Live Cricket Betting

Fancy a flutter on the next big cricket match? Here is a roundup of some of the best cricket betting offers that are currently available from online bookmakers:

What is Live Cricket Betting?

Betting on cricket matches used to be a very straightforward affair. You made your bets with the bookmaker before play commenced, and then passively watched and waited as events unfolded. All very well and good, but what if you didn't get your bet in on time, or wished you'd made a different one? With modern day live cricket betting, available from a number of online sportsbooks, you can bet right up until the result is put beyond doubt.

Clicking on the live cricket betting option usually results in a new window popping up where you can see all the cricket games that are in progress, the scores, and a couple of the most popular betting options for that game. Clicking on a particular game will usually show more information about and betting options for that game. Some sportsbooks offer a live commentary as part of their live betting service, which keeps you up-to-date with everything that is going on in the match. Usually, this is text based, although some now offer speech based commentary streamed over the web.

There are two main advantages to live cricket betting over other types of cricket betting. Firstly, it enables you to hedge your bets much more effectively, as you can react to events in the game by changing your strategy. For example, if you had bet on Australia to win the Ashes, only to watch England’s bowlers put on a surprisingly convincing performance on the first day, you might place an insurance bet on an English win towards the end of that day. Then, if England won the Ashes, you wouldn’t be as out of pocket as you would have been, due to the winnings from your second bet. However, if Australia won the Ashes, you would probably have made more than enough money from your first bet to cover your losses on the second. Secondly, live betting is a lot more exhilarating than traditional betting, as it is much more of an interactive experience. When you are in-play betting on cricket, timing your bets correctly becomes of paramount importance. The reason for this is that the odds for every betting option change in real time as the game progresses, and if you are canny, you can use this to your advantage. Going back to the previous example, if you had placed a bet on Australia to win when the tide appeared to be turning England’s way, and Australia won, you would make more money than if you had bet on them at the start of the Ashes. You can also combine several live bets into multiple or system bets in order to maximise your potential winnings.