10th Mar 2011 | Cricket
Latest Top Bowler Betting
Shahid Afridi has established a healthy lead in the top bowler market. With plenty of games to go much can change.
With varying pitches and the opportunity to bag a handful of wickets against a minnow, the top bowler market is fraught with difficulty.
Shahid Afridi has developed a healthy lead of four over Imran Tahir and Zaheer Khan. Beware, there can be plenty of twists and turns in this market as the tournament progresses.
Below are the leading tournament wicket takers with their country and games played in brackets:
Afridi (4 Pak) 15 wickets: 11/10
Tahir (3 SA) 11 wickets: 12/1
Khan (4 India) 11 wickets: 11/2
Roach (3 WI) 10 wickets: 9/1
Southee (4 NZ) 10 wickets: 20/1
Baidwan (4 Can) 9 wickets: unquoted
Johnson (3 Aus) 8 wickets: 12/1
Benn (3 WI) 8 wickets: 22/1
Bresnan (4 Eng) 8 wickets: 33/1
Note the number of games, the opposition and the venues the bowlers still have to play on. All these factors will have a bearing on the market.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 18:34 10th Mar, 2011 but subject to change