Cricket: formats, markets and bonus terms
Cricket is one of the biggest sports in international betting and is offered by many bookmakers. This page of casinocasoola.biz is for readers who follow it: it covers the formats, the main markets and the cricket-specific pitfalls of sports bonuses. Whether a sportsbook is available in your Casoola account is shown on the casino site; what follows are general rules, and the figures are illustrative examples, not Casoola's terms.
Visit the casino siteThree formats
- Test match: play lasting up to five days, where a draw is a common result.
- One-day match: a limited number of overs per side, played in a day.
- T20: a short, fast format of twenty overs per side, with more unpredictability.
The main markets
Besides the match winner, common markets include the toss winner, top batter, top bowler and total runs over or under a line. In-play you can also bet on individual overs and the next wicket. In Test matches the possibility of a draw makes three-way markets the norm.
Rain and shortened matches
Cricket is strongly affected by weather. Rain can shorten a match, and the result is then set by a dedicated calculation method. Bookmakers differ on which markets remain valid in that case. This also affects bonus wagering, because a voided bet usually does not count towards turnover.
Bonus terms in cricket
In T20 matches odds are often more balanced, so they fit a minimum-odds sports bonus more easily. Illustrative example: with a 1.80 minimum, a T20 winner at 1.95 counts, while a Test favourite at 1.30 does not. Some terms exclude toss bets from wagering, because the outcome is pure chance. Bet types are covered on their own page.
Who should bet on cricket
Those who really follow the sport, know the teams, the characteristics of the grounds and the differences between formats. Cricket's rules are complex, and anyone betting on odds alone can easily pick a market they do not understand – such as the effect of rain recalculation. If the sport is new to you, learn the rules first without betting, and only then place small bets.