England 5-1 For Cricket World Cup Glory

Story by Sarah Preece on 2011-01-19 12:51:51

England 5-1 For Cricket World Cup Glory As Squad Is Announced

England remain 5-1 joint-third favourites with Coral for the upcoming cricket World Cup, after the squad was announced today. India are 3-1 favourites, ahead of Sri Lanka at 4-1, while Australia are alongside England at 5-1.

"Matt Prior's inclusion at the expense of Steve Davies was the only real surprise, but the former enjoyed an excellent Ashes series, and the England selectors have got very little wrong recently. We certainly don't think Prior's selection has weakened England's chances of adding fifty-over success to their Twenty20 World Cup win," said Coral's David Stevens.

Cricket World Cup

• 3-1 India
• 4-1 Sri Lanka
• 5-1 Australia, England
• 11-2 South Africa
• 15-2 Pakistan
• 16-1 West Indies
• 20-1 New Zealand
• 25-1 Bangladesh
• 100-1 Zimbabwe
• 250-1 Ireland
• 1000-1 Canada, Kenya, Netherlands

Group A

• 15-8 Australia, Sri Lanka
• 7-2 Pakistan
• 6-1 New Zealand
• 33-1 Zimbabwe
• 100-1 Canada, Kenya

Group B

• 13-8 India
• 11-4 England, South Africa
• 7-1 West Indies
• 12-1 Bangladesh
• 100-1 Ireland
• 250-1 Holland