Cricket Australia joins hands with CricViz

Cricket Australia (CA) has announced a new multi-year partnership agreement with cricket data and analytics provider, CricViz, who will become the Official Data Collection Services and High Performance Partner of the CA. The deal will see CricViz provide their data and analytics tools aimed to help CA enhance the men’s and women’s team’s high-performance programmes along with working on growing fan engagement activities as well. Through the partnership, CA and CricViz will provide more detailed match coverages,  real-time insights, and interactive digital experiences.

CricViz will provide CA with their range of solutions which include analytics services such as Query Tool, Centurion, and Video Scorecard, alongside its FastPath live data collection system, ball-by-ball video tagging, and downstream infrastructure like enhanced LED scoreboards, reporting portals, and streaming graphics.

James Allsopp, Chief of Cricket at Cricket Australia, commented,

“Data and video analytics are an enormously important aspect of team performance and we’re delighted this partnership will provide our teams access to CricViz’s state-of-the-art analytics products. The partnership will also greatly enhance our coverage of the game for fans across our sites and social media platforms and help further enrich their experience.”

Michael Kivido, Managing Director for CricViz, added,

“Cricket Australia is one of the most sophisticated cricket organisations in the world, and this partnership reflects what CricViz is building globally – a single, trusted data infrastructure that serves High Performance, Broadcast and Fan Engagement all under one roof. We are proud to add Cricket Australia to our growing network of official rightsholder partners and we’re looking forward to a long and productive relationship.”