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The first test match between England and New Zealand of the three match series starts tomorrow at Christchurch. New Zealand’s confidence is high as they are coming from an amazing 3 match test series win against India. On the other hand England are coming back from a disappointing loss against Pakistan. Let's look at the odds of this game. Since it's a home game for New Zealand they are my favorites for this game. The odds for New Zealand to win are 1.85. England may perform well in patches but I don't see them winning. The odds for England to win are 2.13. Devon Conway has been in excellent form all this year and I pick him to be the best batter for New Zealand. Betting a dollar on him will get you $6 in return. Will O'Rourke is going to be my pick as New Zealand's top bowler and the odds for this are 6.00. For England I see Joe Root as their top batter and betting a dollar on him will get you $4 in return. I see Shoaib Bashir as England's top bowler and with odds of 5.50 in his favour he looks like a great pick. Ben Duckett and Glenn Phillips are both explosive batters and have a knack of hitting sixes no matter what the situation is. If you pick Glenn Phillips to be the batter to hit most sixes you get $4.75 in return for a bet of $1 and if you pick Ben Duckett then you get $15 in return for a $1 bet. Kane Williamson and Joe Root both are great players and pace their innings quite well. They both hit lots of fours and betting a dollar on any of them for the event of hitting most fours will get you $5.50 in return.

South Africa is playing their second test against Bangladesh in Chittagong and we have some great odds that you can bet on during this match. South Africa won the First Test against Bangladesh which was also their first victory in Asia in more than 14 years. They are now looking strong and may look to win the second test and with that the series but Bangladesh may put up a strong fight as they need to salvage their pride. The odds for South Africa to win are 1.47 and for Bangladesh to win are 5.70. The bookies have given South Africa a clear edge but I am against them. I believe Bangladesh is going to win the second test so I say pick up Bangladesh for the win. South Africa are batting first and looking good at the moment but Bangladesh have a knack of picking wickets in clusters at home. The best part is that they follow this with good partnerships while batting. So I believe they will take the lead in the first innings. The odds for this event is 2.90 and I say go for it. While batting first I don’t see South Africa going past 400 runs so you can bet on them to score under 420.5. You will get $1.83 in return of betting a dollar. Mehidy Hasan more often performs for his side not matter batting first or second and has some great scores to his name. Bangladesh need him to score big this time and I pick him as the highest scorer for the Bangladeshi side. Betting a dollar on this event will get you $15 in return. T de Zorzi is looking good for South Africa as their top batter for the innings and betting a dollar on him will get you $2.20 which I think is a decent bet.

On November 1st the third and final test between India and New Zealand starts and the odds are quite juicy on this one. New Zealand has completely outplayed India in all three departments in both tests previous to this test and now India will be playing to salvage some pride. Even though India has lost the series but this does not mean there is nothing else to play for. By winning the third test they will try to avoid the embarrassment of a white wash and also try and get some points for the World test championship. While talking about the odds its quite funny that the bookies still haven’t given New Zealand the edge even though they are 2-0 up in the series. The odds for New Zealand to win are 4.75 and for India are 1.32. According to the reports coming out in the media the pitch is going to be a rank turner. This means that the pitch is going to be spinner friendly and will be very difficult to bat on. This is why I pick India to win this Test. Devon Conway has been exceptional during this series and I pick him to be the top scorer for New Zealand and the odds of 4.50 for him to be the best are quite generous. Washington Sundar performance during the second test was amazing as he picked more than 12 wickets and he is my choice to be the best bowler for India. The odds for him to achieve this are at 5.00. Yashaswi Jaiswal and Shubhman Gill both have been in great form and both of them have a good chance for scoring a 50 and the odds for these events are 2.55 and 2.33 respectively. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra have applied their skill amazingly during the test series and they will at least score a fifty during this test. The odds for both these events are 3.3.