The battle that will ensue for New Zealand v England One Day cricket betting is going to be fascinating. While the tourists are perceived to have all the power and quality, they have struggled to really exert any dominance over the Black Caps in the One Day International format. Therefore, this could be a pretty close series between them. New Zealand v England One Day International cricket betting is just a three match series and while England are shading things as favourite, their record against the Kiwis isn’t so strong that they backed with total confidence, certainly not at the short odds of 2/5 that online bookmaker Sportingbet have pencilled them in as. It may not be as straightforward as that.
It is always worth looking back at some history to gauge your betting options and we see that England lost their last ODI series in New Zealand 3-1. That was right back in 2008 though, but also in that same year, England hosted the Black Caps on home soil as well and lost that series 3-1 as well. So do the Kiwis have a slight edge here? Let’s not forget that they are on home soil and there wasn’t much to split the two sides in the short Twenty20 series. The last One Day International match between New Zealand v England was back in 2009 in Johannesburg. The outcome on that day? England were stuffed by a big 4 wicket win for the Kiwis. Just to weigh up the apparent problems that England have had against New Zealand in the one day format, over the last twelve ODI meetings between them, England have only taken two victories.
So this means that there could be some value in backing the home side here, especially as online bookmaker Sportingbet have them out as 2/1 favourites. That equals value. England did beat India (out in India) in their most recent ODI series 3-2, and that should give them confidence, despite their indifferent record against the Black Caps. New Zealand though have won just two of their last nine One Day Internationals, but those two wins came in their last three matches. They were also against the powerful South Africans in South Africa. So there is some danger there ahead for England, who have to be cautious, mostly of the New Zealand batting. Overall in the One Day International New Zealand v England head to head, England have won 288 matches against New Zealand’s 277, so nothing much to choose between them.
Two of the three grounds that England will be visiting in the three match series, Auckland and Napier, they came away unbeaten from both in their last visits there. New Zealand v England ODI cricket betting could be closer than many may think, and therefore a 2-1 Correct Series Score is viable whichever way you want to split it, either at 8/5 for England or 3/1 for New Zealand.
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