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We've said it before that just because we English think of cricket as a summer game it doesn't mean the rest of you have to. Lets face it International Cricket is being played all year round and the betting opportunities are boundless.

It doesn't matter whether it's a Test match, one-day international, the county competitions or the very latest and most exciting form of cricket the Indian Premier league with its Twenty20 format if you want to find out more about twenty20 IPL then visit Bet on IPL Cricket. there are numerous markets to get stuck into, from top batsman to how many sixes will be scored. The Asian sub continent dominates the betting market and quite often dictates prices in the UK. Cricket was invented for spread betting.

Some Useful Betting Information

TEST CRICKET
An important thing to remember about Test sides are they stay together for years with very little change they are in someways quite predictable the strengths and weaknesses can almost be depended on. So don't go against them if a side struggles against spin bowlers this year you can bet they will struggle for the next few years make notes and use it. India are renowned as poor travellers, Pakistan don't like fast bouncy wickets and pitches that swing. The Windies hate the moving ball, England will struggle if the conditions don't suit bowlers, don't them Aussies hate spin.

The Draw
Tests often don't last the five days and the comment ' they play for five days and then it ended in a draw' couldn't be further from the truth. It is possible to make a good profit by continually laying the draw on betting exchanges or backing both teams with fixed-odds firms

County Cricket
Usually a team will dominate for a period of two to three years, keep an eye open to which overseas players they are signing if a team is picking up one day specialist they are going to go all out to win the one day series of games or they could be signing to win the four day championship games.

County Championship Division One 2006

Yorkshire
Hampshire
Durham
Kent
Warwickshire
Nottinghamshire
Lancashire
Sussex
Middlesex

The Toss
Does it matter you might ask, Night games are prone to be affected by the toss if you look at stats, teams who lose the toss will lose 10% more games than they do if they win the toss.

Weather - the main enemy of One Day Cricket in the UK - Understand the Duckworth Lewis method.
You should be wary of the weather forecast. Always check the forecast before betting on a one-day game. If it rains the Duckworth-Lewis method is used to work out what a team would have scored if overs are lost.
The Duckworth-Lewis method is a mathematical equation devised to work out what a team would have scored if it hadn't rained. It is used to set totals and alter them.
It has been known to work in favour of the team batting second, as they will know what they need after the end of each over if the rain comes. If you would like to know more about the origins of the game visit our cricket origins page.