Theres a few markets opened today with the announcements of the 15 man squads completed. I'm going through the squads one by one gradually but a few things I've noticed early on.
Stan James have released odds on the Indian series runs market & I think Yuvraj @ 14's & Karthik @ 20's are over-priced. Yuvraj is an excellent player & thats far too big I think. I've backed them now as India play SL tomorrow & if he scores well there the price wont last.
Laddies are offering 7's on Bell taking most catches for England. Hes a terrific fielder & although Collys the man hes about 2's & Bellys value at that price.
Stan James again are offering odds on the highest & lowest team scores in the tournament. I'm backing India & SL each @ 11/2 & Bangladesh @ 20/1 as I think Bermuda could get thrashed to high heaven, but Bangladesh are a value price there although its almost certainly their only chance.
The lowest market is a strange one. Obviously the minnows are short prices with Bermuda being 6/4 favourites but I think there might be something here. I keep banging on about the possibility of a ropey track in the Super-8's & one of the big guns could easily get caught on a horror pitch. Yes the minnows could easily get blown away but the prices on the big guns are worth the odd punt in my eyes. Namibia went for 45 vs Australia in 2003 & Canada went for 36 vs SL in the same tourney....but the fact Canada scored 202 vs WIs shows the fickleness of it. In 1999 the lowest was Scotlands 68 vs WIs & what I'm looking for is a bit above that. If the likes of Bermuda can avoid being skittled for under 80 or 90 this could be a runner. I've backed all 8 of the main nations plus Zimbabwe on this. Zim were 10's & Pakistan 33's but the rest were 66's & 100's