ENGLAND v INDIA: Our cricket tipster The Edge previews Wednesday’s 3rd Test between England and India which gets underway at Headingley on Wednesday. Find out the recommended BETDAQ bet.

MATCH OVERVIEW:

After two enthralling Test matches, England and India move to Headingley on Wednesday for the 3rd Test. India took a 1-0 lead in the 2nd Test at Lord’s; but in truth England should have held on for a draw. That’s taking nothing away from India because they were absolutely superb – I think the commentators highlighted the situation best when they said “the pitch is doing nothing, but India haven’t wasted one ball at England” on the final day. They were absolutely superb, and once Joe Root was out the writing was on the wall. The draw traded very short, and we should have another excellent Test for trading on BETDAQ BETTING EXCHANGE.

It’s pretty obvious that India are the better side after two Tests. They would have very likely won the 1st Test too but for the bad weather – even allowing for the showers, India were still in the box seat going into the final day which ended up being a washout. England are missing Stuart Broad in the bowling attack, and their batting looks very light at the moment. They have major issues with the openers, and although Joe Root is in excellent form, he can’t carry the batting side on his own. However, he has done a very good job of trying!

What England need is good bowling conditions when India come out to bat. They need it to be cloudy and the ball to swing around corners because at the moment this Indian batting line-up doesn’t fear the England bowlers. India are much the better side in my view, and England need a little help to get their spark back. You have to say though that England’s batting is the worst it’s been for many years, and with Anderson getting older he can’t dig them out of a hole as often as he used to.

WEATHER AND PITCH WATCH:

So far the Test series has seen a lot of rain delays, but fingers crossed the forecast stays the same as it looks dry for the whole Test at the moment. I wouldn’t definitely keep an eye on the radar though. The wicket at Headingley has been very good for The Hundred but obviously this is a completely different ball game. In general the wicket is very good for batting here, however the last seven Tests have ended with a result which is good news for draw layers. The last Test here was actually the incredible Ashes Test when England were bowled out for 67 for their 1st innings but then Ben Stokes played a wonderful know and England finished 362/9 in the final innings to win! Don’t be surprised to see scores of 350 or 400+ here.

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Although the weather looks set fair for the five days, I am a little worried about the draw. You couldn’t rule it out given the good batting conditions expected so I don’t feel this is a case of “the draw has chance.” At the same time though, I’m not so worried about it that I want to lay a side and have the draw on my side though because I feel it’s short enough at 4.6. I would have it a little bigger given both sides are pretty attacking with their tactics. For me, India have been by far the better side on this tour and looking at the England batting line-up I just don’t see where the runs come from if Joe Root gets out early. I know he’s in superb form, but he can’t score a century every Test!

The Edge Says:
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IN-RUNNING STRATEGY:

First and foremost, do keep an eye on the radar even though it looks dry (as I type!) – we have had some major moves on the showers so far this series. After that there are a couple of angles to explore. I definitely want to be against the England openers as they have major issues at the top of the batting – I won’t get against Joe Root but I’m also happy to get against the rest of the England batting.

I feel the batting conditions will be good here, so while I’m happy to go against the England openers, I will lower my stakes for the rest of the England batting and look to fully support the Indian batsmen who are in great form. I would expect to see India put up a score pretty close to 400, if not higher. There’s a lot of reasonably big scores here and with India having a solid batting line-up and also a weaker than usual England bowling line-up – that seems to be the best in-running tactic here.