Coral’s five stars for best Australia Ashes series batsman accolade

With the 2015 Ashes, ever nearing, Coral writers provide cricket punters with top tips for the five-match series. We move on to the top Australia series batsman market.

The Baggy Greens are the 4/11 odds-on favourite to win, while even a draw at 13/2 will be enough for them to retain the famous urn. England, meanwhile, are 7/2 to reclaim the Ashes, and thus make it a fourth straight victory on home turf against the Australians.

Michael Clarke – 7/2
We start off with captain Clarke, and the 34-year-old, who averages just over 50 from his 189 Test innings, tends to do well when playing in England.

In his last three Ashes series’ over here, he has come third (2005), first (2009) and second (2013) in the Baggy Green’s leading runscorer charts.

Australia just so happened to have lost them all, so, England fans, let’s hope Clarke scores well again!

Chris Rogers – 5/1
Steady veteran opener Rogers, 37, has only four Test centuries to his name; however, three of them happen to have come against England.

Two were in the last series in Australia, where he managed a total of 463 runs, so is a tempting outside shout to be best batsman for his side once more.

Steve Smith – 9/4 favourite
Smith’s rise in cricket has been astonishing, as he’s grown from being an all-rounder to now number one batsman in the world, at an average of 56.23 now from 54 innings.