LONDON, July 20: Latest betting odds offered by the British bookmaker William Hill ahead of the first Ashes Test at Lord’s on Thursday:

To win the series: Australia 2-5 England 3-1 To win the first Test: Australia 5-6 England 3-1 To achieve a 5-0 whitewash: Australia 16-1 England 100-1 Series top run scorer: 9-2 Ricky Ponting 5-1 Matthew Hayden 11-2 Justin Langer 7-1 Michael Vaughan 8-1 Andrew Strauss 9-1 Marcus Trescothick 12-1 Damien Martyn 14-1 Ian Bell 16-1 Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Kevin Pietersen 25-1 Andrew Flintoff, Simon Katich 33-1 Brad Haddin, Graham Thorpe Series top wicket taker: 3-1 Shane Warne 100-30 Glenn McGrath 5-1 Brett Lee 6-1 Steve Harmison 10-1 Andrew Flintoff, Matthew Hoggard 12-1 Jason Gillespie 14-1 Simon Jones 16-1 Michael Kasprowicz 33-1 Ashley Giles, Chris Tremlett 50-1 Shaun Tait.—Reuters