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West Indies v England 5th ODI Betting Tips & Predictions
We arrive at the conclusion of what has been a fascinating One Day International series between West Indies and England. The final instalment of the show will take place on Saturday afternoon at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet and we’re set for another enjoyable round of cricket as both sides aim to sign-off with a win. Here are our West Indies v England 5th ODI betting tips.
A 3.00pm start time is great news for fans planning to follow the action back in the UK and the match plays an important role in what will be an action-packed day of sport across the board. As well as having plenty to watch on Saturday, punters also have more than enough to keep them busy with a number of attractive betting markets offered on the outcome of the 5th ODI.
Market Betting
Have your say on a host of markets on both the series and Saturday’s ODI, including match winner, top English batsman, top England bowler, the West Indies player to score most runs and the home nation player to take most wickets. It’s worth flicking through the various offers as you could find a bet or market you didn’t know existed that fits perfectly with how you want to approach this game.
The betting doesn’t stop when the coin toss is decided and the action gets underway as the majority of major bookmakers now offer in-play betting, meaning a financial interest is now as exciting at the final ball as it was before the start. All the most popular pre-match markets remain, with odds updated to match the flow of play. Watch the game closely enough and you could spot a bet worth having before the traders shorten the price.
Let’s look at how this series has played out so far…
Competitive Start
It was a competitive start from both teams, and we got a feel for how this tour was going to play out after the opening One Day International match of the series. In a high-scoring game, West Indies went first and put up a brilliant score, setting their opponents a run-chase of 360-8 (50.0). That looked to be more than enough to secure victory as, to beat it England would have to smash their own record of overturning a deficit.
Celebrations in the home camp proved premature, however, as England put on a show to set a new record, returning 364-4 (48.4). The tourists are far from the perfect side but there can be no arguments that, when playing to the best of their abilities, an England team in full flight is a joy to behold for cricket lovers. Each player to a man played an important roll in getting the win that day and writing their name into the history books. The performance and effort needed to secure the result tells us it’ll be a long time before we see England go better and break that tally.
The 2nd ODI wasn’t nearly as impressive in terms of scores, but it lost nothing in drama as Windies refused to roll over. The hosts lost the opener but knew their efforts that day would’ve been enough to see off most top-level opponents and they took confidence from that to level things up with a 2nd ODI victory. The scoreboard read a home win by 26 runs, West Indies 289-6 (50.0) against England’s 263 all out (47.4). It was the win Chris Gayle deserved on the back of a fantastic showing in the first ODI and he played an instrumental part in helping achieve the result.
