[Mahmood]

Originally posted by jabbar
This would be very cool, if it is implementable. Why not add a service to the posting/replying feature of the forum specifically for match threads (determined by the moderators).

Whenever a post or a reply is made, the service will add a one line summary of the score at the time of the post:

Example:

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Reply:
Member: jabbar

Score summary: 3rd Inns- Ashraful 150* Mortaza 20* BD 400/6

Message:
Whoa!! Ashraful is doing so well. He just spanked a six over McGrath's head!!!!!
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This would then put in context (automatically) the forum member's comments, to the current score. You would have to make a service, or agent, that extracts the score from the appropriate source (wouldn't be too hard, but bandidth issues?)

I think this would be an awesome idea, and perhaps a world first. We would be the envy of all other sport fan sites!

Edited on, June 24, 2005, 8:28 AM GMT, by jabbar.

We will have to have a script that will keep reloading the cricinfo score page to get the latest score. This is considered as a server attack and totally illegal.

Edited on, June 25, 2005, 11:52 PM GMT, by Mahmood.