20 February,2011 07:51 AM IST | | Sowmya Rajaram
Yes, cricket mania is here. And like most things desi, your phone can't be far behind. Sowmya Rajaram scours the best of World Cup apps, so when you can't catch the action on the field, catch some off it
For a free app, this one certainly has the goods. You can create your own winning eleven, lead it to victory (or defeat, depending on your skills) with the 29 realistic shots, ball physics and gameplay available. Strategy isn't a problemu00a0-- you can even choose between playing defensively or aggressively, a la Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. A variety of game modes and challenging opponents make the journey to snagging that coveted trophy that much more interesting.
Cricket Club (Free)
Stuck at a meeting with no access to that nailbiter going on on TV? Worry not. Cricket Club, with its ball-by-ball commentary, detailed scorecards, match and series schedules, player profiles and graphs including the famous wagon wheel will help you keep in touch with what's happening on the field as well as dissect Sachin's match winning knock on that day. Updates are almost immediate, so you don't miss a thing. Now, just don't yell when Zaheer Khan gets a wicket.
Ovi Store ICC World Cup 2011
This one will keep you updated on match scores no matter where you are. Get live scores for all matches, live group statuses, fixtures and results, details of match venues with pictures, World Cup trivia, statistics and past records of players and teams, and a mini travel guide for places around the sporting venues.
ICC WC Cricket 2011
This RSS app will give you everything World Cup related, from trivia, jokes and quotes, to daily scores, pre and post match analysis, and even the most difficult of them all ufffd predictions about the winners. The contents come to you by way of RSS feeds real time, as they are posted on blogs created exclusively for this app.
CricketTwitts
Don't want to be a cricket twit? This app is for you. If you're not on the ball, all you have to do is install this app and it'll let you search for cricket-related tweets on the web by others. The bummer, though, is that you'll also get ads. But that, we think, is a small price to pay for access to the quickest source of match information available.
The App Store nxCricket
For $13.99 (Rs 631), this iPad app allows you to do what all of us want to do when India's losing a match ufffd score a match using your iPad. It allows scores to be emailed, generates HTML so that it can be published to your website and allows you transfer data to another Apple device (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch) via Bluetooth. Go on, get set to play scorer!
Cricbuzz
This free app will get you quick ball-by-ball score updates and commentary available on the web via CricBuzz directly on to your iPhone. And you'll miss Navjot Singh Sidhu's incessant 'jokes', at no cost at all.
Big Cup Cricket Live
This free app is actually a compelling arcade sports game. All you have to do is play all rounder and bat, bowl and field your way through a single tournament. Easy peasy.
