April 2012 - Cricket betting, odds and opinion

IPL Betting: Riders looking the part

Andrew Hughes / 30 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes thinks the Knight Riders are the value bet to overcome the Super Kings in Monday's Indian Premier League clash.Read more »

IPL Betting: Battle at the bottom

Paul Bugeja / 29 April 2012 / Leave a comment

When it's second-bottom of the ladder against the bottom in the IPL, and Tobias Gourlay likes the chances of the bottom Charging it's way from the bottom up.Read more »

IPL Betting: Cracker when Kolkata meet Bangalore

Paul Bugeja / 28 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Ed Hawkins, SJA Betting Writer of the Year, previews the Eden Gardens showdown between Kolkata and Bangalore. Read more »

IPL Betting: Detail in the Devils

Jaymes Monte / 27 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Delhi cruised home to a one-sided win when they met Mumbai in their last IPL match, and Jaymes Monte expects a similar outcome again.Read more »

IPL Betting: Why aren't Deccan Charging in 2012?

Richard O’Hagan / 26 April 2012 / Leave a comment

With just one solitary point from their matches so far, and that only due to the misfortunes of a washed-out game, Richard O'Hagan wonders why it is the Deccan Chargers haven't clicked during their 2012 IPL season.Read more »

IPL Betting: Right royal battle

Paul Bugeja / 25 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Tobias Gourlay expects in-form Bangalore and reigning champions Chennai to battle it out big time in their next IPL match. Read more »

Cricket Betting: Series win in sight for Aussies

Chris Cairns / 22 April 2012 / Leave a comment

After an ugly pitch in Trinidad, Chris Cairns is hoping for something markedly better when the Aussies meet the West Indies in the next Test in Dominica.Read more »

IPL Betting: Devil of a surprise

Andrew Hughes / 21 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Andrew Hughes thinks the Warriors, who have lost two on the bounce, can surprise the table-topping Daredevils in Saturday's second IPL game. Read more »

Cricket Betting: Aussies still have the goods

Chris Cairns / 15 April 2012 / Leave a comment

The first Test between the West Indies and Australia was an excellent game but Chris Cairns feels the West Indies had the best of conditions and could not convert this advantage when it counted.Read more »

Cricket Betting: Royal revenge for Riders

Andrew Hughes / 13 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Even with Owais in blistering form for Rajasthan, Andrew Hughes senses the Knight Riders have an excellent chance of exacting revenge when they meet the Rajastan Royals in their next IPL match this weekend.Read more »

Cricket Betting: Bangalore have depth to Challenge

Rowan Williams / 12 April 2012 / Leave a comment

With both the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore coming into this IPL match on the back of resounding losses, Rowan Williams wonders if Chris Gayle and company can travel to Chennai and smoke the Super Kings... Read more »

Cricket Betting: All forms have merit

Frank Gregan / 10 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Frank Gegan loves cricket in all its many forms but feels the ICC needs to find a way to ensure there is room in the game for each and every format. Read more »

Cricket Betting: Mumbai geared up to damage Deccan

Ed Hawkins / 09 April 2012 / Leave a comment

SJA Betting Writer of the Year, Ed Hawkins previews the IPL contest between Deccan and Mumbai.Read more »

Cricket Betting: How to trade on day five

Ed Hawkins / 07 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Ed Hawkins wants to remind you of a few golden rules of trading going into Day Five of the test between Sri Lanka and England, especially in light of Mahela Jayawardene giving Sri Lanka a chance of saving this match.Read more »

Cricket Betting: Windies will struggle at Test level

Chris Cairns / 06 April 2012 / Leave a comment

After a meaningless two match T20 series, Chris Cairns is looking forward to the three-Test series pitting a team that was sublime in the Australian summer against a team struggling to find itself.Read more »

Cricket Betting: Tourists to get there

Ed Hawkins / 06 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Kevin Pietersen hit one of the best centuries we've seen in a while, but with some stubborn Sri Lankan batsmen ahead, Ed Hawkins feels we're likely to have to wait to the final day to get a result.Read more »

Cricket Betting: Steady as she goes

Michael Vaughan / 05 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Regardless of the positive position England find themselves to level the Test series with Sri Lanka, Michael Vaughan encourages them to bowl extremely well to avoid chasing too many wickets.Read more »

Cricket Betting: It's all in the toss

Ed Hawkins / 04 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Given the respective strengths of Chennai and Mumbai, going into the first match of IPL 2012, Ed Hawkins sees the toss as the match-winning key.Read more »

Cricket Betting: Time for England to dig deep

Ed Hawkins / 04 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Ed Hawkins feels England will rue their failure to take the wicket of Mahela Jayawardene something that will limit their scoring ability when they eventually go in to bat.Read more »

Cricket Betting: Another tough wicket

Michael Vaughan / 02 April 2012 / Leave a comment

Michael Vaughan looks ahead to the next test between England and Sri Lanka wondering if Jonathon Trott can pull off another valiant century.Read more »