With all the buzz about the Oscars, an event like the Cricket World Cup 2011, that sees India vs. England in a historic match, can be easily overlooked. Both teams are very strong, and while India did win a Cricket World Cup in 1983, England has never brought home the champion’s trophy. Who knows, perhaps 2011 is England’s year?
The Cricket World Cup is the main event of the day in UK and India, two countries that couldn’t care less for Oscars’ buzz today. All they care about, for good reason, is the game, and following the buzz revolving around the scores, favorite players and winner predictions, becomes imperative. Below, a list of sites where cricket fans can monitor live feedback on the Cricket World Cup 2011, currently ongoing at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka.
BBC Sports features live cricket scores, cricket tweets, photos, commentary, and a live feed of readers comments, discussions and more. The scores update automatically – a full scorecard is available here. The Telegraph features England’s second World Cup game against India in Bangalore with Jonathan Liew’s live over-by-over commentary. Some tweets are interjected here and there as well, featuring comments from sports analysts, or simply interesting fan opinions. The Guardian has a live page as well, which updates every minute, with commentary from Rob Smyth.
UK users can listen to live commentary, but there’s currently no possibility for fans to watch the ICC Cricket World Cup live online. For apps buffs, the Times of India has compiled a list with the 7 hottest ICC World Cup 2011 apps.
