How to Share the Live Score of Your Local Cricket Match

1. Share the live link

Score the match in the app (see how to use a cricket scoring app). Then open the match and tap the share icon at the top. Choose Share link and pick WhatsApp, or any other app, from your phone's share menu.

The message reads like "Pune Strikers vs Hillview CC on Criconic" followed by the link. On WhatsApp the link preview shows the teams and the current score, so the group sees the score before anyone opens it.

2. What your friends see

The link opens the live scorecard on criconic.com in any phone or laptop browser. There's no app to install and no sign-up. It updates by itself after every ball, so nobody has to refresh.

• Summary: recent overs and the top performers.
• Scorecard: the full batting and bowling card, extras and fall of wickets.
• Commentary: a line for every ball, written automatically from what you scored.
• Analysis and Charts: the wagon wheel and pitch map (if you recorded them), the run progression and partnerships.

If the scorer loses signal, the page waits at the last ball and catches up when the scorer reconnects (see offline cricket scoring).

3. Send a scorecard image

Some groups prefer a picture. Tap share, then Share scorecard image. You get a card with the result, each innings' total, and the top batters and bowlers. Tap Share on WhatsApp, pick WhatsApp from your phone's share menu and send it to a chat or your status.

The image goes on its own, so send the live link as well if you want people to open the full scorecard. Save as PDF gives the complete scorecard to print or file.

4. Share the result when the match ends

When you tap End Match, the app shows Match saved and asks whether to share the scorecard with your team. One tap sends the link with the final result.

For something to post on Instagram, tap Story Card at the top of the match page. It makes a match story image for WhatsApp Status or an Instagram Story. Under Player of the Match, Share Player Card does the same for the star of the day.

5. Match alerts for your players

Players in the match who have the app get a notification when the match starts, at the innings break and with the result. People who follow either team, the tournament or a player in it get the start and the result. Nobody gets a buzz for every ball.

• To follow a team, a tournament or a player, tap Follow on its page in the app.
• For a match that hasn't started, Remind me on the match page sends one notification when it starts.
• Each person chooses which alerts they get in the app's Settings.

6. Going live on YouTube?

If someone is filming the match, put the live score on the video. Criconic's score overlays update from the same scoring, ball by ball. See how to live stream a cricket match on YouTube. Already streaming? Paste the YouTube or Facebook link into the match (Add Live Match Stream), and it plays on the scorecard page too.

Public or private?

Matches are public unless you choose otherwise. A Private match is seen only by its organizers, players and teams, so the link won't open for anyone else. Keep a match public if you want the whole group, or the whole town, to follow it.