How To Bet On One Day Cricket

One day cricket intro

Limited overs cricket, also known as one-day cricket, is a format of cricket where a match is completed in one-day. To be considered a one-day cricket match each team will need to bowl a set maximum number of overs, somewhere between 40 and 60 overs. However, the most common is 50 overs a-side as this format of cricket is used to help players prepare for One Day International Cricket.

In one-day matches each team will bowl/bat once and bowlers have a maximum number of overs they will be able to bowl. For example, if the game was 50 overs, a maximum number of overs a player could bowl would be 10.

There are also more nuances in limited overs cricket, such as powerplays. Powerplays limit the number of fielders that can stand on the boundary. In one-day cricket for a 50 over match, during the first 10 overs of an innings only 2 fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle. For overs 11 to 40, a maximum of four fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle and for the final 10 overs of an innings it increases to 5 fielders outside the 30-yard circle.

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There are some very competitive tournament and series on the International and Domestic levels of one day cricket. One day cricket is popular with spectators and betting fans because the limited number of overs encourages aggressive, risky, entertaining batting and matches can often come down to the very last ball of the match.

At the domestic level of one day cricket, in each of the major cricketing nation there will be one-day cricket competitions within countries where different regions play against each other. This is classified as List A cricket. Examples of popular competitions can be found in England and Australia. For example, in England there is the Royal London One-Day Cup, competed for by 18 counties in England and Wales and in Australia there is the March One Day Cup which is competed for by 6 Australian states.

Whilst on the international stage there are some very competitive One Day International series. The competitive series are usually between the countries with the biggest cricketing rivalries. For instance, the one-day series between England and Australia after the Ashes or one day series between India and Pakistan or India and England.

How to bet on one day cricket

Sports betting is when a person tries to predict the future outcome of a particular sporting event, match, or in-play moment. Therefore, it is possible to bet on One Day International cricket series and domestic tournaments and matches or specific events within these series or tournaments.

In order to bet on one day cricket, you firstly have to pick which betting site you would like to bet with. When choosing which betting site to use it is important to compare betting sites by considering what offers each betting site will offer. 

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Before betting on one day cricket, it is important to have a good level of knowledge about cricket, including knowledge about basic cricket rules, the fifty over format and so on. To further your understanding not only should you want to have knowledge about cricket itself but ideally you would want to have some background knowledge about the teams and players participating in the One Day series, match, or tournament to hopefully make your betting experience more successful.

Now that you know you are betting on one day cricket and have a sufficient basic knowledge about cricket and the series, tournament, or match at hand, one will then choose what type of bet you would want to make. For example, on an individual match (like India versus Pakistan), an in-play bet or a bet on a tournament or series as a whole. It is then important to review the available bets and betting odds between different betting sites to make sure you are getting the best offer for the bet that you want to make. 

Once you have compared betting sites and decided on which one to use, you then place a deposit down with the betting site you have chosen. Now that you have money on the betting site, you then choose which particular bet or bets you want to place and how much money out of your deposit you want to put on your bet. Once you have finalised this then it is time to place your bet and keep up to date with what is happening in the sporting event, to see whether you win or not! 

Furthermore, it may also be in a punters best interest to keep up to date with their bet because for some bets punters will have a cash out option. To cash out means that you can get your money back at any time during the one day match, series, or tournament that you have bet on, not just when the match or series is completed. However, the amount you get back will depend on the situation of event you have bet on. Due to the situation of the sporting event this could possibly lead getting less (or more) money than you initially laid down.

One day tournament winners or series winners

Outright markets are usually the first market accessible and simplest form of betting for betting fans for one day cricket. The outright market for one day cricket is about betting on who you believe the winner of a series or tournament will be. 

It is very rare in one day international and domestic cricket to see one off matches. Thus, most commonly one day matches will be part of a series or tournament, for example, the recently concluded three match One Day International series the upcoming three match series between Australia and Pakistan or the Momentum One Day Cup for List A cricket in South Africa.

A possible ongoing tournament for punters to bet on for One Day International cricket is the Men’s cricket World Cup Super League (from 2020-2023), this inaugural One Day International League is serving as part of the process for the 2023 World Cup qualification. Bangladesh, England and India are currently top in the league.

For betting fans, in terms of outright markets, they are therefore able to bet on series or tournament winners on a domestic and international level. Potential favourites for One Day International cricket series or tournaments is difficult to predict but previously Australia has dominated the 50 over format, winning five world cups. However, more recently, England and India have been very dominant with England winning the previous fifty-over world cup and also New Zealand who are ranked number one in the world for One Day international cricket.

One day match betting 

Match betting in cricket involves betting on the result of individual matches within a series or a tournament. In relation to one day cricket this would involve betting on the result of individual matches during a domestic/international tournament or series. For example, a match between England and the West Indies within a series, one could bet on England to win or the West Indies to win or even bet on a draw between the two sides.

Within a One Day International series the scenario of a series can affect the dynamic of each game. Therefore, some matches will be of greater importance than others. For example, a series could be poised at 2-2 leading into the final match of the series with the winner of that match also winning the series. Or if a team is winning the series 4-0, the losing side in the series may be more motivated to avoid the embarrassment of being whitewashed. 

Furthermore, match betting can also focus on individual performances, for example, betting on who will be the player of the match or who will be the highest run scorer or wicket taker of the match. Match betting can also include the pre match coin toss to see who will bat or bowl first. The captains will toss a coin to decide who will bat and who will bowl and in match betting you are able to place a bet on which team will win the toss.

Having a placed a bet on a match, a betting fan may be able to cash out their bet depending on the match situation. The match situation will determine whether you cash out for less or more on what you initially bet.

Player betting

Cricket is about taking wickets and making runs, so betting markets offer bets on how many runs a batsmen may make and how many wickets a bowler may take. For one day matches there are player betting market options for players when it comes to both batting and bowling. Offers are made for each player in each innings of a match for who might make the most runs or take the most wickets from each team. Options are also offered for doubles, where one can bet on who will be the top run scorer/top wicket taker for each side in an innings.

Betting sites also provide fans with betting options on whether a batsmen or bowler will reach a certain batting or bowling milestone. For a player scoring runs in a one day match, a punter can place a bet on any player from either side to score 50 or more runs or 100 or more. Whilst for bowlers taking wickets, punters can bet on bowlers from either side to take 3 or more and 5 or more wickets in an innings.

Player betting also provides different options for betting fans other than just players reaching betting and bowling milestones. For batsmen, punters are able to bet on over/under options for scoring a certain number of runs and also for the number of fours or sixes they may hit, when a batsman is currently batting. For the previously mentioned player bets, punters will be given cash out options however this may not be as likely for in-play betting.

In-play betting on players is also offered by betting sites. Top bowler markets are normally closed when the match starts, but top batting markets remain open. Within in-play betting markets you are also able to place bets on options such as which of the two batsmen who are currently batting you believe will be out next and also by mode of which dismissal you think a batsman who is currently batting would be out. Also, in terms of the bowling this could include an over/under options for how many runs they might concede in an over or what may happen next ball, e.g., a wicket, a wide, 4 runs or 1 run.

Team betting

Like individual player betting, punters are also able to place bets on team. This is usually more typical for a team’s batting innings. Similar to individual player scores when a team is having their batting innings, betting sites provide options for a team to score over or under a certain number of runs. 

In the fifty over format of cricket, the influence of T20 cricket has increased the skill levels of batsmen to score runs at a quicker rate. Thus, a good score for a team these days is much higher than it used to be and a good score for 50 over batting innings in the modern games is normally considered anything greater than two-hundred and eighty. 

There is also an in-play option to continue betting on the team score and what you think it might end up being throughout their batting innings. However, like with any cricket format team scores tend to heavily depend on the pitch so it is worth looking at previous scores at the ground to see what a good ‘par’ total might be.

Cricket betting fans are also given the option to bet on whether they think a team will score more or less than a certain number of fours, sixes, or total boundaries during a team’s batting innings. This market is again highly affected by external conditions. For example, depending on which teams are playing, the players in the teams, the size of the boundaries, and the importance of the match (i.e., series decider).

One day betting specials

Bookies also offer ‘special markets’ whereby they provide punters with interesting and potentially different bets to the previously mentioned. These are usually random outside bets that typically have longer odds and are often labelled as ‘specials’.

Special market bets could typically include unusual bets. For example, special bets may include someone taking a hattrick or a player to take 3 or more catches.  

Special markets can also include various combinations of bets such as one player to be the highest scorer in the match and their team to win or one player to make thirty or more runs, another player to take three or more wickets, and a third different player to take two catches. It could also include team bets, for instance, both teams to score more than 350 runs in their batting innings. 

These bets are packaged together to make a ‘special’ which would typically have longer odds.