Hills 10/1 For Tendulkar's Record 200 To Be Broken24 Feb 20100 out of 5 (No Ratings) View Comments
Sachin Tendulkar wrote his name into the history books today, hitting a sensational 200 not out to become the first player in history to hit a double century in an ODI, and William Hill are 10/1 that somebody will beat the double ton.
In becoming the first player to breach 199 in today’s ODI against South Africa, the Indian batsman broke the previous record of 194 unbeaten, set by Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry against Bangladesh last year and the 194 set by Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar before he was dismissed by India in 1997.
Hills have set a price of 10/1 that the record is broken at some point in 2010, setting a price of 14/1 on any England player breaking the record and 25/1 on Tendulkar himself setting a new benchmark.
"Tendulkar's record could stand for many years and it would not be that big a surprise if he was the one to break it," said Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams.
Meanwhile, England are the 1/5 red hot favourites to beat Bangladesh when they meet in Sunday’s first ODI in Murpur but all eyes will be on England's new import Craig Kieswetter, who is 13/8 to score a fifty and 9/2 to score a century.
"Punters think that the result is a done deal and are spicing things up by lumping on Kieswetter to bash Bangladesh round the ground," added Adams.