Dreamcricket's Fantasy Cricket game was mentioned in 'The Hindu' ahead of the 2003 World Cup.
Monday, February 10, 2003
World
Cup on the Web
EVEN
A cursory search using well-known tools such as Google or Altavista
for Internet resources on the cricket World Cup throws up hundreds of
websites -- good, bad and ugly.
The
last time around, cricket on the Internet was something of a novelty
and many providers vied with each other to come up with innovative
resources. This time most cricket websites are dishing out
essentially the same thing -- past statistics, team profiles and live
updates of the current matches.
The
big change is that many international sites have gone from free to
fee and live video highlights and other ball-by-ball coverage can be
only had against payment. But, for hardcore fans, some free resources
are still to be had. The major web resource is probably Cricinfo.com
whose website www.cricket.org
also hosts the official sites of the International Cricket Council
(ICC).
The
video feed requires a Real One player and even this service is free
only on a trial basis after which one has to pay in dollars for the
privilege.
The
official site of the hosts South Africa is www.cricketworldcup.com
which contains little more than the match schedule and details of the
teams and the grounds. A look at the section entitled `Visa
Regulations' shows that cricket fans from the U.K., Australia, New
Zealand, Canada and Holland are provided visas on arrival but those
from other countries including India, West Indies, Pakistan,
Bangladesh and South Africa's closest neighbours such as Zimbabwe and
Kenya have to obtain a visa before leaving their own countries.
Clearly
some things in South Africa are still the same as the bad old days of
apartheid.
Among
Indian resources, the cricket page of Rediff.com is full of
information as well as some well-known specialist cricket columns.
Cricketweb.net
provides a number of goodies for fans including a freely-downloadable
cricket game which is just 212kb.
For
those who want to play fantasy cricket by selecting dream teams of
their choice, espnstar.com lets you be a `super selector'.
Another
site that lets you select your team is dreamcricket.com. Finally, if
you are a fan of Navjot Sidhu's unique brand of cricket commentary,
msn.com contains a total archives of `Sidhuisms'.