KENT Spitfires have been installed as short-priced favourites to retain their Norwich Union League title this summer.

The Spitfires, who will again be skippered by former England one-day international Matthew Fleming, have been made 4/1 favourites by leading bookmakers Corals. The side Spitfires beat to clinch the 2001 title, Warwickshire, have been made joint 4/1 favourites to prevent Kent from becoming back-to-back champions.

Corals are offering slightly more attractive prices on Kent's challenge for the Frizzell County Championship and the final year of the Benson & Hedges Cup. David Fulton's side are 12-1 to lift the four-day crown, while Corals have make Kent 9-1 outsiders to win a fourth B&H Cup title behind favourites Surrey.

Full list of odds: Frizell County Division 1: Surrey 7/4, Yorkshire 5/2, Lancashire 15/2, Warwickshire 9/1, Leicestershire 12/1, Kent 12/1, Sussex 12/1, Somerset 12/1, Hampshire 16/1.

Norwich Union League Division 1: Kent 4/1, Warwickshire 4/1, Yorkshire 4/1, Leicestershire 5/1, Somerset 8/1, Worcestershire 8/1, Nottinghamshire 9/1, Glamorgan 11/1, Durham 16/1.

Benson & Hedges Cup: Surrey 9/2, Yorkshire 6/1, Gloucestershire 7/1, Warwickshire 9/1, Kent 9/1, Lancashire 10/1, Leicestershire 10/1, Somerset 11/1, Nottinghamshire 14/1, Worcestershire 14/1, Sussex 16/1, Hampshire 20/1, Middlesex 25/1, Essex 25/1, Northamptonshire 28/1, Glamorgan 28/1, Durham 33/1, Derbyshire 80/1.