Cricket: English Sports
With sections on football, tennis and basketball the site offers lessons in each of the sports starting from the basic skills; there is a section providing 'technique articles' with tips on polishing your skills; you can check the rules of the game and where to buy the appropriate equipment and there is also a section dedicated to coaches, offering them tips and advice.
[http://www.sportengland.org/]
Cricket: 'Cricinfo.com'
CricInfo is justifiably the most popular cricket website, and now hosts the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and MCC sites, along with those of the world's leading Test nations. The depth of information and breadth of service here is only hinted at by the option- packed home page. Live text and audio commentary, comprehensive stats, a useful coaching section with video clips and two player diaries, as well as a section devoted to county cricket - CricInfo sponsors the Championship - make this a first-class site.
[http://www.cricinfo.com/]
Cricket: 'Cricket4.com'
Channel 4's Test coverage has been a revelation, and its absorbing website keeps up the good work. A live pop-up scorecard heads a strong line-up that includes comprehensive news coverage, features, the Forum - which promises regular responses from television commentators - and diaries written by the England players Graham Thorpe and Michael Vaughan. The Stats section is worrying - its "Bogeyman" facility reveals that Australia's Glenn McGrath has bagged Michael Atherton's wicket more times than any other bowler.
[http://www.channel4.com/]
Cricket: Wisden
Wisden has been cricket's bible for more than 100 years, and its staid sister site is to get a £4m Neville Brody- designed relaunch in time for the Ashes. The site editor, Tim de Lisle, has promised to mine the Almanack's extensive archives, combining video clips and stills of the all-time great players with quality writing, to tackle contemporary issues (the magazine has campaigned vociferously against match-fixing) and to report in depth on current matches. Three new columnists, including two former players, have signed up.
[http://www.cricinfo.com/]
Cricket: Barmy Army
The Barmy Army are England's beery, rowdy but good-natured band of travelling fans. Their site, now hosted by Rivals.net, has lost some of its fanzine-like quality, but retains a laddish cheeriness - useful if you want to be armed with the latest songs to taunt the Aussies this summer. When England is on tour, the site offers regular bulletins, a message board and a weekly chat room. If you fancy following the England team abroad, the site is already preparing for the Ashes in 2002-3, with Australian city guides and travel tips.
[http://www.barmy-army.com/]
Cricket: Cricket Line
Billing itself as "the world's ultimate cricket resource", CricketLine, part of the 365 Network, is a serious rival to CricInfo. Though its website is packed with features, it focuses on the international scene. Its busy home page offers live "matchtracker" scoreboards, global news coverage, pictures, features and magazine elements, such as On This Day and Media Watch. But the site is too cluttered with pop-up ads, and its most promising feature - a celebrity chat room - only attracted the former South Africa coach Bob Woolmer.
[http://www.cricket365.com/]
Cricket: 'Windiescricket.rivals.net'
For this country, absorb match results and commentary, plus skim a schedule, player profiles and critiques of team decisions. Includes rankings.
[http://windiescricket.rivals.net/]
Cricket: 'Windiescricket.com'
The official West Indies Cricket Board web site. All the latest news, stats and results from the West Indies.
[http://www.windiescricket.com/]
Cricket: Australian Board
Baggy Green - the official home of Australian cricket. The very latest news from the Australian Cricket Board, live scores from around the world and much more.
[http://aus.cricinfo.com/]
