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Twenty20 Cup Betting – Bet on the Twenty20 Cricket Cup

CRICKET – TWENTY20 CUP – 11th June

The eighteen competing counties are split into three “divisions” of six teams, based on location. For the 2008 season, each county will play 10 games, playing each team in its group once at home and once away. Teams receive two points for a win, and one for a tie or a “no result”, if the game can’t be completed. This stage takes around three weeks to complete, with teams playing several ties each week. The top two from each division, along with the two best third-place finishers qualify with for the quarter-finals, with the group winners and best second-placed team having home ties. The winners of the quarter-finals go through to “Finals Day”, a bumper day of Twenty20 when the semi-finals and final of the competition take place on the same day at the same venue. 2008 Finals Day will take place at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on Saturday July 26th.

Kent are the reigning champions, having beaten Gloucestershire by 4 wickets in last year’s Edgbaston final. Leicestershire have won the title twice, beating Surrey by 7 wickets in 2004, and Nottinghamshire, by just 4 runs, in 2006. They were also semi-finalists in 2003 and 2005. Along with Surrey, who have been champions (2003), runners-up (2004) and twice semi-finalists (2005 and 2006) they may represent the value in the online betting market.

BETTING

Cup Winner – Outright

10/1 Somerset (Boylesports), 10/1 Lancashire (Stan James), 10/1 Durham (William Hill), 11/1 Sussex (888sport), 12/1 Kent (Paddy Power), 14/1 Surrey (skybet), 16/1 Gloucestershire (William Hill), 16/1 Nottinghamshire (sportingbet), 16/1 Yorkshire (Paddy Power), 18/1 Essex (skybet), 20/1 Hampshire (Stan James), 20/1 Leicestershire (Sky Bet), 20/1 Worcestershire (888sport), 20/1 Northamptonshire (Paddy Power), 20/1 Warwickshire (Sky Bet), 22/1 Middlesex, 25/1 Derbyshire, 50/1 Glamorgan (all Paddy Power).

Divisional Winners

Mid / Wales / West Division
5/2 Somerset (Stan James), 4/1 Gloucestershire (Paddy Power), 5/1 Worcestershire (bet365), 11/2 Warwickshire (totesport), 6/1 Northamptonshire (Paddy Power), 14/1 Glamorgan (bet365).

North Division
10/3 Lancashire (skybet), 7/2 Durham (Ladbrokes), 9/2 Nottinghamshire (vcbet), 11/2 Yorkshire (888sport), 7/1 Leicestershire (bet365), 9/1 Derbyshire (Stan James)

South Division
7/2 Sussex (Stan James), 4/1 Kent (Paddy Power) 4/1 Surrey (skybet), 6/1 (vcbet), 7/1 Hampshire (Stan James), 15/2 Middlesex (bet365).

Top Batsman
14/1 Marcus Trescothick, 16/1 Matt Prior, 20/1 Michael Di Venuto, Robert Key, Justin Langer, Phil Mustard, Jacques Rudolph, 25/1 James Benning, Mark Ramprakash, 33/1 Hylton Ackerman, Steven Davies, Herschelle Gibbs, H. Marshall, Vikram Solanki, Craig Spearman (all Stan James), 40/1 BAR.

Top Bowler
7/1 Nayan Doshi, Danish Kaneria, Syed Mushtaq, 8/1 Andrew Hall, Azhar Mahmood, 12/1 Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Steve Jones, 14/1 J. Lewis, Ian Blackwell, 16/1 Dillon Du Preez, Michael Yardy, 20/1 Mark Ealham, James Harris (all Stan James), 25/1 BAR.

Stan James are also offering prices on the Top Tournament Batsman for individual teams.

All odds correct at time of writing. Please click here for the latest odds