Half of skysports.com readers are backing England to retain the Ashes this winter.
Sky Bet make England 10/1 shots to win series 3-1
Fifty per cent of
skysports.com readers are backing England to retain the Ashes this winter.
Half of those polled think England will win the series - in contrast to bookmakers including Sky Bet who think Australia will recapture the urn.
Sky Bet's compilers offer odds of 10/1 that England win 3-1 Down Under, and Sky Sports commentator Ian Botham agrees, predicting that outcome in his exclusive '
Beefy's Bets'.
More than 7,000 readers participated in a recent poll asking how many Ashes Tests England will win this winter.
Only 10 per cent of those polled are predicting a repeat of the disastrous 2006-07 series in which the Three Lions suffered a humiliating 5-0 whitewash.
It's 10/3 England don't win a Test, while an Australia 5-0 whitewash is 25/1 with the online betting company.
Just one Test win for Andrew Strauss' men, also popular with 10 per cent of readers, is 13/8 favourite in Sky Bet's total England wins market.
England are 2/1 to win a pair of Test matches, with three victories a 6/1 shout despite popular opinion among fans suggesting otherwise.
The tourists are 2/9 with
Sky Bet to win a Test in Australia, while a 2-1 series success, with England backed by 30 per cent of readers to win a couple of Tests, is 8/1.
See all Sky Bet's
Ashes betting markets.
