Cricket: South Africa vs New Zealand Test Series

[kevshat]

A two test series between South Africa and New Zealand begins on Thursday morning and as with the other two series, it's live on Sky. Again I'm starting this thread early due to a potential lack of time this week but I'll get the outrights and 1st test bets up in time.

:bg_popupOptionTable('Default.aspx?market=38573077&view=all', '2', '0')'>Best odds/All odds	:bg_a(1,185708680,0,0,1)'>	:bg_a(1,186342240,0,0,1)'>	:bg_a(1,185215872,0,0,1)'>	:bg_a(1,185215889,0,0,1)'>	:bg_a(1,185215589,0,0,1)'>	:bg_a(1,185862968,0,0,1)'>	:bg_a(1,185215021,0,0,1)'>	:bg_a(1,185205322,0,0,1)'>
South Africa	:bg_a(0,185708680,2,5,0)'>1.4	:bg_a(0,186342240,49,100,1)'>1.49	:bg_a(0,185215872,2,5,0)'>1.4	:bg_a(0,185215889,13,20,1)'>1.65	:bg_a(0,185215589,2,5,0)'>1.4	:bg_a(0,185862968,4,9,0)'>1.44	:bg_a(0,185215021,1,2,1)'>1.5	:bg_a(0,185205322,37,100,1)'>1.37
Draw	:bg_a(0,185708682,14,5,0)'>3.8	:bg_a(0,186342242,33,10,1)'>4.3	:bg_a(0,185215873,3,1,0)'>4	:bg_a(0,185215892,19,10,1)'>2.9	:bg_a(0,185215593,11,4,0)'>3.75	:bg_a(0,185862971,11,4,0)'>3.75	:bg_a(0,185215022,7,2,1)'>4.5	:bg_a(0,185205327,23,10,1)'>3.3
New Zealand	:bg_a(0,185708683,13,2,0)'>7.5	:bg_a(0,186342244,26,5,1)'>6.2	:bg_a(0,185215876,6,1,0)'>7	:bg_a(0,185215896,5,1,1)'>6	:bg_a(0,185215595,7,1,0)'>8	:bg_a(0,185862974,6,1,0)'>7	:bg_a(0,185215023,11,2,1)'>6.5	:bg_a(0,185205324,43,10,1)'>5.3

November 2007

Thu 8 - Mon 12 10:30 local, 08:30 GMT	1st Test - South Africa v New Zealand New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Fri 16 - Tue 20 10:30 local, 08:30 GMT	2nd Test - South Africa v New Zealand SuperSport Park, Centurion

I'll be back later in the week with the bets.

[kevshat]

Re: Cricket: South Africa vs New Zealand Test Series I'm going with 2 outrights here too. 4pts South Africa to win 2-0 6/4 Bet365 South Africa are a very strong side on their own soil and New Zealand, going through a little bit of a transitional phase will have a real tough time in this series. The series is Daniel Vettori's 1st series as test captain and he arrives with his team in South Africa looking well short of batting firepower. Stephen Fleming is very experienced and very good but he comes into the seris nursing an injury but other than Scott Styris there is no real test match experience in the batting lineup. Ross Taylor looks a real talent but he's making his test match debut. South Africa have been able to leave Shaun Pollock out for the 1st test and still look very strong. Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn are a good set of seamers and Morne Morkel is still to come back into that. In Jacques Kallis, South Africa have a real class act and Smith, de Villiers and Gibbs can score heavily too. The Kiwi's should be potent with the ball but an inexperienced captain at test level and a poor batting lineup should mean to fairly comfortable victories for the Proteas and 6/4 on a 2-0 win looks a good price. 2pts R.Taylor Top NZ Series Batsman 5/1 Bet365 Ross Taylor has already shown his talents on the international stage in the ODI and Twenty20 format of the game and he looks to have a technique which will suit test matches too. I'm not sure about him batting at number 5 but that's where he's due to bat. I thought he could bat higher but I'm certain he'll score runs on these decks. He had a decent enough Twenty20 world cup out here so he has some experience of what these pitches are likely to play like. He comes into the series off the back of a 36 and 86 in the warm up match and with Fleming nursing an injury, Taylor could be good value at 5/1.