Now, cricket
fans change conversations from ‘what is the score’ to ‘what will be the score’
With
Criclytics, an advanced algorithm based data analytics platform by Head Digital
Works, Cricket.com is set to change the way
Indian Premier League is followed by the tournament fans. The platform will
take its users on a journey from ‘what is the score?’ to ‘what will be the
score?’ and provide new narratives for cricketing conversations.
Cricket.com powered by Criclytics will
allow a user to follow IPL at a match level and a tournament level. With
intriguing Tournament Level Engines and Match Level Engines, Cricket.com will provide a state-of-the-art
sport platform for all the cricket enthusiasts. The app will offer a plethora
of features like watching the match in 5 visual images similar to
Instagram Stories, get quick bytes on live text commentary, and a visual
representation of where a boundary shot was played & where it went on the
ground.
New features in Cricket.com:
Tournament Level Engines
The tournament level engines will enable one to
predict two of the most important aspects of the league, (i) Final 4 Teams for
Play-offs & (ii) Tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP)
The Final 4 Predictor will examine a team’s chance to
qualify for the play offs depending on how it plays and how other teams play.
Hence, the engine will capture all the important aspects in a neat visual
motion graphic that will allow fans to go game by game, to follow the journey
of their favourite team, and their rival team.
The MVP feature will provide a list of players that
goes beyond the scorecard to find out little tales that lies hidden to bring
out the real champions. The feature will help the fans unravel players’
statistics put together in a simple relative scale to measure the best impact
player of the tournament.
Match Level Engines
Match Level Engines are a blend of Pre-Match Engines,
Live Match Engines and Post Match Engines.
The Pre-Match Engines will help a user with player
projections based on his past performances, player run streaks, strengths &
opposition strengths, along with team projections like expected scores and
highest run scorers. These engines will also provide key statistics like
player/team head to head records & average scores at the venue between the
teams, and comparisons between fan-favourite bowlers and batsmen.
During an on-going game, Live Match Engines will
provide insights on player projections, team projections, player match-ups and
upcoming 5 to 10 overs. These projections will be based on the pitch
conditions, player line-ups, a team’s performance in similar situations in
past, previous encounters of the cricketers and so on. To get these insights,
Criclytics will churn out a myopic version out for a user to sense what might
happen to the game, when a batsman is in or out. It takes into account strength
of batsmen at the crease, and the combined strength of the bowling attack, add
a historical layer and venue context as a garnishing to show 3 over and 5 over
views every ball.
The Post-Match Engines will provide an in-depth
analysis of a game once it is over. With a 60 second refresher in 5
screens, Cricket.com will narrate the entire story of the game and prepare fans
to discuss the match with their peers. These screens will include:
(i) Match Stats - A
tennis game scorecard showing the most important statistics to compare teams
(ii) Match Reel - Intuitive
feature where one can hit ‘play’ and the match will unfold showing the score,
win percentage, margin of victory, pressure built by teams and impact of
important innings and spells
(iii) Match Rating - Showcase the actual narratives
into a simple screen and understand which player had the best impact in the
match based on runs scored, strike rates, boundaries, economy rate, balls per
dismissal and wickets
(iv) Phases of Play - A bar
graph representation of the runs scored/wickets lost, shown in each phase of
play (Powerplay, Middle Overs, and Death Overs)
(v) Game-
