Cricket Betting Tips: Roy to smash tournament sixes quote out of the park

IT’S been 20 years since Sporting Index were caught out by their infamous World Cup wides rick.

The trading team predicted there would be 255 wides in the 42-game tournament, though after seeing 21 wides bowled in England’s opening match versus Sri Lanka, the spread betting firm realised they had made a rather expensive error.

Sporting Index lost over £500k during the 1999 tournament and while it’s unlikely for wides to have such a damaging effect this year, I like the look of another of their tournament markets instead.

They offer a spread of 525-545 on the number of sixes in the tournament and based on recent evidence, there’s a solid case for saying there could be more than that.

Since 2015, One-Day cricket has totally changed, with five teams scoring over 400 runs in an innings – scores we never thought were achievable a few years ago.

Much of the destructive hitting is due to the incredible six-hitting that so many sides possess these days.

Andre Russell hit a staggering 52 sixes in the IPL, while we’ve seen the destruction the likes of David Warner, Jonny Bairstow and JASON ROY can cause.

Given the likelihood of batsman-friendly pitches during the tournament, I advise buying at 540.

Of those batsmen I mentioned, I’m keen on Roy in the top tournament batsman market.

He’s come into form at just the right time with three 50s and one 100 in his last five innings and the thing about Roy is, when he’s in form, he scores runs for fun.

England have a fairly easy start to the tournament and I fancy Roy to profit.

POINTERS

Buy tournament sixes 545 (Sporting Index)

Buy Jason Roy 13 (Sporting Index)