Here is a list of 5 free Android apps to check live cricket scores. Not only just checking the live cricket scores, these apps also send you the push notifications for all the important aspects of the live game. It means you won’t have to open the app every time to check latest scores and updates.
Apart from the live scores, the app also lets you check the schedule, news, player profile, team records, stats, rankings, images, videos, etc.. Some of the apps also let you choose your favorite team. The apps also cover regional and private league matches besides the international matches. So, let’s check out what each of these apps offer.
1. Cricbuzz:
Cricbuzz is the first Android app in the list to check live cricket scores. The app shows top news stories and summary of up to 6 matches on the home screen. These 6 matches consist of ongoing matches (if any), completed matches, and upcoming matches. For ongoing matches, you can read the real-time commentary, check the brief score, full scorecard, match info, series stats, and subscribe to match related subscriptions.
The other sections of the app show list of current matches, the list of series’, schedule, recent results, this day that year, archives, player stats, series stats, records, rankings, and points table. Besides this, the app also adds a special section whenever there’s a special series or tournament going on (like Ashes, World Cup, IPL, T20 World Cup, etc.).
2. ESPNCricinfo Cricket App:
ESPNCricinfo Cricket App is provided by ESPNCricinfo, the pioneer media house in reporting cricket coverage. The home screen of the app has 5 tabs: Scores, News, Videos, Features, and Blogs. While checking the scores for a live match, the app lets you choose the lean back mode, check graph, series info, and add the match to alerts. You can also choose to share the score. While reading news, you can add/read comments, add to favorites, adjust font size, and share the post.
The other things which you can do are: set your favorite team, set notifications for a lot of stuff, check photos, galleries, recent results, archive, add comments to score, check stats, records, rankings, points table, and set auto-refresh interval.
3. Star Sports Live Cricket Score:
The next Android app to stay connected with cricket is from Star Sports, one of the leading broadcasting channels for sports. It is also the only app in the list which also lets you stream the live match for free. On opening the app, you will find the options Watch Now, Audio, and Scores if there’s any match going underway. The app also shows the scores if you don’t want to go for live match streaming or audio commentary. While viewing the scores, you can further choose from ball-by-ball commentary, scores, and videos. Apart from Cricket, you can use the app to follow Soccer, Formula 1, Kabaddi, Tennis, Badminton, and Hockey.
4. NDTV Cricket:
NDTV Cricket is the app which has a material design inspired user interface. On the home screen, you will see the scores of recent 5 matches along with tabs for viewing news, photos, and videos. For any match, you can choose to see the summary, full scorecard, commentary, head to head, squad, ground info, highlights, and match info. The other options are the schedule, matches, results, stats, teams, grounds, and ICC ranking.
5. Yahoo Cricket:
Yahoo Cricket is the last app in the list and it doesn’t provide advanced options like the apps mentioned above. Even the user interface of the app is not intuitive, but it is a good enough app for those who are interested in only checking the scores and few updates. On the home screen, there are 4 tabs: Matches, Teams, News, and Photos. As for the matches, you can choose from Recent Matches, Upcoming Matches, and Ongoing Series. If you want to check player profiles, then you need to go the Teams tab and choose the team for which that player plays.
These are the 5 free Android apps to check live cricket scores. Check them out and do share with me which one you liked the most.
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