Cricinfo is the largest Cricket related website out there and not only is it the largest but it is by far the best too. With over 20 million users the site is one of largest websites in the world. It was launched in 1993 and was based in London. Today the base has moved to Bangalore, India, ... Read review
Advantages: Jammed full of Cricket related info/ Fast/ Reliable Disadvantages: Audio is hit and miss
Cricinfo is the largest Cricket related website out there and not only is it the largest but it is by far the best too. With over 20 million users the site is one of largest websites in the world. It was launched in 1993 and was based in London. Today the base has moved to Bangalore, India, no doubt to cut down costs. There are offices in London, Chennai, Mumbai and Colombo.
First impressions are good. The homepage is clear and precise. ... ...pop-ups but not this one. It has advertising but only a small amount of it and it no way impedes the quality or usefulness of the site. The main colour is blue which goes hand in hand with the blue Cricinfo logo which many could accuse of being bland. Personally this doesn't bother me. Quality and relialability are far more important factors to me and no doubt others. The speed of the Cricinfo site is very fast, pages load quickly and it has a very ... more
Cricinfo is the largest Cricket related website out there and not only is it the largest but it is by far the best too. With over 20 million users the site is one of largest websites in the world. It was launched in 1993 and was based in London. Today the base has moved to Bangalore, India, no doubt to cut down costs. There are offices in London, Chennai, Mumbai and Colombo.
First impressions are good. The homepage is clear and precise. Sports websites are often packed full of banners, adverts and pop-ups but not this one. It has advertising but only a small amount of it and it no way impedes the quality or usefulness of the site. The main colour is blue which goes hand in hand with the blue Cricinfo logo which many could accuse of being bland. Personally this doesn't bother me. Quality and relialability are far more important factors to me and no doubt others. The speed of the Cricinfo site is very fast, pages load quickly and it has a very reliable server. I have never known the site to go down in all the time I have been using it which must be some five years now. The other cricketing nations India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand and West Indies have their own servers.
The homepage is dominated by news and articles related to cricket which are written by Cricinfo's dedicated contributers. For instance at the moment there is a lot of material regarding the impending ashes series and the current test series being played in India between India and the West Indies. There is a huge amount of content on the site but it is extremely well organised and presented thus making navigation simple.
The left hand side of the homepage lies the menus which link to the different areas of the site. There are literally hundreds of sub links and are too numerous to mention. The main ones are the fixtures, news and photos index where you can catch up on recent games or plan a visit to an impending one. There are columns and blogs written and updated by established Cricinfo writers. There are various styles and you soon learn which ones are of interest to you. Probably the most useful and most used area of the site is the stats guru which is an absolutely huge database of statistics updated on a daily basis. This database is so good it is used by most of the best coaches employed in the world of Cricket today. The information for any player ever to be involved in the game of cricket and team can be obtained quickly and accurately.
Cricinfo also produces a Cricket magazine and it can be found online here too with archives of old issues. Wisden (owned by Paul Getty) which has a personal interest in Cricinfo has it's material on the site including it's famous almanack whcih is a hive of information. On top of this there is a game section where you can play Cricket top trumps or play Cricket fantasy league much in the same style as a lot of people play football fantasy league.
The audio section is just that, live cricket being played through your home PC. I tried it earlier this summer and found it a bit hit and miss as quite often I was kicked out and had to keep loading the audio again which became annoying after a while. This particular feature needs improving.
There is a Cricinfo shop where you can buy a wide array of items ranging from caps, shirts, bats, autographs etc etc. I found the stuff a bit pricey to be honest so havn't bought anything yet.
Then theres a travel section where you be diverted to external websites to buy tickets for overseas games or hotel rooms etc etc. Again I havn't used this feature but it could be very useful if say your planning a trip to the Cricket World Cup next year.
The right hand side of the homepage is dedicated to the betting side of things. Bet 365 is the site Cricinfo uses and you can bet on outcomes of games, next man out, highest run scorer, next wicket taker etc etc. If your a gambler like me then this can be very inviting.
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So in summing up if your interested in Cricket then check this site out. It is the only site to consider of it's type and my write up doesn't really do it justice. Anything to do with Cricket is there and in abundance.
and finally my team to face Australia in the first test in the Ashes later this week ;
I think Australia will regain the Ashes unfortunately. We will miss Jones and Trescothick a lot and Vaughan's captaincy too as we certainly had an edge in that capacity last summer.Site rating 10/10========WormThatTurned2006
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BACKGROUND ~~~~
Cricinfo.com is claimed to be the most popular global single sport site. Its head office is in the UK and has 8 national offices in Australia, Pakistan, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and USA. It’s estimated fan count is 18 million spread in 180 countries (I didn’t even know that there were so many countries in the world.) Only this year so far they have received one billion hits or to make it more ... ...that how professional and huge this site is, let’s move on.
THE SITE ~~~~
Nothing too fancy but very well laid out and well organised site presented to you in a cool blue back ground as you hit the home page. You are immediately asked for the local site of 7 countries to choose from to be connected to the nearest server and for local news highlighted for your convenience. The site is very well organised and most of the links are self-explanatory ...
LostAngel 14.10.2001
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Advantages: Excellent, Reliable Informative Disadvantages: Home page can be clustered with too much info
...and gone to heaven because cricinfo.com has every possible statistic under the sun, whether you are looking for how many centuries Charles Bannerman made or how many ducks Sachin Tendulkar has scored in his career then this is the site for you as well, it has every single skerrick of a statistic, no matter how small or useful for you to raid, and it also has a filter, so you are able to specify your search so you find only the stats you want or need, ... ...or more players against each other, you can also do that as well and compare just how good they were, this site has the widest stats library as well.
Also if you are one who likes to delve deep into the history, this site has everything you want, every Test Match which has been played from 1877 to the latest test is on there, with all the batsmen, how they were dismissed and how many they made and who got the wickets, you can also have a look at ...
slugman_69 27.06.2002
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Advantages: Enormous amount of information, fast loading, StatsGuru Disadvantages: Poor coverage of women's cricket, registering for audio - why?
...oh no...I love it!
Cricket means a lot to me, and CricInfo is by a considerable margin the sport website I use most. It's also the one I find most pleasant to use. It manages to combine user-friendliness, accuracy, speed and comprehensiveness in one package, which is a rare thing on the net (or, indeed, anywhere).
One factor in its speed is the sensible decision to have separate servers for the main cricketing countries. (Well, the West Indies ... ...whether you'd call them a major cricketing country these days is open to question.) So you have www-uk.cricket.org for Britain, www-ind.cricket.org for India and so on. This prevents the awful bottlenecks you get on many sporting sites during major competitions.
Another point in CricInfo's favour is its eschewing of the pointless showing off that blights so many sites. You won't have to wait five minutes for a pathetic Flash intro to load here. ...
davidbuttery 14.07.2001 (15.07.2001)
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Advantages: This is THE cricket site on the web. Disadvantages: registration necessary for audio commentary
I have seen Cricinfo flourish over the last four years, having jumped on board at its launch. Since then I have watched the site develop into the outstanding cricket site on the web. I have also helped to contribute to its development, by submitting new headers and footers for Austria's page - they will be going up on the site soon and I have helped by submitting scorecards to the site too. The site is so reliable that you can guarantee practically ... ...great variety of information, from National sites (ecb.co.uk for example) through to Cricket appreciation societies. Cricinfo has helped greatly with the spread of the game, and indeed in Austria, it is effectively the only real source of information for the sport, and has really helped to help the sport increase in popularity, and many players coming to Austria are only aware of the existence of cricket and the very active nature of Cricket in Austria ...
Morgenhund 09.09.2000 (18.05.2001)
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Advantages: Live scores, player information, stats, records...too many Disadvantages: None
Cricinfo is my favourite cricket website, this is the website which i visit when i want to know anything about cricket on the net.
Cricinfo is the worlds largest & leading Cricket website. As this site was founded in 1993 & has never looked back every time they add on new features on the websites. It covers every aspect of worl cricket let it be Internationa Test, ODI or domestic cricket of any country you will get the news on Cricinfo. The fact ... ...as said they add on features everytime so now you can also have the latest news & scores of the current on going match on your mobile as well. It is really fast & reliable source of cricket news.
I first started using cricinfo website a few years back, when i wanted to know the start date of a match & went on to the internet to search for this and i came across this website. i was amased to see all the features and information it gave to me about ...
majeedkazi 08.04.2008
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