England are strong favourites to land a victory at the Riverside on Tuesday night, with the home side trading at prohibitive betting odds to overcome an unpredictable South Africa side in the searing heat.
While England are likely winners, we can look beyond the “To Win the Match” betting market in search of better value and a home win is likely to be achieved if we see players such as Jonny Bairstow racking up the runs.
Bairstow has already been something of an England hero in 2022 after wielding the bat to help his country achieve a 3-0 Test series win over New Zealand, while he then played his part in that Edgbaston victory against India.
While you could argue that Jonny has some stiff competition in the form of Jason Roy, Ben Stokes and Joe Root, it’s interesting to note that the trio have only been top England bat twice between them in thirty-two attempts.
Therefore, we will plump for Bairstow to rack up the runs and bounce back from the three-ODI series against India where he was only able to score a combined forty-five runs over the matches.
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