With the Twenty20 World Cup semi finals just around the corner, Australia have emerged as the team to beat, firming from $7.00 to $3.25 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to go all the way and win the tournament.
Sri Lanka are next in the market and have also firmed from $6.00 to $4.00, while early favourites India have drifted from $5.50 to $6.00.
“There wasn’t a lot of interest in the Aussies before the tournament but they have looked impressive and punters have begun to get on board. There has actually been more money for Sri Lanka and the West Indies, but the Aussies continue to be well backed as they progress further into the tournament,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.
Shane Watson’s form with the bat has been noticed by punters, with the opener firming from $17 to $1.62 to be the tournament’s leading run scorer, while Australia are $1.65 favourites to win their next game against Pakistan ($2.20).
Markets courtesy sportsbet.com.au
T20 World Cup winner
(Prices in brackets from Monday 17 September)
$3.25 Australia (in from $7.00)
$4.00 Sri Lanka (in from $6.00)
$6.00 India (out from $5.50)
$8.00 Pakistan (out from $7.00)
$8.00 West Indies (out from $7.50)
$9.00 England (out from $7.50)
$17 South Africa (out from $6.00)
$51 New Zealand (out from $17)
T20 World Cup leading run scorer
(Prices in brackets from Monday 17 September)
$1.62 Shane Watson (in from $17)
$6.00 Virat Kohli (in from $13)
$8.00 Luke Wright (in from $67)
$9.00 Brendon McCullum (in from $34)
$10 Tillakaratne Dilshan (in from $21)
$12 David Warner (in from $26)
$13 Chris Gayle (out from $6.50)
T20 World Cup matches
$1.60 West Indies
$2.35 New Zealand
$1.66 Sri Lanka
$2.23 England
$1.65 Australia
$2.20 Pakistan
$1.90 India
$1.90 South Africa