Monty 50/1 To Take England's First Catch

William Hill have opened a book on which England player will take the first catch of the Ashes series and offer 5/4 that Jones takes the first.

Pieterson dropped umpteen catches in the last series is 14/1 and Monty Panesar is the 50/1 outsider in the market. William Hill also have a match bet between Flintoff and Warne - which of the pair will win the most man of the match award - and make Warne their 6/4 favourite with Freddie offered at 4/1.

Who Will Win More Man Of The Match Awards: 10/11 Draw, 6/4 Shane Warne, 4/1 Freddie Flintoff

Who Will Take England's First Catch: 5/4 G Jones, 4/1 A Flintoff, 13/2 A Strauss, 7/1 P Collingwood, 11/1 I Bell, 14/1 K Pietersen, 14/1 A Giles, 16/1 A Cook, 33/1 M Hoggard, 40/1 S Harmison, 50/1 M Panesar.

First Ashes Wicket: 11/4 B Lee, 10/3 G Mc Grath, 4/1 S Harmison, 4/1 M Hoggard, 8/1 A Flintoff , 10/1 S Warne, 16/1 S Clark, 16/1 J Anderson, 25/1 S Tait, 33/1 S Mahmood, 33/1 M Panesar, 33/1 M Johnson, 33/1 A Giles, 150/1 P Collingwood.

First Test Man Of The Match: 5/1 S Warne, 8/1 R Ponting, 8/1 B Lee, 10/1 G Mc Grath, 10/1 A Flintoff, 12/1 M Hayden, 12/1 J Langer, 14/1 M Hussey, 14/1 K Pietersen, 16/1 M Clarke, 16/1 D Martyn, 20/1 S Harmison, 20/1 M Hoggard, 20/1 I Bell, 20/1 A Strauss, 20/1 A Gilchrist, 25/1 S Tait, 25/1 S Clark, 25/1 P Collingwood, 25/1 M Panesar, 25/1 M Johnson, 25/1 A Cook, 33/1 J Anderson, 33/1 A Giles, 40/1 S Mahmood, 40/1 L Plunkett, 50/1 G Jones.