Watch Live Cricket Score In Ubuntu With This Indicator Applet

I used to be a huge Cricket fan when I was a teenager. I still like the game, but I do not watch Cricket matches live that often. What I still do is to keep a track of the score. Usually, I keep Cricbuzz open in one tab and I switch to that tab in the browser to take a glimpse of the score. Not very convenient, I must say.

Thanks to Cricket Score Indicator, I no longer need to keep a browser tab open and keep on going to that tab just to check the scores. This applet indicator sits on the top panel and keeps me updated of the ongoing Cricket match. It keeps me productive as I just need to have a glance on the panel. Though it uses CricInfo instead of my favorite Cricbuzz, it does the job of showing the match score pretty well.

Cool, isn’t it? That’s not it. There are several other features to Cricket Score Indicator which can be summarized as:

• current score shown as indicator label
• Real-time update as soon as espncricinfo is updated
• Submenu shows the scorecard of the corresponding match
• Available for International and Domestic matches
• Option to set a particular match score as indicator label
• Adds new match as it is available and deletes the unavailable ones
• Also displays the runs scored on the last delivery of the corresponding match
• Initially all submenus (scorecards) are hidden to reduce network usage

Install Cricket Score Indicator in Ubuntu

Developer has provided a PPA for easy installation of Cricket Score Indicator in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu based Linux distros such as Linux Mint, elementary OS etc. Use the commands below to install Cricket Score Indicator:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rawcoder/cricket-score-indicator
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cricket-score-indicator

If you want to remove it, use the commands below:

sudo apt-get remove cricket-score-indicator
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:rawcoder/cricket-score-indicator

For other Linux distributions, you can always get the source code of this open source application:

Download Cricket Score Indicator

If you find any bugs, do report it here. If you like using applet indicators, do read this article on best applet indicators for Ubuntu.