England v Pakistan 1st ODI
Followers of England on the outright series win index will have taken plenty of confidence from the final Test at Lord's - having been 5 for 47 in the first innings. Spread punters looking to sell England's series supremacy with Sporting Index should be aware that England have played Pakistan in the 50-over format at home 31 times and have won 19 of those meetings. The sides first met in 1974 and in that time Pakistan have won on 11 occasions, with no ties to date. Those spread enthusiasts that have examined the head-to-head record between these sides at Headingley will be interested to find that they have each won once from the two games played in Leeds. England won the first encounter in 1979, but lost the last match to Pakistan in 2001 - which will please buyers of Pakistan's win index in the opener.
Spread buyers of England's win index will be pleased to find that Headingley has been a fairly good hunting ground for the side over the years in 50-over matches. Since their defeat in 2001 to Pakistan, England have lost twice in six matches here - games against Sri Lanka and India. Those punters looking to buy England's total runs spread for the first ODI against Pakistan might like to know that the Three Lions' top score in their last seven one-dayers at Headingley is 321,which came against Sri Lanka in 2006. Although sellers of the spread will point to England's 160 score against the West Indies in 2004.
Winning margin records will need to be referred to before spread bettors take their position on the supremacy spreads for the game at Headingley. England's most convincing victory at the ground since 2001 was over the Aussies which was by nine wickets. Sellers of the spread should note that England's last 50-over win in Leeds was by 20 runs against South Africa.
Spread bettors looking at Sporting Index's England 50-up market (A prediction on the aggregate total of players' runs over 50) will have been looking into how the side fared the last recent time the side played at Headingley. Against South Africa, England's 50-up market reached 68 after Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff scored 90 and 78 respectively.
Buyers of Eoin Morgan's match performance spread will be confident he can continue his impressive shorter-format form. He has played 50 innings and has an average of 39.32, with a highest score of 115. A repeat total at Headingley will delight any buyers of the total batsmen 50-ups spread.
Jimmy Anderson' has taken the most ODI wickets among the bowlers on show, with a total of 54 and an average of 25.48. Fourth Test Player of the Match, Stuart Broad, looks set to be a pivotal player in this opener and spread buyers will be hoping he can perform again to increase his match performance spread make-up at Headingley. Broad has played 68 ODI's for England and taken 113 wickets, while with the bat his best score is 45 not out.
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