Cricket Betting – How To Bet On Cricket

It can’t be said enough: If you don’t like or care about a given sport, don’t bother placing bets on that sport. Keeping up with the games, knowing how to make accurate predictions, if it’s not fun, it’s too much work. If you like cricket, go for it, if not, bet on a sport you’re more comfortable with.

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Now, every sport has its own specific rules, so it’s going to have its own specific types of bet. Baseball focuses on money lines rather than point spreads, horse racing focuses on all kinds of crazy rules that make no sense to non-horse race bettors, and cricket has its own set of specific types of wager…

Draw- Because a cricket game can go on three days without a winner being decided, draw bets are much more popular with cricket than they are in most sports betting.

Series Score- International cricket teams will play anywhere from two to five test matches, and up to seven One Day International Matches. A series score is simply betting on how many wins you expect the team to take, and your return will depend on the accuracy of your predictions. You could even bet 0-0 if you expect a dozen draws to occur.

Top Batsman- Simply put, betting on who the top scorer will be on a specific team, or during the match. With test matches, this bet will only apply to the first inning.

Top Bowler- Betting on the top wicket taker on a specific team or during the match. As with a Top Batsman bet, you can also bet on who you think the top bowler will be during an entire series or season.

Next Batsman Out- Betting on which batsman is out next. You can also bet on reasons for dismissal.

Total Innings Run- You can place this bet either before or during a team’s innings. Bet on whether they will score more than or less than a certain number. The odds will, of course, change as the game goes on.

Odds or Even- Betting on whether the number of runs a team scores are odd or even.

In cricket, the odds are simpler than in many other sports. If your team is the underdog, you’ll get “odds against”, which might be 2/1 (pronounced two to one). This means that your return will be £2, plus the £1 you initially invested, making a total of £3. When odds are even, you’ll get £1, plus the £1 you initially invested. When your team is the favorite, you’ll get odds on. If odds on are 1/2 (pronounced two to one on), that means you would get £0.50 plus your initial £1 back.