Cricket Review

Introduction to Cricket Betting

Cricket is a sport that involves two disciplines: batting and bowling. The batting side are trying to accumulate runs while the bowling side are trying to take wickets. Matches are played over 20 over’s a side in Twenty20 cricket through to 5 days in a Test match. Even in the shortest format, there are many betting opportunities. Sports betting is popular because bettors can place short term bets. They can bet on the outcome of a single ball or over. Bookmakers settle winning bets immediately, which means customers can turn over their funds often and over short intervals.

Betting Events

Each cricket playing country has a domestic league in which matches generally take place over four days. Teams also contest One Day matches over 50 over’s and Twenty 20 fixtures. These formats are the same in international cricket. The purest and oldest format of the sport is Test cricket. National teams meet over five days at most and both sides bat for two innings. Test cricket is rare in that there is often not a definite outcome and draws are common. The objective is to score more runs than the opposition over the allotted number of over’s or days. There are World Cups in ODI and Twenty 20 formats and also a Test match World Championship over two years.

Betting Types

At the time of writing, no bookmaker had launched a customised betting service for cricket. However, bettors can place wagers in pre-match, in-play and ante-post markets. There are plenty of opportunities to cash out a bet during a cricket match. The cash out option is available for single and multiple bets during an in-play event or over the course of an accumulator.

Cricket Markets

The most popular bet is the match winner. In limited over’s matches, this is mainly a two-way option because draws are rare. However, there are three potential outcomes in domestic leagues and Test match cricket. At the start of play, customers can bet on the leading batsman and bowler for each team and in the match. The range of in-play betting markets includes the number of runs from a ball or over, the next player to be dismissed and the method of dismissal.