How to Build a Cricket Club Website | BetterCricket

What a cricket club website needs, the ways to build one, and how to keep it current after every game.

A cricket club website has one job for most of the year. It tells people what is on and makes the club look like somewhere worth being. Building it once is the easy part. Keeping it current is where most clubs come unstuck.

What a cricket club website actually needs

The three common routes

A general website builder like Wix or Squarespace looks tidy but knows nothing about cricket, so every result and stat goes in by hand. A generic club system handles members and payments but rarely the cricket itself. A cricket platform builds the site from your match data, so the fixtures and stats keep themselves up to date.

The maintenance trap

Most club websites die the same way. Someone keen builds a good one and keeps it fed for a season. Then they get busy. A year on, the fixtures are wrong, the results stop in November, and the site does more harm than the old Facebook page did. A site that draws from your match data avoids that, because the updates arrive on their own.

A website built from your own data

The better approach is to wire the site to the data your club already records. Fixtures, results, ladders, player profiles and leaderboards then fill themselves in and stay right after every game.

How BetterCricket does it

BetterSocials gives your club a public website built from your own match data, in your crest, colours and fonts, with a post designer for match-day graphics. It reads the same data as your stats, so the website is current after every game and the only thing you add is the news you want to share.

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BetterSocials runs your club's public website and match-day posts from your own data. Bring your club online and we handle the first full historical sync. Learn more

Frequently asked questions

What does a cricket club website need?

Fixtures and results, teams and grades, player and club stats, news, somewhere for sponsors, and contact or registration links, all kept current after every game.

What is the best way to build a cricket club website?

Connect it to your match data so fixtures, results and stats update themselves. A general website builder works, but it means typing in every result by hand.

How do I keep a club website up to date?

Use a platform that pulls from your match data. BetterSocials refreshes fixtures, results, ladders and stats automatically after every game.

Can I use my club's branding?

Yes. BetterSocials uses your crest, colours and fonts across the website and the match-day graphics.