Jermain Defoe’s five-goal haul against Wigan on Sunday has seen Sky Bet slash his odds of making Capello’s World Cup squad to 1/10 and the Harrogate-based firm have also cut him to 4/1 to be England’s top scorer in South Africa. He is a 28/1 chance to top the competition’s overall scoring chart and 5/4 to start England’s first match of the World Cup finals.

Defoe’s heroics inevitably deal a blow to Michael Owen’s prospects of making Capello’s 23-man squad and Sky Bet have lengthened his odds to 5/1 (from 7/2).

Sky Bet’s football betting spokeswoman Helen Jacob said: “Defoe is arguably the best striker in the league at present and must surely now be a certainty to go to South Africa.”

Defoe, who took his Premier League goal tally to 11 on Sunday, is now 11/4 favourite for the golden boot. His display at White Hart Lane equalled a Premier League record, making him only the third player to score five times in a single game. Sky Bet go 200/1 that Defoe scores a double hat-trick in the league this season and offer 5/6 that he 24 notches goals or more.

Spurs’ victory returned them to the Champions League places and Sky Bet go 5/2 that they finish in the top four. Following their 9-1 annihilation, Wigan have been cut to 11/2 (from 7/1) for the drop.

Sky Bet Odds: Defoe Specials
Defoe score double hat-trick in PL 09/10 200/1

Total PL goals this season
Under 23.5 5/6
Over 23.5 5/6

Defoe World Cup Specials
Top 2010 WC scorer 28/1
Top England 2010 World Cup scorer 4/1
To start England's 1st World Cup Finals 2010 match.
Yes 5/4 No 4/7

England Top WC Goalscorer
Each Way terms: 1/3 of odds for 1st 2 places
Rooney, W 5/2 Terry, J 20/1
Defoe, J 4/1 Lennon, A 20/1
Lampard, F 5/1 Barry, G 25/1
Gerrard, S 6/1 Beckham, D 33/1
Crouch, P 8/1 Wright-Phillips, S 33/1
Heskey, E 14/1 Owen, M 33/1
Cole, C 14/1

Any Team Score 10+ Goals In a PL Game 2009/10
Any team score 10+ Goals in a match 50/1

Barclays Premiership To Be in Top 4
Chelsea 1/200 Everton 22/1
Man Utd 1/40 Sunderland 50/1
Arsenal 1/16 Stoke 66/1
Liverpool 5/6 Blackburn 100/1
Man City 10/11 Fulham 200/1
Tottenham 5/2 West Ham 300/1
Aston Villa 8/1

To Be In England World Cup 2010 Squad - Yes
Ferdinand R 1/25 Cole, J. 4/6 Hargreaves, O. 7/4
Defoe, J. 1/10 Cole, C. 4/6 Cahill G 2/1
Lennon, A 2/7 Wright-Phillips, S. 8/11 Warnock S 9/4
Beckham, D. 2/7 Milner, J 5/6 Downing, S. 9/4
Heskey, E 1/3 Robinson, P. 11/10 Huddlestone T 100/30
Crouch, P. 2/5 Walcott, T 11/10 King, L. 9/2
Lescott, J. 4/9 Agbonlahor, G. 6/4 Owen, M. 5/1
Carrick, M 4/7 Bent, D. 6/4 Richards, M 13/2
Brown, W. 8/13 Jenas, J 6/4

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