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Live coverage of Premier League One Day Tournament CricInfo.com to provide comprehensive coverage of domestic cricket in Sri Lanka 26 October 2000
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Graham McKechnie CricInfo.com, the world's most popular cricket web site and host of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) official web site, unveiled plans today to provide comprehensive live coverage on the internet of the Premier League One-Day Tournament, beginning this Saturday. The site, which forms part of the CricInfo global network hosted at www.cricinfo.com, will provide Sri Lankan cricket supporters with live ball-by-ball scorecards of half of the matches and match reports, audio interviews and photographs of all the games. Cricket fans will also be able to follow the fortunes of the women's national side as they compete in the CricInfo Women's World Cup next month. The coverage planned for the tournament includes live video and audio of every game as well as a range of other online interactive features. Sri Lanka's first match takes place on 1st December against the reigning champions Australia. The build-up to the tournament has already begun on the web site wwc2000.cricinfo.com, with features and interviews with key players from around the world. Charlie Austin, Chief Executive of CricInfo Lanka office, said: "CricInfo has built strong foundations with live coverage of Sri Lanka's international matches and is also committed to providing a comprehensive coverage of domestic cricket in Sri Lanka. Initially we will cover 50 per cent of the games live. However, our long-term objective is to cover all Premier League matches live, which should be achievable within 3 months." Chandrishan Perera, the Media Manager of the BCCSL, said: "CricInfo's innovative coverage will help raise the profile of domestic cricket. The BCCSL recognises that a successful national side requires a healthy domestic structure." ABOUT CRICINFO LIMITED CricInfo hosts and manages the official BCCSL site at www.cricinfo.com. CricInfo Limited is the world's leading digital cricket information company. CricInfo's web site, www.cricinfo.com, is the most popular cricket site in the world and is among the Internet's most popular sports sites, estimated to reach more than fifteen million fans in 180 countries. The site records upwards of 60 million page impressions per month and generated a record audience of 95 million in March 2000. CricInfo has its Head Office in the UK, with regional offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe. CricInfo works with cricket boards and cricket organisations, blue chip companies and the media to deliver cricket content for a wide range of different platforms. It currently produces official sites for seven of the ten Test-playing countries, for the ICC and for a number of domestic teams worldwide. CricInfo was the official web site for the 1998 Wills International Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh. For further information, please contact:
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