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<title>Fantasy County Cricket and IPL games</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>There are two new season-long Fantasy cricket games for you to enter on Cricinfo.</p>

<p><a href="http://fantasy.cricinfo.com" target="_blank"><strong>Fantasy County Championship</strong> </a><br />
It's that time of year again when the English domestic season comes to the fore. There's a massive choice for you to build your squad across divisions 1 and 2 of the County Championship. You've 20 transfers for the season. Scoring starts with the first round of matches - enter by 29th April (early entrants have unlimited transfers until then).</p>

<p><a href="http://fantasy.cricinfo.com" target="_blank"><strong>Fantasy IPL</strong></a><br />
The Indian Premier League has assembled some of the best players in the world for this first Twenty20 tournament. There are also prizes to be won - enter before the first game on April 18th.</p>

<p><strong>Click here to register and enter your Fantasy Cricket team</strong></p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2008/04/fantasy_county.php</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>CB Series Fantasy Cricket launched</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>You can now enter Cricinfo's new Fantasy cricket game for the CB Series between Australia, India and Sri Lanka. There's a great selection of prizes to be won - including digital camera, ipods and a PSP.</p>

<p>To play Fantasy cricket, you need to be a Cricinfo registered user. You can enter two teams per game, and you can also invite your friends to compete in your own private league.</p>

<p><a href="http://fantasy.cricinfo.com" target="_blank"><br />
<strong>Click here to register and enter your team</strong></a></p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2008/01/cb_series_fanta.php</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New Fantasy cricket games launched - including Australia v India prize game</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>You can now enter <a href="http://fantasy.cricinfo.com" target="_blank"><strong>new Fantasy cricket games</strong></a> for the following series:-</p>

<p>- Australia v India (Prize game - Tests only)<br />
- South Africa v West Indies (ODIs and Tests)<br />
- New Zealand v Bangladesh (Tests and ODIs)</p>

<p>There are new multi-stage games for these tours, with separate transfer limits for the Test and ODI stages of each tour.</p>

<p>To play Fantasy cricket, you need to be a Cricinfo registered user. You can enter two teams per game, and you can also invite your friends to compete in your own private league.</p>

<p><a href="http://fantasy.cricinfo.com" target="_blank"><br />
<strong>Click here to register and enter your team</strong></a><br />
</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/12/new_fantasy_gam.php</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Bodyline revisited</title>
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 </td></tr></table>This winter sees the 75th anniversary of the Bodyline series, and to mark that Cricinfo has a package of items to commemorate what was a landmark tour that still raises strong opinions in England and Australia.

<p>We will be running articles throughout over the next few months, but for now we start with a day-by-day tour diary covering more than five months on the road, a wealth of photos, a dummy’s guide to Bodyline, a special Quote …Unquote section and much more.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1932-33/ENG_IN_AUS/" target="_blank">Click here to check it out</a>.<br />
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<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/10/bodyline_revisi.php</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New audio feature - Bowl at Boycs</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Geoffrey Boycott has a fearsome reputation for straight talking and now Cricinfo readers have the fantastic opportunity to question the man himself.</p>

<p>Ever wished you could ask him a question about a knotty matter of batting technique? Or about your team's chances in their next big series? Now you can. Every fortnight on Cricinfo Talk Geoffrey will answer the most interesting queries Cricinfo readers put to him.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/talk/content/multimedia/312504.html"><b>Click here to listen and to send in your questions</b></a>.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/09/new_audio_featu.php</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>India v Australia &amp; Sri Lanka v England fantasy cricket</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>After the huge success of the ICC World Twenty20 fantasy cricket we will be continuing the fantastic free-to-enter game to cover the upcoming India v Australia and Sri Lanka v England one-day international series.</p>

<p>Fantasy players have to use a $1,000,000 budget smartly in order to pick the right players and transfer them at the right time, in order to gain maximum points during the two series.</p>

<p>As before, you can also create a league and invite your friends to a mini-competition amongst yourselves. And you can monitor suqads from both series from the same page.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/fantasy"><b>Click here to register your teams now.</b></a></p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/09/india_v_austral.php</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Launched - Cricinfo World Twenty20 fantasy cricket</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Cricinfo fantasy cricket is back again for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament. And this time, it’s free to play.</p>

<p>Fantasy players have to use a $1,000,000 budget smartly in order to pick the right players and transfer them at the right time, in order to gain maximum points during the tournament.</p>

<p>As before, you can also create a league and invite your friends to a mini-competition amongst yourselves.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/fantasy"><b>Click here to register your team now.</b></a></p>

<p>And don’t worry, if you're uncertain about injuries, you can change your fantasy cricket team as many times as you like prior to the first match on September 11th.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/09/launched_cricin.php</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Slogout! - new versions launched</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Today we see the launch of two new versions of our popular cricket game, Slogout!</p>

<p><a href="http://slogout.cricinfo.com" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to play Slogout! - Cricinfo's desktop cricket game</strong></a></p>

<p>In Just Slogout!, the challenge is to score as many runs as possible from your allocated overs. There is no opposition target, but a range of new daily and all-time leaderboards and an enhanced "My Slogout" feature to help you keep track of your performances.</p>

<p>Slogout! Classic is a revised version of the popular game, where you chase down the opposition's total. We've added a few more challenging deliveries too - so getting to that total won't be as easy as before!</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/08/slogout_new_ver.php</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New Cricinfo Records section launched</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>We have revamped Cricinfo's records section with significant improvements.<br />
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<a href="http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/records/index.html" target="_blank">Click here to explore the records section</a></strong><br />
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Some of the new features in this release include:-<br />
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- Complete international records by calendar year<br />
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- Full international records by ground<br />
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- More comprehensive links throughout to player, scorecard, team and series pages</p>

<p>- Full Twenty20 database - both international and domestic<br />
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The vast majority of these pages will now be updated live rather than at the end of the game.<br />
</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/08/new_cricinfo_re.php</link>
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<category>Latest Features</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>ESPN ACQUIRES CRICINFO FROM THE WISDEN GROUP</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>ESPN expands its global on-line business through the acquisition of Cricinfo – the world’s largest cricket website </strong></p>

<p>LONDON – ESPN and The Wisden Group today announced that they had agreed to terms for ESPN’s acquisition of Cricinfo, the world’s leading cricket website.</p>

<p>“Growing our business in the on-line world is vital for us to serve sports fans," said Russell Wolff, managing director of ESPN International.  “Cricinfo is a tremendous property with a great fan base and it will be a strong addition to ESPN.”</p>

<p>Lynne Frank, managing director of ESPN, Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “Cricket has a huge worldwide following and Cricinfo has created a great product for cricket fans everywhere. The acquisition complements our growing online business and underlines the fact that ESPN is committed to serving a diverse fan base. We are delighted that Cricinfo has joined the ESPN family.”  </p>

<p>The acquisition of Cricinfo enhances ESPN’s on-line portfolio, which includes ESPN.com - the U.S.’s premier online sports destination; ESPNdeportes.com - the number one Spanish-language sports website among Spanish-preferred fans in the U.S. and ESPNsoccernet.com - the world’s leading English-language football website. <br />
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<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/06/espn_acquires_c.php</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Slogout! - new cricket game</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Pad up and play Slogout! - Cricinfo's new online cricket game.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://slogout.cricinfo.com" target="_blank">Click here to play Slogout!</a></strong></p>

<p>- Choose your team, your opponent, and off you go. It's all a question of timing with the simple arrow key controls.</p>

<p>- Claim your place on the leaderboard alongside more than 20,000 players worldwide</p>

<p>- Master your shots all round the ground - and try a few sneaky slogs and sweeps using the down arrow.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/05/slogout_new_cri.php</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 15:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New: Match search facility</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Want to find an old scorecard from a Test or ODI? Cricinfo's new match search facility will help you do just that. It's the easiest way to explore the vast Cricinfo Archive. Currently Match search is limited to international matches.</p>

<p><a href="http://content-search.cricinfo.com/ci/content/match/search.html" target="_blank"><strong>Click here and try it now</strong> </a>or use the Cricinfo search box and view your results in "results in matches" above the photos.</p>

<p><strong>Match search tips:</strong> Search for matches by using team names or abbreviations, match types and titles, ground name, dates, seasons, years, series and tournament names. eg: australia sl odi, ashes 2005, centenary test march 1977, ind pak sharjah final, lord's test, women's world cup final, west indies brisbane 1960/61, headingley 1981</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/05/new_match_searc.php</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 15:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Cricinfo live scores on google</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Cricinfo is now supplying live scores to google, so google users in key cricket markets can now get live scores as they search.</p>

<p>The score of the current match will come up at the top of your search results if you search on various key cricket and world cup related terms.</p>

<p>Additionally, you can add a live scores gadget to your personalised google homepage. You can find the gadget here.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.google.co.in/cricket" target="_blank">Click here for google cricket gadgets</a></strong></p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/03/cricinfo_live_s.php</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New Cricinfo toolbar and World Cup tracker</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Cricinfo has recently launched the Cricinfo Toolbar. Available for both IE and Mozilla, the toolbar gives you instant access to key Cricinfo pages - wherever you are on the web.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/toolbar/" target="_blank">Download the toolbar here</a></strong></p>

<p>You can also download a handy excel document that will help you follow the progress of the tournament. Enter the results and the tracker will automatically work out placings in the group tables and those all-important Super 8s.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/worldcup2007/tracker.html" target="_blank">Download the World Cup Tracker here</a></strong></p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/03/new_cricinfo_to.php</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>World XI Fantasy Cricket League now open for entries</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The Cricinfo World XI Fantasy League is now open for entries. Our latest Fantasy Cricket competition is based on performances at the forthcoming Cricket World Cup. There are £10,000 worth of prizes to be won, including a trip to Sri Lanka to watch England and £1,000 in cash.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://cricinfo.fantasyleague.com" target="_blank"><br />
Click here to register your team</a></strong></p>

<p>If you're uncertain about injuries, don't worry, as you can change your fantasy cricket team as many times as you like prior to the first match on 13th March.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://blogs.cricinfo.com/whats_new/archives/2007/02/world_xi_fantas.php</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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