Cricket Odds Preview: Australia Betting Favorite over Sri Lanka in 4th ODI

Australia's tour of Sri Lanka looked headed for disaster after a series Test sweep but in a matter of a few days things have turned around for the tourists, who can seal a one-day international series win in the fourth one-day international at Dambulla on Wednesday.

After Australia won the first game and Sri Lanka dominated the second, a patient George Bailey's knock of 70 enabled the visitors to patiently chase down a winning target of 227 in the most recent game on Sunday. They had four overs left, but just two wickets, making it a closer run thing than it probably should have been.

Adam Zampa has been the great revelation of this series, taking back-to-back three-wicket hauls to give Australia some bite with the slow ball. The leggie now has 19 wickets in 10 ODIs since his debut earlier this year, while he has done this at an impressive economy rate of 4.91. Only three spinners in Australian ODI history have a better career strike rate than Zampa.

Zampa goes into the match as the $3.75 second favorite, according to AustralianGambling.com, to take the most wickets behind Mitch Starc, who is $3.50, having claimed eight wickets in the series to date, while James Faulkner, who is the leading wicket-taker of the series with nine, including a hat-trick in the second match, is $4.50.

The man the Aussie bowlers have really struggled to dismiss this series has been Dinesh Chandimal, who has compiled innings of 80 not out, 48 and 102. He is a surprisingly good value to top Sri Lanka's scorers for the third time in four matches at $4.50 ahead of Kusal Mendis. Chandimal's wicket is the most crucial to Australia securing an unbeatable 3-1 series lead.

The hi-bat market for Australia is more a reflection of opportunity than form with stand-in skipper David Warner the $4.33 favorite to top score despite innings of eight, one and 10 in the series to date. His fellow opener Aaron Finch is second pick at $4.50, and while he is in slightly better form, having made 56, four and 30, the Aussie openers have struggled to make a start.

With usual captain Steve Smith "resting" at home, that has put the pressure on the middle order, especially Bailey and Matt Wade, who have both performed well. Bailey, who was top scorer last time and is $5 to do it again, has put together innings of 39, 27 and 70, while Wade ($8.50 to top-score) has provided some steel with knocks of 26, 76 and 42.

With the momentum in Australia's favor, they go in as $1.74 favorites to win this match, with Sri Lanka at $2.10. Given the way the series has evolved and Australia's relative comfort against spin in this format of the game, they are in a great position to secure an unassailable 3-1 lead.