PlayHQ runs the competition, but it isn't a club website or stats platform. Here's the honest take on alternatives for the parts PlayHQ leaves out.
People search for a PlayHQ alternative for two very different reasons, and the honest answer depends on which one you are. This article covers both, without pretending BetterCricket is something it is not.
PlayHQ is the official competition management platform Cricket Australia runs. Registration, fixtures, scoring and results flow through it, and your association runs on it. If you are looking for a drop-in replacement for that, there is not really one, and swapping it out is not in your club's hands.
Most clubs searching for an alternative are not unhappy with fixtures and scoring. They are frustrated that PlayHQ does not do the rest of the job:
These are real gaps, and they are exactly the jobs a club platform is meant to fill.
BetterCricket is not a replacement for PlayHQ. It sits on top of it. It reads the match data your club already records, so there is no double entry, and turns it into a public club website with player profiles, leaderboards, all-time records and season yearbooks, plus modules for selection, social posts, fees and analytics.
Nothing about your match day changes. You keep scoring in PlayHQ exactly as you do now. BetterCricket pulls the data, reconciles your history and keeps your stats current after every game. The short version: use PlayHQ because you have to, and BetterCricket because you want to.
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BetterCricket gives your club the website, history, selection, fees, social posts and analytics that PlayHQ leaves out, all reading from the data you already record. Bring your club online and we handle the first full historical sync. Learn more
No, and you do not need to. PlayHQ is the official competition management platform your association runs on for registration, fixtures and scoring. BetterCricket sits on top of it and adds the club website, history, stats and analytics that PlayHQ does not provide.
A public club website, your full historical stats and career profiles, weekly availability and team selection, match fees and member email, match-day social graphics, and opposition scouting and analytics.
No. BetterCricket reads the match data your club already records, so your stats appear and update automatically with no second data entry.
A flat annual rate per club: BetterStats (the Core) is $399 a year, and modules are $149 each ($249 for BetterIQ), with a discount when you bundle. The same price covers one team or fifty.