I am betting with my brother on the cricket world cup scores. I posted a couple of days ago and was given links to a couple of book makers sites which were very useful. However the sites are only of use once the game has started and they know which side is betting first. My brother is now abroad and getting in contact is difficult once the game has started. We have decided to make our bets in advance of the game starting. So for example if team A bats first my brother thinks they will make 250 runs. I decided to go "lower" and for every run under 250 I win 10p. For every run over 250 he wins 10p. If team B bats first I reckon they will make 300 runs and my brother can chose to go higher or lower. We only bet on the first sides score but have to have two bets ready as we don't know who is going to bat first. As I know very little about cricket I was looking at the spread bets that bookmaker’s sites were giving however they only show up once the match has started. Is there anyway that I can see a day or two in advance a prediction of a particular teams score if they bat first. Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance.
Is there anyway that I can see a day or two in advance a prediction of a particular teams score if they bat first.
I think the short answer is probably 'no'!
I'm sure that the spread-betting and general bookmaker firms may well have their own estimates and calculations on what each team will score in the upcoming matches, but this will not be published publicly anywhere.
As you have noticed, they wait until the toss has been made before putting in their opening quote on total runs. Issues like the state of the pitch, the weather, and the make-up of the team will all have a factor in helping to formulate this quote (as well as a bit of guess work from the 'cricket experts' at each firm).
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