Molehill
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Betfair was such an unreliable betting platform at the time, god knows why the BBC used them as a reference. You could get some random muppet offering 5-1 for a maximum bet of £3 and that would be the best price available. It really wasn't the market price.Well you're wrong. They were actually closer to 5/1 at betfair before the first test
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Cricinfo was advertising England as 3-1 to win the Ashes (Bet 365) on January 11th 2005. It should be noted at that time that England were tied 1-1 in SA before they would go on to win that series. I suspect that 3-1 was not available after that and 5-2 was a more likely price.
Yes, Australia started favourites, but this was undeniably the two best Test Teams at the time with the Number 2 at home. That doesn't make for a massive upset in my book.
England 3/1 to bring the Ashes home | ESPNcricinfo