Everyone will remember in the last series how the batting was dominated by Kevin Pietersen for England and Ricky Ponting for Australia, but it's a new series with some new players and we're going to see if we can unearth some value for who is to be top run scorer for each side.
England
At odds of 5/2 Kevin Pietersen does carry a degree of appeal and it would be no surprise to see him rack up some big totals. His cockiness is usually either his greatest asset or his undoing and it really depends which of these it becomes when taking on Australia.
He top scored the last two Ashes series so clearly has the ability to trouble the