From the Melbourne Age

[chickenfeet]

The Melbourne Age is reporting that bookmaker William Hill is offering odds of 100-1 that the Australian side will be recalled by the government following their dismal sequence of defeats. The same odds are being laid that one of Rolf Harris, Barry Humphries, Lleyton Hewitt, Evonne Goolagong or Dennis Lillee will be called up to Australia's Test squad. On a more serious note, England's odds of winning the Ashes have been cut from 7-2 to 11-4, as have those on offer for Ricky Ponting not ending the series as Australia's captain, from 33-1 to 12-1.

Comments

[tanuja.livejournal.com]

I would not have placed any money on Australia to lose against Bangladesh. Part of me hopes this is the beginning of the end of Aussie Cricket supremacy, part of me thinks that they're lulling the English & Welsh into a false sense of security and once the Ashes start, the team will just hammer the E&W team. Let's see which part is correct.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I think it will dent their confidence but I don't think the ODIs are a good predictor for tests anyway.