Play-Cricket runs UK league cricket; BetterCricket adds the club layer on top. How the two fit together for an English club.
Play-Cricket is to UK club cricket what PlayHQ is to Australia: the official platform clubs run on. BetterCricket is the club layer on top, and the two work together rather than against each other.
Play-Cricket is the ECB's official platform for UK club cricket. Fixtures, results, league tables, scorecards and a free basic club site run through it. BetterCricket is a cricket club platform that connects to Play-Cricket through its official API and adds a richer public website, your full history and stats, selection, social posts and analytics. It started in Australia and is bringing the same approach to UK clubs.
| Play-Cricket | BetterCricket | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Official UK competition admin | Running the club |
| Fixtures, results, league tables | Yes | Reads from Play-Cricket |
| Scorecards | Yes | Reads finished scorecards |
| Club website | Free basic site | Full branded club site |
| Full history and career stats | Recent seasons | Decades, brought across on setup |
| Team selection and availability | No | Yes, with BetterSelect |
| Match-day social graphics | No | Yes, with BetterSocials |
| Opposition analysis | No | Yes, with BetterIQ |
| Pricing | Free, funded by the ECB | Flat annual rate per club |
You keep running fixtures and results in Play-Cricket. BetterCricket reads that data through the official API with your club's token, so your stats and website stay current and you enter the data once.
Play-Cricket is the official platform, it is free, and every UK club is already on it for league cricket. BetterCricket adds the parts it does not cover: a proper club website, your full history online, leaderboards and records, season yearbooks, smart selection and opposition scouting, all from the same data.
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BetterCricket reads your Play-Cricket data through the official API and turns it into a club website, a full history and analytics. Get in touch to talk about bringing it to your club. Learn more
No. Play-Cricket is the ECB's official platform for fixtures, results and league tables. BetterCricket sits on top and adds a richer website, full history, stats and analytics.
Through the official Play-Cricket API, using your club's own API token, so you do not enter anything twice.
Yes. Play-Cricket is funded by the ECB and free for clubs. BetterCricket is a flat annual rate per club for the extra website, stats and analytics layer.
BetterCricket started in Australia and is bringing its platform to UK clubs through the Play-Cricket API. Get in touch to talk about your club.