Cricket - A Guide To Betting Strategy

Here you can learn about cricket betting strategy and find some useful hints and tips for betting on cricket matches.

An essential strategy when betting on cricket is to study the various factors that can influence a match. People use these factors to judge in their betting strategy and to enhance their chance of winning.

Betting On Cricket - Factors to Take into Consideration

There are a number of factors that you should take into account when forming a strategy for betting on the outcome of a cricket match.

Form - Look at each team's last few results and the recent results of cricket matches between the two teams.

Playing home or away - As with most sports, there tends to be an advantage to the home side. These can be accentuated in cricket and a tip when betting on cricket matches is to consider the team's home performances. For example, conditions in India are vastly different to that in England. If you look at India's home form then they have been virtually unbeatable, whilst if you look at India's away form then they have not won a series for several years. Also venues can differ within a country; The Oval is one of the fastest and truest pitches in England, whilst Headingley suits seam bowling.

Type of match - Domestic and international teams will have different strengths across the formats whether it is Twenty20, a One Day International, a 4 day Championship match or a 5 day Test Match.

Fixture list - The number of games coming up can be a factor in a team's performance. In Test Cricket, the number of back-to-back Test Matches (matches where there is less than one week between the end of one match and the start of the next match) means that team performances and individual performances can suffer if they have not had enough rest.

Weather - When betting on a cricket match, a further hint is to consider the weather. Being an outdoor sport, this can have a big factor on an outcome, ranging from whether the likelihood of rain or bad light will shorten the odds on a match ending in a draw to whether the conditions will suit a certain type of bowler or affect the behaviour of the pitch. It is always worth looking at the weather forecast for the match.

Pitch - The way a pitch has been prepared will be a factor in determining the match. If the pitch has had a lot of rain then it is likely to retain some moisture at the start of the match favouring the seam and swing bowlers. A pitch that has had little water can start to crumble after a couple of days in a Test Match, so the spinners are more likely to get wickets. Even the condition of the outfield is a factor, as it will influence whether or not the ball will keep its shine.

Type of ball - In cricket there are different makes of cricket ball that are used in each country. This will affect the bowlers as some balls have a more prominent seam, which favours seam and spin bowlers, whilst some balls lose their shine quickly, which favours the batsmen.

Individual players - If you are looking at bets on individual cricket players then form is a only a temporary guide, but you will find that certain players will do very well on certain pitches or grounds and against certain teams. If you are looking for tips for betting on how a batsman will be dismissed then you can find out how many times and what percentage of their dismissals occur in a certain way or even if a bowler in a team always seems to get them out.

If you want to research a team or player, then look at Stats Guru on Cricinfo to find some analytical background and there will also be some good editorial on upcoming matches.

Now you've read the hints and tips for betting on cricket you may want to put your new cricket strategies into practice so visit our Cricket - Where To Bet section.