4th Test: Australia vs England
It’s not quite Christmas Day yet it’s all over.
No sports betting fan really wanted this, not for the main event of the cricketing summer ‘down under’.
Yet here we are, Australia have regained the Ashes after convincing wins in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
However, don’t let this stop you studying the betting odds without hope for either an England fightback or a whitewash home triumph.
Asian Handicap shows you just why Australia dominance is predicted to continue – Australia 0.00 @ 1.23 and England 0.00 @ 3.85 – with a wide margin also predicted with Australia 1X2 @ 1.50 and England 1X2 @ 5.00.
With a pace attack looking potent, rarely has such a gulf in class been highlighted than through Mitchell Starc’s third test dismissal of James Vince.
A delivery which outfoxed opponents and also showed how this Aussie outfit has game changing feats possibly beyond England’s reach.
The good news for England, who look likely to give leg-spinner Mason Crane his debut, is that the fast bowler has a bruised heel and is an injury doubt for the fourth test.
The bad news, other than an injury concern over seamer Craig Overton, is that Australia are scenting blood and the tourists, with a few exceptions, are being defeated too easily for many.
Their top-order failures are apparent and the mental reserves they have used trying to work out how to dismiss Australia’s batsmen may still be taking their toll by the time the Christmas Day action in Melbourne begins.
There is some sympathy for aspects of England’s play from this observer.
To score 403 in their first innings in Perth and still be behind after Australia had gone into bat was not easily predicted.
To have to face Starc’s unplayable ball – whether a fluke or one of the balls of the century – was also something England would probably not have expected.
The series may have gone, yet pride counts for something.
If England can complete the final two tests and turnaround their fortunes sufficiently to make the scoreline respectable, then the winter of 2017/2018 and a series defeat may still prove to be an invaluable experience in the longer term.
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Disclaimer: Odds are correct at time of publish.
