Rules of Cricket Betting

Just like any sports game, betting on sports games comes with a set of rules. These rules clear up any complications such as cancelled games, ties, miscommunication and cheating in the world of sports betting. It’s important to avoid these complications and follow the betting rules. This wasn’t always the case in Cricket. In 2000, African cricket captain Hanise Cronje was banned from cricket for accepting a bribe to throw matches and others soon followed. Ajay Jadeja from India, Herschelle Gibbs from South Africa and Maurice Odumbe from Kenya also got banded for accepting and offering bribes. This occurs often when it comes to betting on sports. More specifically, cricket has a set of rules each site or bookie goes to prevent another scandal like these from happening again. Some of the rules in cricket betting are as follows; when a team wins, they advance to the next round. This mean you’re still in the race. When a team wins due to a bowl out or coin toss, bets will not be in action. If the event ties and no prices were offered for the tie, the match bets will be settled as a dead heat. In this case you receive the full odds but your stake will be divided by the winners that share your victory. In the event of bad weather the official competition rules will apply.

Sometimes games can be cancelled due cancelled due to a storm or bad weather conditions; in this case the wagers can be cancelled as well. If they are still unable to determine a winner before cancellation, the bets will remain dead. Many betters choose to bet on runs and wicket markets within a match, be aware that over half of the full number of scheduled over’s at the time of the bet must be bowled. This needs to happen in order for bets on runs and wicket markets to stand. If a team is quoted to be weaker than the other, a handicap is given. Handicaps are given in the form of runs or wickets and the results are added at the end of the match. There are a few stipulations to this; if the team receiving the start bats first then the handicap is translated into wickets. If they bat second then the handicap is translated into runs. At the end of the official match all results will be settled. This includes games that were affected by bad weather, ties and handicaps.