2009 Ashes betting

Sky Bet have a wealth of Ashes betting markets available ahead of England's long-awaited Test series against Australia.

Sky Bet have a wealth of Ashes betting markets available ahead of England's long-awaited Test series against Australia. This year's Ashes series gets underway next Wednesday in Cardiff and England are 7/4 to repeat their success of 2005 under Michael Vaughan and regain the famous old urn. Australia, who crushed England 5-0 Down Under in 2007, are 3/4 to retain the Ashes. England's preparations have been handed a boost ahead of the start of the series by the return of all-rounder Andrew Flintoff after knee surgery. Flintoff's odds of becoming England's leading series wicket-taker are 4/1 and it's 8/1 he takes five wickets in the first innings of the first Test at Sophia Gardens and 9/1 he scores a century in the same match. Kevin Pietersen remains England's 9/4 favourite to be their leading series runscorer, while Ricky Ponting is 11/4 favourite for the tourists. The core of the Australian squad is made up of the side which successfully won the Test series in South Africa, including opener Phillip Hughes, who scored a hundred on his debut. Hughes is 4/1 to be their leading runscorer and 5/1 he scores a century on his Ashes debut. Mitchell Johnson is 7/4 to be Australia's leading wicket taker with the experienced Brett Lee a 10/3 shot. James Anderson is 2/1 to be leading wicket-taker for Andrew Strauss' men and there has been some money for Graeme Swann, who is in from 4/1 to 3/1. Sky Bet has dozens of Ashes betting markets available, including, top series batsman, top series bowler, batsman match bets, bowler match bets. Among the Ashes specials on offer it's 13/8 that the final Test at the Oval produces the most runs from the five Test venues and it's 2/1 for either side to win a Test by an innings. They are also offering a unique new market what will happen on the first ball of the match - a single is 5/1, a boundary 7/1, wide 12/1 and wicket 25/1. Click on the link to get all the very latest Ashes betting odds.