CricketerOnline.com is a website designed with Amateur cricketers in mind. The site provides a platform for young and budding cricketers to showcase their talents to the outside world. The main objective of the site is to provide a common platform for cricket teams from across different countries and regions, to portray themselves with the best of teams from all over the world. The site also works as a news board with respect to team's communications with their team members and other general viewer, thus providing them with a comprehensive communication platform, need for which is felt by most of the teams across continents.

The site also has a strong administration interface for its users to put forth their portfolio directly to the site. The site administration is controlled by region specific administrators for speedier and accurate information exchange pertaining to that region.

A strong search option for the filtering specific users have been worked on, keeping in mind the huge volumes of information being dealt with.

On going tournaments and future schedules of team's matches can be viewed for a particular player or a club can be viewed on the site's club-specific or player-specific page.

Add to these features other exciting features like, online shopping, online coaching, interactive query answering facility, information about other related sites you have a dream site a cricketer would love to be a part of.

The web users can be a part of the Cricketeronline by signing up in the login area (Sign Up). The user registration is to be based on the categories listed. A general visitor to the site can register free of the membership charges. This registration will enable him to take part in the contests, posting of questions on Ask the Expert, online shopping and also receiving internal mails from administrators on the latest upgrades and additions on the site.

The administrator on receiving the fully filled application with the requisite registration fees will process the registration. The user will receive a temporary password in the confirmation mail in their personal email account.

The status of registration process can be checked with the help of the 16 digit registration number generated after the submitting the registration form. This number will have to be saved for further references, till the registration has been accepted. A confirmation mail is sent to the users on his/her personal mail account.

Search option is a dynamic search feature to get a particular profile without actually going through the different levels of a regional hierarchy. On selecting a particular category, one can get a listing of all entries having meeting the search criterion.

Global Search: For searching clubs, school, players, scorers or umpires globally you have to search from the index page i.e. the first page of the website. You can search for one of the above by giving the first name or the middle name or the last name of the search object. Global search can be done only from the index page and not from any other page.

Regional Search: All the other pages other than the index page provides regional search. You can know in which region you are in by looking at the top right of the page. Your entire search from that page is specific to that particular region only. For eg: if you are in Gauteng and searching for a club, the search is limited to clubs in Gauteng only and the clubs in Free State will not be displayed here even though a club has the same name as that in Gauteng.

Alphabetical Search: Alphabetical search is again a part of regional search. Once you click on the regions on your left bottom you enter the hub which displays links for clubs, school, players, scorers and umpires. Clicking on any of these links will display the respective selected links starting with "A" as default. If you want to search for clubs starting with "M" then click on "M", you will get the list of all clubs starting with "M" under that particular region. You also have an option of seeing all the clubs under a particular region. Click on "All" to get the listing of all the clubs under the region.

Members of Cricketeronline get an opportunity to post question directly to the expert panel on topic related to cricket. All one has to do is post the question under a particular category. The questions will be reviewed and answered. Once the user logs on to the site the answer to question can be viewed. If the question is one, which is frequently asked or is of some importance it could be a part of the FAQ list.

The FAQ list is a collection of few most frequently asked questions. The list is categorized according to the subjects. If one cannot find an answer in a particular area of interest in the FAQ list, the question can be posted to the expert panel by submitting the Ask the Expert form.

The self-scrolling tips on the right hand side of the page, displays vital coaching tips on cricketing techniques and methodologies. The self-scrolling arrangement is a very convenient way to avail free tips online.

Regions are being displayed on the left top corner of the page. The current region is displayed as a highlight in the same section.

Region can be navigated by clicking on the regions falling under the highlighted region.

To move to the previous region a button (in the form of an arrow) is provided on the top right corner on the region section.

The details pertaining to the club/school can be viewed by selecting the club from the search operation (refer How to search). The clubs management/ school administration and their office address can be viewed on the clubs main page. The clubs/schools achievements, scorecard, scheduled match details, player listing and events can be viewed by selecting the menu option on the left bar of the page.

Features

1. Contact Information
Provide information related to the club/school contact address, Club house or teams photographs, links to clubs/schools personal website, establishment year, contact numbers and email. One can send an email to the concerned person by clicking on the email link provided.

2. Management Details
These include the contact information of the people concerned with the club/School along with their photographs. The management would include a president, vice-president for a club or a principal, a vice-principal in case of a school. The title of the management can be ordered according to their hierarchy and could be of various titles. The management personnel's could be contacted using the inbuilt email editor.

3. Achievements
The recognition of a club/school is based on the various past achievements. This section provides a section for showing the past and current achievements based on the posting date.

4. Scorecards
The matches played under various tournaments played by the club/School as a whole, irrespective of individual teams can be viewed under this section. The scorecards links provide an access to the score-sheets of matches played against the various opponent teams with match results and individual performances of each player can be viewed under this section.

5. Players
The listing of all the players under the club/school irrespective of their individual team representation. The players page can be viewed on clicking on the View Details link of the page.

6. News & Events
The teams administrator can constantly update the latest news and ongoing events for the public viewing. This can be viewed by clicking on the Events link on the main menu.
The Events section acts as a messaging board for people interested in the happening of a particular Club/School.

7. Scheduled Matches
Once the tournament for a season is created and the match is scheduled for a date, the teams can create a probable playing list of players. The list of match dates, opponents and the grounds based on the tournaments can be viewed under this section.

8. Teams
The Club/School have various teams under their Club/School banner. The teams have individual Coaches and Physiotherapists whose information related to their contact are placed under this section. On can also view the list of players representing for the said team, the tournament matches played and the list of scheduled matches of the team.

Players can be categorised as
  1. Direct Player
  2. Club/School Player.

1. Direct Player
Direct Players are players who register themselves as CricketerOnline Player. These players are not part of a club or school. These players have access to all the features given to a normal club/school player. The few features which will not be available are the physical fitness certificate uploading, match previews of the score cards of clubs he played for. Though there is an option to enter these scores as an unofficial match section within the administration module for the player. A direct player in a later stage can become a club player with the inclusion of his membership id during the process of creation of the player list by the respective registered club or school. The need for a direct player concept was realised when a player belongs to a club or school which has not yet registered.

2. Club/School Player
A registered club or a school can create multiple teams within club or school. Each team can have a fixed number of players, these players are automatically registered within CricketerOnline. When the teams score-sheets are entered, the players database also get appended with the scores of various matches played by the player. A Club/School players profile is thus viewed within a club or a school page. When the teams administrator creates the team player list within the teams administration module, the player is send a email with the username and password. Using which he/she can update his profile on the site.

Features
1. Personal Profile
The Players profile can be viewed from the players page with the site. The profile includes players Full Name & Reporting Name, his/her photograph, Address details, the player role classification, the date of birth, the career start date, personal website links and other favorite links. A user can contact the player by sending an email on clicking the email link on the site itself.

2. Achievements & Articles
The player with the help of the administration module can enter his personal milestones and achievements under this section. These are viewed by the user viewing his/her page on the site.

3. Performance Records
The player can display his/hers overall performance through out his career in this section. The player can update this record as he plays the various matches, by logging in to the administrative interface.

4. Academic Details
These contains details of the various courses and institutions certification done by the player. These can be viewed on the website by the club/school administrators, the regional administrators and the said player by providing their respective login details.

5. Physical Fitness
Few of the teams requiring to play for state or country level demand for age and physical fitness proofs from the assigned hospitals and doctors. The player can feed the details of the physical fitness, upload the scanned certificate details using the players administration module. The Physical fitness details can be viewed on the website by either the Regional administrators, School/Club administrators or by the said player by entering their login details.

6. Match Performance
A listing of the various matches played by the player under the various tournament can be viewed. A full blown scorecard can also be viewed to on clicking on the scorecard link from that page.

7. Unofficial Scores
The details of the player on the current page would provide information of the players performance with respect to the club/ school under which the page is displayed. Details of players performance who are a part of multiple clubs can be viewed under this section. Navigation to other represented clubs pages are also available from this page.

Personal Profile
The personal profile of an umpire is broken up into three categories.

1. The Personal details like the Full Name, Reporting Name, Date of Birth, Nationality etc.

2. Contact information has the address details, phone numbers, existing website link and email address of the umpire.

3. Career Information includes the existing rank (Experienced/Registered/etc), the career start date and class of the umpire (Domestic/International/ICC)

Professional Qualification
This includes the various tests and certifications done by the umpire. The details of the institution and the year of passing can be viewed under this section

Personal Profile
The personal profile of a scorer is broken up into three categories.

1. The Personal details like the Full Name, Reporting Name, Date of Birth, Nationality etc.

2. Contact information has the address details, phone numbers, existing website link and email address of the scorer.

3. Career Information includes the existing rank (Experienced/Registered/etc), the career start date.

Professional Qualification
This includes the various tests and certifications done by the scorer. The details of the institution and the year of passing can be viewed under this section.

Personal Profile
The personal profile of a physiotherapist is broken up into three categories.

1. The Personal details like the Full Name, Reporting Name, Date of Birth, Nationality etc.

2. Contact information has the address details, phone numbers, existing website link and email address of the physiotherapist.

3. Career Information includes the existing rank (Experienced/Registered/etc), the career start date.

Physiotherapist Profile
This section provides details of the experience over the years as a physiotherapist. The teams and the tenure as a physiotherapist can be viewed under section.

Professional Qualification
This includes the various tests and certifications done by the physiotherapist. The details of the institution and the year of passing can be viewed under this section.

Personal Profile
The personal profile of a coach is broken up into three categories.

1. The Personal details like the Full Name, Reporting Name, Date of Birth, Nationality etc.

2. Contact information has the address details, phone numbers, existing website link and email address of the coach.

3. Career Information includes the existing rank (Experienced/Registered/etc), the career start date and Level (Level 1/Level2/etc)

Coach Profile
This section provides details of the coaching experience over the years. The coaching teams and the tenure of coaching contract can be viewed under section.

Professional Qualification
This includes the various tests and certifications done by the coach. The details of the institution and the year of passing can be viewed under this section.

The Tournament section displays the list of tournaments under a particular region. These could have a main tournament and sub-tournament which are spread across various regions. Each tournament have a list of link specific to itself, when a user sends the URL based on the tournament, a page related to the tournament is opened with a restricted navigation pertaining to that tournament.

Generic Features

1. Introduction
The Tournament introduction page is a tournament sponsorers page about the inception and the various other information related to the tournament. The page gives a brief preview of all the tournaments held in the past, the presentation ceremony photographs etc.

2. Press Room
This section is meant for the press and other media. All press releases by the tournament sponsors are displayed in this section. The regions administrator enters the details from their region specific administration interface to upload the press release materials based on the date of posting or the press release date.

3. Schedules & Scorecards
The scheduled matches to be played and those that have been already been played can be viewed according to the match dates and their round titles. Information related grounds, officiating umpires and scorers can also be viewed under this section.
The played matches are provided with the Match Result and a link to the scorecard.

4. Contact Information
The tournament organisers information related to the contact person names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses are provided in this section.

5. Players
The listing of players all players based on their tournament participation. The various filters are listing by first name starting alphabet and all players. The link is provided to view the individual players page.

6. Club/School
The listing of all the participating clubs/schools of the tournament can be viewed either by selecting the alphabet pertaining to the starting character of the Club/School Name or by selecting the "All" link.