaddyPower.com this week, especially as he has a top score of 107 to his name. That hundred was scored against Australia in Australia so he knows all about playing in front of vociferous crowds.
Friday's match looks to be one of the closer matched fixtures between a test playing nation and an associate nation and after Ireland's heroics in beating Pakistan and Bangladesh in 2007 and drawing with Zimbabwe, you back against them at your peril!
Bangladesh v Ireland ODI Tips
Tip #1: Tamim Iqbal to be top Bangladesh batsman @ 5/2 with PaddyPower.com
Tip #2: Ed Joyce to be top Ireland batsman @ 3/1 with PaddyPower.com
Tip #3: Shakib Al Hasan to be man of the match @ 8/1 with PaddyPower.com
Match Odds
2/7 Bangladesh
5/2 Ireland
Top Bangladesh Batsman Odds
5/2 Tamim Iqbal
7/2 Imrul Kayes
9/2 Shakib Al Hasan
9/2 Junaid Siddique
5/1 Shahriar Nafees
6/1 Mohammad Ashraful
Top Ireland Batsman Odds
3/1 Ed Joyce
7/2 William Porterfield
9/2 Niall O'Brien
4/1 Paul Stirling
11/2 Andrew Botha
8/1 Alex Cusack
Man of the Match Odds
6/1 Tamim Iqbal
8/1 Shakib Al Hasan
8/1 Imrul Kayes
10/1 Junaid Siddique
10/1 Nazmul Hossain
12/1 Abdur Razzak
14/1 Mohammad Ashraful
16/1 William Porterfield
16/1 Naeem Islam
16/1 Boyd Ranking
18/1 BAR
Odds provided by PaddyPower.com, who will be operating in-play betting markets throughout the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Posted: Thursday, 24th February 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: cricket world cup, ireland, bangladesh, shakib al hasan, paddypower,
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