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The 2013 Ashes Betting Guide - England Seal Emphatic Series Win With Sydney Victory

Ashes Cricket Betting OddsEngland have sealed an emphatic Ashes Series win in Sydney after they crushed the hosts by an Innings and 83 runs to claim the urn 3-1. It is the first time in 24 years that England have claimed the Ashes on Australian soil and they demonstrated they were the superior team throughout the series. Australia now have some soul searching to do with the team struggling and a worrying lack of strength in depth coming through. Questions also remain around Ricky Ponting whose career as Captain appears to be in question with the team out of form and his own batting suffering as a result.

In the end it was England who were the better team with both bat and ball, Alastair Cook claimed the man of the series award after an amazing series with the bat racking up a brillliant 766 runs through the five tests. Jimmy Anderson was the man with the bowl as he picked up the most wickets in the series with 24 victims to his name, he was supported by Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett and Steven Finn as they dominated the Aussie batsmen in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Australia will have to make some changes to their Ashes Squad for the match at the SCG on Monday with Ryan Harris definitely missing out through injury and being replaced by the inexperienced Michael Beer who will make his debut. While the fitness and form of Ricky Ponting is another concern meaning he will miss the game and will be replaced by youg Usman Khawaja at three. England have decided to stick with the same 11 that played so well in Melbourne although Paul Collingwood has decided to retire from Test Cricket following the Final Test Match.

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Ashes Recent Background

Recent Ashes series have been highly competitive with England winning the urn back on home soil in 2005, it was widely considered as one of the greatest series of all time and really put new lift into the rivalry. Australia followed that up though with a 5-0 whitewash back on home soil in 2006/07, it was a disastrous tour for England with Ricky Ponting regaining the Ashes.

Last year back in England the battle continued as England once again won the Ashes back in a another thrilling series, the Aussies are not quite the team they were four years ago but they are still a top side and will be desperate to win the Urn back. England have not won a series in Australia for some time and many believe they have a real chance of going well this winter, they have a strong unit and as the betting suggests they have every chance of being competitive this time Down Under.

2013 Ashes Betting

Needless to say, the Ashes will be one of the most avidly followed sporting events in the 2010/11 sporting calendar, betting on the various outcomes can be assessed with the aid of our odds comparisons from the top online bookies. England are on a good run of form while Australia on home soil are always tough to beat so there is great value on offer for both teams.

The Ashes 2013 Full Itinerary

Ashes Cricket TeamsThe England Ashes Squad arrived in Australia at the start of November ahead of a long and testing tour down under, Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower will be eager to get the right team on the plane and on the pitch for the first Ashes Test. They will play three warm-up games before moving onto Brisbane for the First Test Match on 25th November, this will be the first of five Test Matches into the New Year with games in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney as well.

Following the Test series there will be a T20 series between the two countries and then a mammoth seven One Day matches that will run right until February 6th. It will give both teams great preparation though with the 2011 World Cup just around the corner and both teams will be looking to play well on the sub-continent. It looks like a tough Ashes Itinerary for England who will be away from home, and they will need to acclimatise to the conditions as quick as possible which is something they did not do last time they were Down Under.

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