Cricket: Future Cup

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A 3 game ODI series between India and South Africa begins tomorrow. All the games are in Ireland. All the games are live on Setanta. 1st ODI odds.

Best odds/All odds
India	2.87	2.75	2.75	2.75	3	3	2.75	2.87	2.75	3.25	2.75	3.25	3	3.6	3.55
South Africa	1.36	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.33	1.4	1.4	1.36	1.4	1.35	1.4	1.33	1.36	1.35	1.38

I'll go with 3. 10pts India to beat South Africa 9/4 Sporting Odds India play South Africa at Belfast's Stormont ground having both beaten Ireland very easily indeed. This series is to get a bit of interest in the game in Ireland but also to warm India up for their tour of England which begins early next month. Both sides had what they'll call disappointing World Cup's so here's a chance to get straight back on the winning trail. India have a few problems with the squad due to a bug that's gone through it. However the 11 that are likely to take the field in this game look a very strong 11. With Sehwag, Ganguly, Tendulkar, Dravid and Yuvraj in the batting lineup that's very strong and Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth with the ball they've got a couple of wicket takers. India have called for Rakesh Patel who was playing league cricket in the Liverpool leagues to give their squad some cover. He'll play here too. Piyush Chawla bowled beautifully against Ireland and will look to do more of the same here while Dinesh Khartik will keep the gloves as Mahendra Singh Dhoni recovers from the bug. South Africa will be without the injured Graeme Smith and the rested Shaun Pollock and have a couple of other fringe players playing. Morne van Wyk and JP Duminy get spots in the batting lineup while Dale Steyn gets a gig in the bowling attack having recently left Warwickshire. Jacques Kallis skippers the side in Smith's absence. The flamboyant AB de Villiers will look to get some runs and Herschelle Gibbs is always dangerous. Steyn apart, South Africa have their 1st choice bowling attack here with Hall, Langeveldt and Ntini all due to play. India don't become a bad side overnight. Sure they had an awful world cup but conditions will suit them a bit more here and looking at the 2 sides I think they're strong enough to win this match. 12-18 months ago India wouldn't have been 9/4 regardless of where this was played so they are good value and have a real chance of winning this one. 10pts J.Kallis' Performance Pts 55&Over 5/6 Bet365 Points are scored as follows: 1pt per run, 10pts per catch & 20pts per wicket. Jacques Kallis is a quality all round cricketer who has a decent record against India. He averages an excellent 63.83 with the bat against India in ODI cricket and has 24 wickets to his name in his 28 matches. Throw in the 6 catches and you'll see why India aren't too keen on Jacques. Those stats show that we can expect him to cover here but the conditions will also allow us to expect 55pts from Kallis. When you have a target this big you need a guy who can score in all 3 departments of the game. We've got that so I'll take Kallis to cover his performance. 5pts ew S.Ganguly Top Indian Bat 4/1 Boylesports (1/4 1,2,3) Sourav Ganguly has a very good record against South Africa. He averages 53.91 against them with the bat over a period of 26 innings. That's a very good record. Since he came back into the Indian side after being dropped he averages a superb 70.2 runs per innings so that stats show he shouldn't be too far away from top scoring. He made 73* against Ireland here on Saturday so we know he's in good nick and with his record against South Africa and his recent record combined I think 4/1 is a decent enough price to take Ganguly to top score.

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Re: Cricket: Future Cup Unfortunately India couldn't get Kallis out so South Africa sneaked home. He got his performance in though so -11.7 for the game for me :sad .