Cricket Betting Guide

International cricket is rapidly emerging as one of the most popular betting sports in the world. While cricket already has a long, and sometimes sinister, history of betting on the Asian subcontinent, modern online sportsbooks have greatly expanded the appeal, safety, and ease of cricket betting for sports fans around the world.

Cricket is currently undergoing a massive revolution as the 20/20 format of the game is transforming the sport from a parochial, under-attended, semi-professional sport, into one of the most appealing sporting spectacles in the world.

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Cricket betting markets focus on:

• Test Cricket: The long version of the game is enjoying a huge comeback, as more fans develop a taste for ancient rivalries and the most challenging format of the sport.
• One-Day International Cricket: ODIs fuelled the growth of the cricket over the past half century and make up the bulk of cricket played by international teams.
• Twenty20 Cricket: The shortened version of the game has created a phenomenon over the past two years. The format is set to rejuvenate club-level cricket, and also to transform the sport into one of the most lucrative in the world.

Popular Cricket Betting Options

Cricket offers an enormous selection of betting opportunities. While the extent of betting coverage will be dependent on the significance of a particular cricket match, as well as the origins of the competing teams, fans can look forward to benefiting from dozens of betting opportunities in high profile games. If you are new to cricket betting you can make use of free cricket bets on offer from UK Bookmakers to whet your feet.

Popular cricket betting options include:

Match Betting: Match betting is the easiest and most popular of cricket betting options. Punters select whichever team they think will win a match and are paid out according to the relevant odds if their selected team does win.

Top Run-scorer: Punters can also place bets on which player will be the top run-scorer in his team. Odds available on these bets can be quite high, allowing punters to back several players and still earn a good payout.

Highest Opening Partnership: Betting on the highest opening partnership is a great cricket betting option that allows punters to back the opening partnership they think will reach the highest score, in either team.

1st Innings Lead: When betting on test matches, punters can place bets on which team will reach the highest score in the first innings, an attractive option in a game where the outcome is so often a draw.