Australia 10/11 favourites to break the visitors curse ahead of the Ashes in England
The pair meet over five Tests, with matches set to be played at Edgbaston, Lord’s Headingley, Old Trafford and the Oval, starting in Birmingham on 16th June.
What Ashes Series 2023
Where Edgbaston (First Test), Old Trafford, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval
When Series/First Test starts 11:00, Friday 16th June
How to watch Sky Sports Cricket & Main Event
First Test Odds England , Draw , Australia Despite the revival in the fortunes of England’s Test team in the last 12 months and the fact that they have home advantage, they are still outsiders to win this year’s Ashes series.
Australia are favourites after taking the World Test Championship, while the draw is priced up at . England last won an Ashes series in 2015, which came in their own backyard and will be looking to regain the urn for the first time in eight years.
While Australia lead the way in terms of Ashes series won, they also have the edge when it comes to individual Test match successes having won 140, with England claiming 108 and 92 ending as draws.
Originating in the late 1800s when a British newspaper wrote an obituary of English cricket following Australia's first-ever Test win on English soil in 1882, Australia have won 34 with England winning 32 and the teams sharing the spoils on six occasions.
Series Specials:
With the last edition having taken place in Australia in 2021/22, the 2023 series will be in England with five Test matches will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham, Manchester's Old Trafford, Headingley in Leeds, and Lord’s and The Oval in London.
Although England are underdogs to win the first test, they should draw hope from their new attacking style of play and the success it has brought them since Brendon McCullum and appointments.
Skipper Stokes will be looking to provide some more memorable moments whilst representing the England badge, with his Player of the Match price boosted from 11/1 to .
Vice-captain Ollie Pope will be looking to showcase his leadership qualities and lead from the front, with boosted odds on the batsman to be England’s top first innings batter from 9/2 to . A strong showing from Pope could also see odds on any England batter to score a hundred in the first innings come in, with prices boosted from 1/1 to .
Home advantage has been crucial in recent years with nine of the last 11 series having gone the way of the team hosting, yet Australia enter enemy turf as favourites to claim the first test.
Marnus Labuschagne was one of the stars of the show in the last Ashes, finishing with 335 runs, and he has firmly established himself as one of the best batsmen in the world.
At , Labuschagne could well come good as the top first innings batter, with Steve Smith favourite to claim the accolade of top first innings batter at odds.
The evergreen English right-arm seamer in Jimmy Anderson is no surprise to be joint-favourite at to be the top first innings bowler.
However, Australia possess a top-level pace attack, headed by skipper Pat Cummins, who has been the leading wicket-taker in the last three Ashes series and joins Anderson at odds to be the top first innings bowler.
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