Weather and pitch conditions both have a major impact on how cricket games unfold. So if you are going to be wagering on cricket, you will need to learn how to read pitches. This means not only understanding the current conditions of the pitch, but also being able to identify the overall “type” of pitch you are looking at. This will help you to grasp not only the present conditions, but also how conditions are likely to change as a match progresses (very important with test matches in particular, which can last for days).