Boxing Day Test Match.
 

Aust $1.35
Draw $4.00
Paki's $10.00

Inzamam is out and will be sorely missed by the Paki's as both their elder statesman and captain.

Paki's to bat first

Langer will be playing after passing this mornings fitness test. Doubtful he will be our top scorer this test due to his niggling injury. I like the $4.25 for Ponting to make the most 1st innings runs for Aust.

I think the $4.00 for McGrath to take the most wickets in the match is generous.

My pick the Aussies in a closer match.

ENJOY !!!!!

Yousuf Youhana at $5.00 to be the Paki's top 1st innings run scorer is good value too.

not for long JD - Salman looking good on 63!

Yeah, he kicked some butt. :D

70 might be hard to beat.

Didn't realise Sri Lanka were playing a one-day series in NZ. I reckon the kiwis will probably beat them pretty easily.

Nah guys I reckon my bet on Youhana is pretty safe now for the Paki's top 1st innings scorer. Best thing is I put a small bet on him to score 100+ at $8.50 :)

NZ $1.55 x Aussies $1.35 too.

Here is an update for anyone interested:

NZ Vs Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka all out for 141 off 42 overs - NZ WON by 7 wickets, perhaps the Sri Lankans had the tragedy at home on their minds today.

SA Vs England - Eng 1st innings 139 - SA 1st innings 32/1 mid way through the second session. Not sure what excuses England have for their ordinary batting display. SA did bowl well today however.

Aust Vs Pakistan - Stumps on day 1 Pakistan 318/6. Pakistan appeared to be on top for most of the day, with the Aussies coming back into contention with the 3rd session wickets of Khan 87, Youhana 111 and Malik 6. An Aussie win is still on the cards.
Lets hope we see the Paki's lose their remaining wickets early tomorrow, and the Aussies get a chance to get their first innings underway early.

Cheers all.

It hadn't happened at that stage, had it? Anyway, I think Sri Lanka will struggle on NZ pitches against what is a pretty good kiwi one-day team.

S. Africa sent them in, so I guess there must have been something in the wicket???

SA are 3/70 at Stumps, so they're on top at this stage, but England's not out of it. Barring a flood, there's certainly going to be a result.

i've never really liked England as a test OR one day team - and i am hoping RSA will clean them up. There has been a lot of talk between a tough ashes but i'm not swallowing any of it. They say england has a great team on paper, but when you compare it to the aussie team, it suddenly doesn't look so good! Think of it this way: (using Price Waterhous Coopers' Cricket Rankings - the most reliable in the world)
Trescothick (Rank in world): 20th - Hayden: 6th
Strauss: 25 - Langer: 9
Butcher: 30 - Ponting: 5
Vaughn: 27 - Martyn: 8
Thorpe: 17 - Lehmann: 30
Flintoff: 28 (batting) + 13 (Bowling) - Clarke: 35
G.Jones: 83 - Gilchrist: 13
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S.Jones: 47 - Gillespie: 6
Giles: 12 - Warne: 8
Hoggard: 17 - Kasprowicz: 14
Harmison: 4 - McGrath: 1

Add them up and you get:
England: 295 - Australia: 135

Heres a way of looking at it: A difference of 160 runs per innings

Source: http://cricketratings.pwcglobal.com/cricket/cricket.htm - go to the "ratings wizard"

Chuck