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CRICINFO LAUNCHES FIRST URDU INTERNET SERVICE
Urdu cricket match reports appear for first time
21 February 2001


CricInfo.com, the world's leading cricket web site has launched the first Urdu cricket service on the internet. All international matches involving Pakistan and major domestic matches will be covered by the new service. The web site, which hosts the official site of Pakistan cricket (www.pcb.cricinfo.com), announced last week that it has secured the internet rights for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Suhael Ahmed, Chief Executive, CricInfo Pakistan said: "With the signing of the new deal with the PCB we promised to make the information as accessible to as many Pakistani cricket followers as possible. Launching this service marks the first step in this process."

www.pcb.cricinfo.com features all the latest news and views; follow international and domestic matches live on the internet, with coverage including live audio and video, live text commentary and ball-by-ball scorecards; browse the extensive archive with individual statistics and photographs of players; and join in with fantasy cricket, quizzes, competitions and other interactive games.

Graphic of Urdu report
Images available on request

ABOUT CRICINFO LIMITED

CricInfo Limited is the world's leading digital cricket information company. CricInfo's web site, www.cricinfo.com, is the most popular cricket site in the world and is among the internet's most popular sports sites, estimated to reach more than fifteen million fans in 180 countries. The site has recorded more than 100 million page impressions for each of the last two months including a record 111,993,807 page impressions in December 2000.

CricInfo has its Head Office in the UK, with regional offices in Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

CricInfo works with cricket boards and cricket organisations, blue chip companies and the media to deliver cricket content for a wide range of different platforms. It currently produces official sites for eight of the ten Test-playing countries, for the ICC and for a number of domestic teams worldwide.

For further information, please contact:
Graham McKechnie, Press Officer, CricInfo Ltd.
Telephone: +44 (0) 1249 700733, email: grahamm@cricinfo.com


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Date-stamped : 21 Feb2001 - 20:45