Top 5 apps for cricket world cup 2015

New Delhi: The biggest sporting extravaganza of 2015, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, will begin tomorrow in Australia and New Zealand. Over a billion people across the world are expected to watch the Cricket World Cup that will take place from February 14 to March 29.Given the huge interest in the tournament among users, the size of audience who'll be watching the sporting event on their smartphones, tablets, and desktop, is likely to be mammoth. No matter what you are doing, you would like to catch on with what's happening in the cricket matches played in Australia and New Zealand. So, here are some apps you can consider installing on your smartphones or tablets to keep track of the World Cup. (Remember that the matches will begin either at 3 a.m. or 9 a.m.)Star SportsStar Sports has availed the exclusive rights to broadcast all the matches of Cricket World cup 2015. It also has the exclusive digital and internet rights. If your office allows video-streaming, then you can get a subscription to this service (web+app) for Rs 120 (for the entire tournament) to view live matches. The app offers full LIVE scorecard, ball by ball commentary, match schedules, points tally, standings and other statistics. It also offers multi language option that allows you to watch the live match in their favourite language as well as the audio commentary. In addition, the app gives notifications that will keep you updated with the latest happenings. indiatvnews.comThe mobile app of indiatvnews.com is an excellent way to stay updated with the latest news in the world of cricket, politics, business, India, world, crime, entertainment & lifestyle, technology and astrology. India TV's Android app is compatible with 2G and 3G networks and uses cutting edge technology to enable Adaptive bit rates, thus enabling smooth delivery of live TV on smartphones. It works on Android 4.0 and above. It is a free to use app.To download the app, click here. EspncricinfoA must-have app if you can't afford to miss out every moment of the game. The official ESPNcricinfo cricket app let you stay updated with the latest scores, breaking-stories, player statistics, records, rankings, and other exclusive content – which makes it the perfect personal Cricket companion. The app now offers a revamped text commentary section and the data is now displayed in graphs. The updated app adds the refresh-interval setting—users can set anywhere from 30-120 seconds as the time gap before the app will refresh. Users can also turn on score alerts for teams. In 'Lean back' mode, the users can place their smartphone or tablet on the table and follow live scores without letting the work suffer.In addition, you can get instant alerts for wickets, batsman milestones and score updates during the live matches. You can also watch and listen to the latest ESPNcricinfo video and audio podcasts. Yahoo Cricket A popular app that gives you cricket updates on your mobile handsets. The app, which has a dedicated following in India, offers you analysis, interactive scorecards, match statistics, commentary, notifications, news aggregated from various portals and much more. The USP of the app has to be 'literal' real-time updates, which means if a boundary is struck you will receive a notification. The best of all, it is free. It also offers a widget, which you can place on your home screen to follow cricket updates without having to open the app. It is available on Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.CricBuzzThe app offers you news, ball-by-ball score updates, with commentary, and analytical columns. It also offers photo galleries of the on-field action, via apps for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian phones, and as an extension for the Google Chrome Web browser on Windows PCs, Macs and Google Chromebooks.