Greame Smith and co have a formidable record in recent One Day Internationals and they are short priced favourites on a ground which favours batting second.

An enormous amount of time and effort down the years has gone into researching what effect the toss has on one-day internationals. Of course in the five-day arena it is hugely important but statisticians have revealed it is generally meaningless in the shorter version.

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that it matters not a