Only one more sleep until the final Ashes test begins! Here are the squads for the Ashes test at the Oval.
Australian Squad: R Ponting (captain), S Watson, S Katich, M Hussey, M Clarke, M North, B Haddin (wkt), M Johnson, S Clark, P Siddle, B Hilfenhaus, N Hauritz, B Lee
England Squad: A Strauss (capt), J Anderson, I Bell, S Broad, P Collingwood, A Cook, A Flintoff, S Harmison, G Onions, M Panesar, M Prior, R Sidebottom, G Swann, J Trott
The weather for the first day of play is expected to be fine with the possiblity of showers on day 2 and 3. The pitch is expected to suit the blowlers. So you can expect Michael Clarke to be the top Ashes run scorer:
Here are the stats of the top 5 run scorers this Ashes series:
Clarke (Aus) 445
North (Aus) 349
Strauss (Eng) 344
Ponting (Aus) 311
Katich (Aus) 248
Ladbrokes have Michael Clarke as the favourite to be the Ashes series top run scorer at betting odds of 1/5 and then Strauss as second favourite at betting odds of 7/1.
The top series wicket takers are:
Hilfenhaus (Aus) 18
Siddle (Aus) 16
Johnson (Aus) 16
Broad (Eng) 12
Anderson (Eng) 12
Ladbrokes have Hilfenhaus as the hot favourite to be the series leading wicket taker at the betting odds of 5/6 and surprisingly they have Broad at 16/1 to be the series highest wicket taker. This is well worth the bet as Broad has taken vital wickets at the right time for England.
Play starts tomorrow so do what you must to get to the game!
