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  • ICC World Cup 2015 takes cricket into next generation of digital coverage

    ICC World Cup 2015 takes cricket into next generation of digital coverage

    MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has lined up a series of innovative digital activations for cricket’s flagship event, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which will give fans opportunities to engage with the event, the legends of the game and the players.

     

    At the core of all these activations is the rebranded official website www.icc-cricket.com. The website, which is fully responsive in design, adapting to all devices, includes features like the brand new ICC CWC 2015 Match Centre. The Match Centre, powered by SAP’s HANA and Analytics tool, will have the fastest live scores available anywhere online and will also provide real time statistics and insights using live and historical ICC Cricket World Cup data to deliver in-depth match analysis to fans around the world. The Match Centre will also be available on the official tournament app.

     

    A newly launched video section will contain short-form highlights of each match, including all action latest match clips – the dismissals, the magic moments, the best innings and the biggest hits, all available within a matter of minutes of the action happening on the pitch.

     

    The website will also feature previews, reviews, daily match reports, special features and regular columns from ICC Cricket World Cup legends like Andy Bichel, Paul Collingwood, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Muttiah Muralidaran, Stephen Fleming, Sir Vivian Richards, Graeme Smith and many more.

     

    Other exclusive features on the official website are the ‘100 Greatest World Cup Moments’, an audio-visual countdown from 100 days to go to the ICC CWC 2015, powered by LG, where fans get to vote on their favorite ‘Greatest World Cup Moment’, the Greatest XI, where fans get to pick their ‘Greatest World Cup XI’ and share it with their friends via social media and the Cricket World Cup Quiz.

     

    Another hugely popular digital offering is the official ICC CWC 2015 Fantasy League, which already has more than 150,000 registered managers.

     

    For those on the go, the official ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 App, launched in partnership with Reliance Communications, offers live scores, in-match clips, exclusive videos, fixtures, real time statistics and analysis and much more. The app, which is currently rated the No.1 sports app in close to 20 countries, is available for free download on the App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android) store.

     

    Further strengthening its video offering, ICC will be providing fans with a unique behind-the-scenes insight into the World Cup via the #CWCDaily, a five-minute daily video show capturing all the news, clips and off-the-field excitement. This will be available to fans via the various ICC digital and social media platforms.

     

    To complement the digital activations, the ICC has lined up exciting tie-ups with key social media platforms to launch some world-first innovations across its Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channels. These innovations will be announced in due course, ahead of the first match of the tournament. 

     

    List  of ICC CWC 2015 digital activation includes:

     

    100 Greatest World Cup Moments: Counting down from 100 days to go to #cwc15, icc-cricket.com gives fans an opportunity to vote on the Greatest CWC moment ever. Powered by LG, fans are presented with one moment in each of the 100 days leading up the ICC CWC 2015. The top 10 most popular moments as voted by the fans will be announced on 14 February to coincide with the opening matches of the tournament. Fans will then get a chance to vote on their Greatest ever World Cup Moment with the Greatest World Cup Moment being announced on 2 March.

     

    Greatest XI: Fans have been given an opportunity to select and share via social media their Greatest World Cup XI from a short-list of the greatest Cricket World Cup players from 1975 to 2011. Cricketing legends have also joined and selected their greatest World Cup teams, Over half a million sides have been selected by fans across the world with tens of thousands sharing their teams using the hashtag, #CWCGreatestXI.

     

    Quiz: In a true test of a fan’s Cricket World Cup knowledge, the ICC Cricket World Cup quiz has a comprehensive selection of over 1,100 trivia questions, which fans are asked to answer in either a Super Over ( six questions) or a Powerplay (five overs of six questions) mode. 

     

    Fantasy League: Fans from across the world have been flocking to select their CWC Fantasy line-up and over 150,000 fantasy teams have already been registered. With 210 #cwc15 players to select from, fans are given 1,000,000 credits to select their team of XI. The game makes the #cwc15 more interactive than ever, with fans given an exclusive opportunity to play selectors.

     

    By earning points based on the performance of their players, fans will be able to compare their managerial skills with other managers from around the world in country-specific as well as global leagues. Additionally, fans can also register their own private league with their friends to determine who has the best #CWCFantasy skills.

     

    App: The Official ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 App aims to bring fans closer to the action in an unprecedented manner, whether they are on the ground in Australia and New Zealand or anywhere around the world. For the first time, there will be access to live scores, in-match clips, fixtures, exclusive videos, real-time statistical updates and more – all in the palm of their hand. This app, which is available for free download on the App Store or Google Play store, is already nearing half a million downloads. 

     

    Official ICC and ICC CWC 2015 digital and social channels:

     

    Website: www.icc-cricket.com

     

    App: ‘ICC Cricket World Cup 2015’ on iOS and Android

     

    Facebook: www.facebook.com/ICC & www.facebook.com/CricketWorldCup

     

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/ICC & www.twitter.com/CricketWorldCup 

     

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ICC & www.instagram.com/CricketWorldCup 

     

    Google+: www.google.com/+ICC & www.google.com/+CricketWorldCup

     

    YouTube: www.youtube.com/ICC 

  • ICC launches official Fantasy League for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

    ICC launches official Fantasy League for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

    MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the launch of the most detailed ever Fantasy League game for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, with multiple game modes and chances to win exclusive ICC Cricket World Cup merchandise and other prizes.

     

    Cricket fans across the world can now participate in the newly-launched, official ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fantasy League that has been designed to ensure fans can get closer to the tournament than ever before, with opportunities for everyone to cheer on their favourite players and teams, and feel part of the action wherever they are in the world.

     

    The game is the most in-depth ever created in cricket, with great detail for the passionate fantasy league player, but equally great ease of access for the casual fan to play on a one-off match day.  

     

    Participants will get to create their own Virtual XI from across all 14 ICC Cricket World Cup teams and a total of 210 players, each of whom will have a profile, detailed statistics and photo. Points will be gained based on how the selected players perform on the field, with points awarded for batting, bowling, fielding and wicketkeeping.

     

    Every manager will get one million credits to select their own ‘fantasy’ team from. Each player carries a virtual value and has a designated role.

     

    Players have been given a virtual ‘value’ based on an advanced statistical algorithm that takes into account a huge number of factors ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. This includes the players’ overall ODI record, ODI experience and current form. Career statistics considered include their batting average and strike rate, frequency of big scores, number of fours and sixes hit, bowling average, overs bowled per match and economy. Since players can also earn fielding points, catches and stumpings have also been factored in.

     

    The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 already promises to be the most anticipated cricket event the world has ever seen, and now, there’s one more reason for fans to connect with the tournament that will get underway in Australia and New Zealand onFebruary 14. To register for the competition, and to see all the player values, please go to fantasy.cricketworldcup.com.

     

    There is a wide range of prices for each team in order to allow participants to create valid squads and select players, depending on the teams facing off on the particular day. To make it easy for managers, there is even an ‘auto-select’ function which will randomly select a squad for the users. 

     

    The ICC Fantasy Cricket League will have two game modes – Tournament Mode and Match Mode. Tournament Mode is the primary game and runs for the entire duration of the tournament and users can make substitutions for every match. The team with the most points at the end of the tournament wins. In Match Mode, people create a squad for each match/game day and there is a winner for every match/game day.

     

    The tournament mode will have four distinct phases, with users being able to remake their teams afresh after each phase and having plenty of substitutions during each phase to keep their team up to date.

     

    Phase 1 – League Stage February (21 Games), Phase 2 – League Stage March (21 Games), Quarter Finals – (4 Games) and Semi-Finals and Final – (3 Games) 

     

    Users will have to select teams as per the following guidelines, with each team having:

     

    – At least four designated batsmen
    – At least one All Rounder
    – At least two Bowlers
    – One Wicket Keeper

     

    No user can have more than six players from one country in a single team.

     

    To add to the fun and competitiveness, participants will have the option to create their own leagues to compare scores among friends, colleagues or groups. Each participant will also automatically be entered into the league of the country they are supporting at the World Cup so that they can compete against other fans from their team at the #cwc15.

     

    The top fantasy teams in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fantasy Game win exclusive ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 memorabilia and prizes.

     

    There is a detailed scoring system that rewards all aspect of performance with particular reward on runs, the speed of scoring, wickets, bowling economy and fielding. To see the scoring system in full please visit fantasy.cricketworldcup.com.

     

  • TenTenTen to work with BCCI to extend the IPL Fantasy League to CLT 20

    TenTenTen to work with BCCI to extend the IPL Fantasy League to CLT 20

    BENGALURU: Champions League T20 is not just about to kick off cheering wars among cricket fan tribes across cricketing nations, but is also extending the frenzy online with the immensely popular IPL Fantasy League. Pitched battles among virtual teams created by fans, saw over 500,000 people play the fantasy league during IPL 2013. Now, fans get to replay this excitement for the latest CLT20 as well.

    The official Fantasy League was conceptualised, created, designed, implemented and managed by TenTenTen Digital Products. “The objective of the product was to increase the reach of the IPLT20 website and to increase the involvement of people in the tournament. The game is now being extended to CLT20 to add stickiness to it,” said TenTenTen founder Ramesh Srivats.T

    The digital products company says that the CLT20 Fantasy League has been updated with new features such as the opportunity to pick variable role players and locking of teams only after the first ball is bowled. The CLT20 Fantasy League is expected to add more fun to the tournament and bring in more international ‘players’ to the fantasy league.

    TenTenTen says that the IPL Fantasy League had over 500,000 users and saw nearly 15 million site visits and over 100 million page views in its very first year. The success of the league and the social buzz that it generated has led to the game being extended to CLT20.

    The winners of the CLT20 league stand a chance of winning tickets to the matches, official team jerseys, special cricket bats signed by the players of the winning team and CLT20 memorabilia.