How to Watch ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Live Online

The mother of all cricketing events is here. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be kicking off at Christchurch in New Zealand tomorrow, February 14th, with the match between the hosts and previous world cup finalist, Sri Lanka. This edition of Cricket world cup features 14 teams across the world fight it out for the coveted trophy. From India to Australia to England, people across the world will be looking forward to catch the matches live – either online or on the television sets.


Channel 9 in Australia and Star Sports in India have the exclusive rights to telecast the cricket world cup 2015, but not everyone will have access to television sets all the time. If you are a cricket buff and don’t want to miss any action, you can watch world cup 2015 online for free. Thing to note here is, most of the services are geo-restricted. We will make the best efforts to clarify that in-line, but the alternative option would be to use one of the Free VPN services to bypass geo-restrictions.

Elsewhere, you would need to rely upon the services offered by the respective broadcasters. In Australia, the Channel 9 network and Fox sports will be broadcasting the cricket world cup on television. In order to live stream the world cup, check Cricket Australia Live.

Audience in the UK can watch the cricket world cup matches on Sky Sports 2 (now Sky Sports World Cup) or live stream via Sky Go, which will again need subscription. Another option is NowTV. Rest of Europe can watch the matches live on Eurosport 2. In Pakistan, either PTVSports or Ten Sports can be used for cricket live streaming. Those in Middle East can check out OSN who have got the broadcasting and digital rights in the region.

Everyone else can look up to SuperSport for the live streaming.

Source: http://techpp.com/2015/02/13/watch-cricket-world-cup-live-online/

ICC LAUNCHES OFFICIAL FANTASY LEAGUE FOR ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is delighted to announce the launch of the most detailed ever Fantasy League game for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, with multiple game modes and chances to win exclusive ICC Cricket World Cup merchandise and other prizes.

Cricket fans across the world can now participate in the newly-launched, official ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fantasy League that has been designed to ensure fans can get closer to the tournament than ever before, with opportunities for everyone to cheer on their favourite players and teams, and feel part of the action wherever they are in the world.

The game is the most in-depth ever created in cricket, with great detail for the passionate fantasy league player, but equally great ease of access for the casual fan to play on a one-off match day.
Participants will get to create their own Virtual XI from across all 14 ICC Cricket World Cup teams and a total of 210 players, each of whom will have a profile, detailed statistics and photo. Points will be gained based on how the selected players perform on the field, with points awarded for batting, bowling, fielding and wicketkeeping.


Every manager will get one million credits to select their own ‘fantasy’ team from. Each player carries a virtual value and has a designated role.

Players have been given a virtual ‘value’ based on an advanced statistical algorithm that takes into account a huge number of factors ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. This includes the players’ overall ODI record, ODI experience and current form. Career statistics considered include their batting average and strike rate, frequency of big scores, number of fours and sixes hit, bowling average, overs bowled per match and economy. Since players can also earn fielding points, catches and stumpings have also been factored in.

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 already promises to be the most anticipated cricket event the world has ever seen, and now, there’s one more reason for fans to connect with the tournament that will get underway in Australia and New Zealand on February 14. To register for the competition, and to see all the player values, please go to fantasy.cricketworldcup.com.

There is a wide range of prices for each team in order to allow participants to create valid squads and select players, depending on the teams facing off on the particular day. To make it easy for managers, there is even an ‘auto-select’ function which will randomly select a squad for the users.

The ICC Fantasy Cricket League will have two game modes - Tournament Mode and Match Mode. Tournament Mode is the primary game and runs for the entire duration of the tournament and users can make substitutions for every match. The team with the most points at the end of the tournament wins. In Match Mode, people create a squad for each match/game day and there is a winner for every match/game day.



Source: http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/media-releases/84755/icc-launches-official-fantasy-league-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015