Cricket Spread Betting

Spread betting on Cricket In-Play

Spread betting on cricket comes into its own in-play: our traders update every spread ball by ball, so cricket is arguably the perfect sport for spread betting with the scoring pattern of team and batsmen runs ideal for opening and closing bets in-play to either take a profit or cut a loss.

Before a match our traders will make a prediction or 'spread' on the amount of runs a team, or each individual batsmen, will score.

This spread is constantly updated after every ball and will move up or down depending on the run-rate, number of wickets to have fallen or the changing pitch or weather conditions.

This allows spread betters to pit their skill and judgement against our traders and open or close bets at any time during the game to try and turn a profit.

Cricket Spread Betting ‘Buy’ Example

Let’s for instance take the remarkable Test match between New Zealand and England at Trent Bridge in June 2026. After a winter of discontent in Australia, the English Test team was falling apart and staring down the barrel of a home series defeat against New Zealand.

Before play began at Trent Bridge, you could trade the Daryl Mitchell Performance spread at 89-97. The Performance spread awards one point for each run scored, ten points for a catch, 20 points for a wicket and 25 points for a stumping. 

If you bought Mitchell Performance at 97 for £2, you would have been handsomely rewarded as the spread settled at 161. The Canterbury all-rounder scored 111 runs across his two innings and also added five catches, leaving you with a win of £128 ((161-97) x £2).

However, let’s say Mitchell didn’t have such a great Test match scoring only 30 runs combined and taking just one catch. This would have left the spread to make-up at 40 and left you with a loss of £114 ((40-97) x £2).

Last updated 13th August 2026

Cricket Spread Betting ‘Sell’ Example

Now let us look at the same Test match for a successful ‘Sell’ trade.

Enter Ben Stokes. The mercurial talent had saved England on many occasions and had just announced his retirement from Test cricket. Surprisingly he is seen coming to the crease to open alongside Ben Duckett as England chase a score of 373 to win the match and the series.

Stokes falls at 50/1 and the next man in is Jacob Bethell. You check out the Bethell player runs spread and see the precocious left hander is given a spread of 31-36. With England swinging the bat at everything, you fancy Bethell to be out in fairly quick order so place a £2 sell bet.

It couldn’t have gone much better for you, as Bethell departs without scoring after being trapped LBW by Zak Foulkes. This leaves you with a win of £62 ((31-0) x £2)

However, let us say that Bethell was middling it off the bat and fell for a well-made score of 72. This would have left you with a loss of £82 ((31-72) x £2)

Last updated 13th August 2026

Cricket Series Bets

50/100 Ups: The combined number of runs, scored by individual batsman, over and above either 50 or above 100, in a series.

Player Runs/wickets: The total number of runs scored, or wickets taken, by a named player during an entire series.

For example, Spreadex may predict that two leading batsmen will score between 405-425 and 390-410 runs each over a full Test series.

Total 4s/6s/run-outs/wides: The total number of 4s, 6s, run-outs or wides during a series.

Cricket Supremacy Bets

For a Supremacy spread bet, the winning margin is based on either one point per run won by or 10 points per wicket won by.

For example Spreadex may quote Team A over Team B with a Supremacy price of 10-20.

If Team A beats team B by 60 runs, the market will make-up at 60. So a £4 buy at 20 in this instance will result in a £160 profit ((60-20) x £4 = £160).

However, if Team B won by one wicket, the market would make-up at -10 and the £4 buy at 20 would result in a £120 loss ((-10-20) x £4 = -£120).

Batsmen Cricket Bets

One of the most popular markets among Spreadex clients, Batsmen Runs bets are based on the total number of runs a batsman will score, either in one innings, over a full match or over a series.

For example Spreadex may quote 55-60 for an opening batsman’s first innings runs in a Test match.

If that batsman was out for 25 runs, the market would settle at 25. So a £2 sell at 55 would result in a £60 profit ((55-25) x £2 = £60).

If the batsman had made 70 before having his wicket taken, the £2 sell at 55 would have lost £30 ((55-70) x £2 = -£30).

Bowler Cricket Bets

Series Wickets: A prediction, or 'spread', of how many wickets a named individual will take over a series.

Bowler Performance: Bet on a bowler's performance over a single Test match based on 10 points being awarded per wicket with a bonus of 25 points awarded for a five wicket haul (potential 50 point bonus if bowler takes five wickets in each innings).

Player Performance: Bet on a named player's performance in a One Day match. Players are awarded points on the following basis: 1 point per run, 10 per catch, 20 per wicket and 25 per stumping. So if a wicket keeper took two catches, made one stumping and hit 24 runs with the bat, his market would make up at 69 ((10 x 2) + 25 + 24).

Multi-Wides: Total team A wides x total team B wides in a limited overs match, there must be a match result for bets to stand. Super Overs do not count. In test matches/4 day games both innings count.

Run-related Cricket Bets

Batsmen Runs: A prediction of how many runs a batsman will score, either in an innings or over a whole match. 

Team Runs: As above, but for a full team's runs as opposed to an individual player.

First 6/15 Over Runs: The total number of runs a team will score after either 6 or 15 overs.

Session Runs: The total number of runs scored by a team in a particular session of play in a match. 

Fall of Next Wicket: The number of runs a team will have scored when the next wicket falls.

Super Mega Runs: Runs 1-50 count normally, runs 51-100 count double, runs 101+ count treble. Both innings added separately, For example 120 & 30 = (50 + 2*50 + 3*20) + 30 = 210 + 30 = 240.

Multi-Sixes: Total team A sixes x total team B sixes in a limited overs match, there must be a match result for bets to stand. Super Overs do not count. In test matches/4 day games both innings count.

Multi-Fours: Total team A fours x total team B fours in a limited overs match, there must be a match result for bets to stand. Super Overs do not count.

Index-based Cricket Bets

25:10 Index: Spread based on the winning team being awarded 25 points and the losing team receiving 0.

If the game is a draw, both teams receive 10 points.

Outright Index: Bet on how a team will perform ahead of a major tournament.

E.g. we may offer an index based on 60 points awarded to a tournament winner, 40 points to the runner-up, 20 points to the losing semi-finalists and 10 points to the losing quarter-finalists.

Cricket Fixed Odds Bets

Spreadex also provides a full fixed odds cricket betting service with many markets offered in-play and three Cash Out options available.

You can find all your favourite fixed odds cricket bets such as Match Odds, Top Batsmen, Top Bowler, Over /Under, Next Man Out, Method of Dismissal etc with prices displayed in fractional or decimal format.

Click here to see our Fractional/Decimal Odds Conversion Table.

Click here to see our Accumulator and Multiple bets guide.

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