Cricket betting sites

How the formats work, and what each bet means, is on how to bet on cricket. Cricket is not the sport I know best, so this page sticks to what you should check in a book.

A short list

Few of the books we have reviewed name cricket on their own sports pages, so the list below is short. A book whose review doesn't mention cricket may still take a bet on it. We list only what the review supports, so check a book's menu yourself before you fund an account for cricket.

Three formats, three menus

A Test match can end in a draw, so its match bet is three ways, and a bet on either side loses when the match is drawn. One-day games and T20s usually produce a winner, and the book should say how it grades a tie. Look for a book that shows the format plainly on every market, because the same team at the same price is a different bet in a Test and in a T20.

The rules that decide tickets

Two rules matter more in cricket than in most sports. The first is top batsman, where ties are paid as a dead heat at most books, and books differ on a batsman who doesn't come in to bat. The second is rain. A shortened one-day game is reset by a formula and usually still counts, while totals and player bets in a shortened game are settled, voided or adjusted by each book's own rules. I'd read both before depositing. The house rules page covers the general idea.

Live cricket

A cricket match changes ball by ball, and the live board follows it. In a long Test, the live market can be the most useful place to bet, because conditions change over the days and the price moves with them. In a T20 it moves fast, and I'd assume the book's model has the edge on me.

Reading the list below

The list shows the books we have reviewed that name cricket, A to Z, and leaves out any whose review doesn't say. Bet the format you understand, at stakes of 1 or 2 percent of the bankroll, and keep away from the formats you are only betting because the match is on.