Greg Rusedski believes Andy Murray is the right man to end Britain’s Olympic Games medal hoodoo and defy the Betfair tennis odds by taking the gold medal.

Despite being one of the world’s best players for almost a decade, Murray is still to realise his dream of winning a Grand Slam title and after a number of near misses, has recently appeared to be getting further away from his goal.

The Scot has struggle with both injury and his general fitness, in recent months, most notably at the French Open, where he fell to David Ferrer in the quarter-finals.

With Wimbledon coming up in the next few weeks, Murray will once again have the hopes of the nation on his shoulders as he looks to become Britain’s first male Grand Slam winner since 1936.

Former British number one Rusedksi believes the SW19 Championships will come too soon for the 25-year-old but feels they could act as the perfect preparation for the Olympics later this summer.

The games takes place just two weeks after the end of Wimbledon and will also be held at the All England Club.

Rusdeski believes by that time, the world number four will be on top form and with Murray’s fans from within the Betfair community behind him, has tipped him to win a medal.

“Andy is going to be in the right place at the right time and he is going to be in the last four,” said Rusedski.

“So to me that means he is going to, most likely, have a very good chance of a medal and with the home crowd behind him and so with that support he has got a wonderful opportunity.

“But he just has to step up his game like he did at the Australian Open and keep on improving.”

Steven Finn can count himself very unlucky not have more England caps and wickets to his name but, unfortunately for the seamer, he is playing in somewhat of a golden age of bowlers for the national side.

Test opportunities have been limited for the Middlesex man, as the likes of James Anderson, Stuart Broad, and Tim Bresnan have dominated the pace attack, with Graeme Swann completing the ranks with his spin bowling.

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Chris Woakes and Stuart Meaker are other players who might suffer from the strength of the current England bowling line-up, but they will gain some good experience, if they can be involved in the national set-up, and train around some of these top players.

Finn has conceded that the strength in depth will only benefit the national side in all forms of the game, and it is up to the players further down the pecking order to push the current bowlers in the starting XI.

He said: “The great thing about the squad of players that we have is that we are not significantly reducing the quality of the side by losing those guys.

“We’ve got young players coming through who need to gain international experience at international level, [myself] included.

“It’s great to have them on board, and it’s great to have them around the dressing room pushing us guys.”

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Jonny Bairstow has been in fine form for Yorkshire this summer, rooting his place in the top order during his third full season for the Headingley club.

His first-class performances resulted in an England call up in May, where he faced a different level of opposition in the West Indies.

In the Test series he was guilty of defending the many short balls the West Indies attack threw at him – not that this is too heavy a criticism to make.

The cricket betting commununity believe he did reasonably well for a test debut, especially given the amount of pressure Darren Sammy’s men put him under, but Bairstow is already at a point where he must prove he is good enough attack the ball when required.

His recent t20 appearance for Yorkshire Carnegie will give the 22-year-old something to think about. He entered the field as third man to entertain the Headingley crowd against a Leicestershire Foxes side with Matthew Hoggard in the ranks.

Ex-England fast bowler Hoggard, who continues to record decent figures at Nottingham, showed his experience and understanding of the game against Bairstow. It was the old hat versus the young pretender, and Hoggard pitched short every one of his four balls, forcing Bairstow to nick just a couple of runs and reduce that important t20 run rate.

It was only four deliveries, but Hoggard proved what a tough task Bairstow has if he is to cement a place in a future England fold and shake up the Betfair England cricket odds.

The batsman showed what he can do when the ball is pitched in front of him, smashing a six over Wayne White’s head and knocking away a poor bouncer to the leg side. He looked confident against a lesser player in White, but the short Hoggard test serves as a warning of the bowling class he will once more face if he ever pulls on an England shirt again.

Adrian Barath has called for a complete West Indies performance in the final Test against England, at Edgbaston, as they aim to avoid a series whitewash.

The tourists came into the tour with low expectations and with many sports betting experts predicting an England victory at a canter.

While England clinched the series with victories at Lord’s and Trent Bridge, the West Indies certainly gave the hosts a scare, and could have emerged victorious but for untimely collapses in both Tests.

Barath conceded that the West Indies must cut out sloppy sessions, if they are to halt a disastrous run of only two wins in their last 32 Test matches.

“Sometimes we dominate the game for three days, but then we mess up in one session”, said the opener.

“That’s the mindset we’re working upon. That is what Test cricket is all about. It’s not a couple of hours – it’s over the course of five days. You have to be on the money every day, every hour, every over.”

The West Indies go into the third Test, on Thursday, aiming to regain lost pride ahead of the one-day series, later this month. Barath is desperate to defy previous results and scores, and finish on a high.

“It’s about getting a Test win – getting a win against England. It’s definitely nothing impossible for us. We showed at Lord’s, where we got those early wickets. If we had carried on getting wickets anything would have been possible”, added Barath.

“We’re really looking forward to getting a win here, and bringing some pride to the West Indies.”

The West Indies will be without impressive fast bowler, Kemar Roach, in the final Test after he flew home with a shin problem. Tino Best is in line for his first international appearance since 2009.