Sprite Cricket Next – Street Cricket Revolutionized in Pakistan
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Street cricket is the root of Pakistan cricket system, not school or college cricket, it is the street cricket which provided Pakistan amazing raw talent over the years and decades. Cricket structure in schools is almost non-existent, except some schools in big cities no schools have enough facilities to provide the first basic platform to children to kick start their sports. Colleges are trying to do it but it is not enough, either it become a way of making money from grants provided or a pass time for the students who know they can’t do good in academics and have their best chances of passing grades via sports. Still there is some good cricket played here and there in school colleges, universities but that is far too less. Other platform is club level, the main problem they face is lack of proper infrastructure and investment to build any. 70% of the clubs in Pakistan don’t have proper cricket ground or cricket pitch to use. There are only few clubs and academies which are producing refined talent that too only in big cities like Lahore and Karachi.
Next Mohammad Asif?
In above circumstances Pakistan cricket has heavily relied on street cricket, young ones play their cricket on streets, parks or literally anywhere where they have enough space for a cricket pitch at least. They used tennis ball covered with adhesive tape on it and a fake seam and a bat mostly, that’s it. They learn their art and polish their skills according to the situation they play in. No body is there to guide them or correct their short comings, they just build their game according to situation. Now you must know why Pakistan mostly have players which are raw but full of talent but not much application specially in test cricket as street cricket match doesn’t last more than 20 overs at most.
Anyway that was a little introduction which is getting long, so coming to the point, Sprite and Coca Cola company came up with an amazing idea about Street Cricket. You already know cricket is now using a lot of latest technology to groom players and their game and coach them. But in Pakistan this is nearly non-existent only at few academies and clubs you will find them. But Sprite is bringing that high level technology right to street cricket. Anybody who had ever played street cricket in Pakistan will be very excited to know that now they can find out their bowling speed, distance of the hit, pitch map, wagon wheel and all that. 90% of our street cricketers play their cricket without knowing what they are doing. So this is an amazing thing to know what you are capable of. This will not only inspire many of the young players to play at higher levels knowing their strengths but also will help recognize talent and that too best of it with proven stats.
Cutting long story short here are few of the important points in this Campaign:
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Technology is making it better
Fusing Sport and Technology through Sprite Cricket Next:
- Just about anyone who plays sport loves to see statistics and receive performance feedback. Not only does it help identify key features of your game and how you might improve them, it adds a competitive edge to social play or to routine training.
- Television broadcasting in particular has made us all aware of what is possible in terms of the analysis of player performance and has given ‘sports technology’ a high profile.
- Yet despite the popularity and visibility of these systems virtually none of this technology is available to your local team, school or sports center, neighborhood, let alone the average player until now.
- Sprite has brought in Pitch Vision technology, which is professional academy level technology available to everyone. From club players, juniors, schools and sports centre’s to your budding cricketers, i.e. Gulli cricketers.
- Pitch Vision really is shaping the market for cricket training and analysis in the 21st Century and Sprite is bringing the technology to our Gulli’s (streets) nationwide.
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Live Action
How the Sprite Cricket Next technology works:
- Each player’s data can be displayed online or on their mobile phone.
- Every training session can be stored to build up a historical data base and compared against past performance, peers and professional players.
- Whether you are interested in detailed summaries of your line and length, or just want to know how fast you bowl Pitch Vision simply and unobtrusively enhance every training session, generating better data – feedback, knowledge and participation.
- Custom designed, the sensor range caters for every style of cricketing training and skill testing and Sprite has brought this exclusively for the general cricketing enthusiasts to experience, free of any cost.
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Warm Up Pitch
What the Sprite Cricket Next Technology will show:
- Pitch-Maps
- Footwork analysis
- Wagon Wheels
- Manhattans
- Colour Coded Charts
- Hawkeye View
- Which cricketing skills will be tested:
- Bowling speed
- Economy rate
- Distance hit
- Runs scored
- Average Speed/Over
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Compete with others and win
Sprite Cricket Next Rules:
- Two cricketers will be pitted against each other, one will bat and the other will bowl.
- After one over [6 legitimate deliveries] roles will be switched.
- Total of 36 data points are available for 1 competition.
- In case of level scores; the winner will be the player with the fastest legitimate ball.
- In the case of a no-ball the standard rules of cricket will apply and the ball is bowled again and the runs scored will be added to the total of the batsman.
- The player with the most wickets or most runs will proceed to the next level of Sprite Cricket Next.
- Players can participate in the following fun activities while waiting:
- Test your speed
- Crazy catcher
- Fastest taper
Check out their website here, http://www.spritecricketnext.com/ and rush to the Sprite Cricket Next camp near you as they are visting different cities.
Sprite Cricket Next is currently active at:
- Karachi
- Kohinoor Ground
- Lahore
- NFC Ground
- Nach Garh Ground
Thank You Coca Cola and PitchVision Academy!
Mudassar,
Wow! This is an excellent initiative…..I’m getting a bit jealous! I would love to know my bowling speed, I’m sure I’m in the mid-80s
What is better than for young kids growing up and being able to emulate their heroes, and not just thinking they can bowl as fast as Akhtar or hit as far as Afridi, but being able to see at first hand if they can. Stuff of dreams.
.-= Stani Army´s last blog ..Pakistan end 15 years of hurt =-.
Yea man it is, feel like we wasted our teenage trying to hit that stupid tree on long on of our neighborhood ground. This really is good and this PitchVision is also very good for clubs and academies.
There is also a PCB talent hunt with Pepsi which have Wasim Akram as anchor going on which is also good if done properly and honestly. I am not sure but I heard Amir was also find of such talent hunt conducted by Wasim Akram.
Assalam-o-Alikum
My name is Nawaz.
I live in Green Town Lahore.
i like cricket.
i am a fast bowler.
please give me one chance.
i am waiting your invitation.
ok /…………
Allah Hafiz……………….
My name is nawaz……….
i am a fast bowler…….
please give me one chance……
i am waiting your invitation……
Allah Hafiz…….
@Nawaz, welcome to CricketVibe. This is good to know your spirit, keep it up.
First of all, I am not a club owner or somebody with any influence in clubs of board etc. I am just a regular cricket fan like you. Only I can do is give you some advice and direction. I am not even able to find a suitable cricket club in Lahore which will meet my timing requirements
Well, go and find a cricket club near you and join it. I think there are more than 5 clubs in model town you can join any of them. They have good facilities specially good grounds, decent boys coming for nets and I heard some of them have very good coaches but my experience wasn’t very good but it was ok. You will have to do some research. At club just do your net and other drills for 2 or 3 months and work on your basics. Once you will go through this your game will be much improved and you will be ready to play club matches.
All this depends on patience not every body can become a good player quickly so practice hard and wait for your chances.
Best of luck.
sir i think i have talent .i m batsman.please give me only one chance for i expressed my talent
plz kindly give me a chance
sir i live in tandoallahyar sindh i love pakistan and i love also cricket and i love play cricket plzzzz give me a chance plz
I AM A BATSMAN AND ALSO A FAST BOWLER BUT FIRSTLY PREFER TO BATTING .SO GIVE ME A CHANCE AS U LIKE
MY CONTACT NO. IS 03314166242
I AM ALLROUNDER.BUT MOSTLY PREFER TO THE BOWLING AND I AM A SAAD,S BROTHER MY CONTACT NO. IS 03214863108
@usman, Saad, Habib, Guys I am not an official or employee of Sprite cricket Next I just find it a very good thing and write about it on my blog and I know couple of people in the setup of the competition. You need to contact them for more information and participation. I am trying to get more contact information from them and will share it with you guys as soon as I got it.
Regards
Mudassar
hey hi its ahsan here and i am really very serious about cricket and really want to join u people. i also visited pepsi pcb it was not good they were asking for fomalities which i cant fulfil.
i live in rawalpindi and really want to become a cricter so please come to rawalpindi and give us this wonderful opperunity.
thankyou
regard
Ahsan AYub
Sir Asalaikum ,
my name is waseem and i am living in karachi , i am right hand batsman and medium ffast bowler
sir i want to play in pakistani team. i want to play and Luminesce my beloved counrty.
my contact number is 0303-2791606 .
Thanks alot
Assalam-o-Alikum
Dear Sir, I am a fast bowlar and little bit a batsman.I know in swing and out swing. I am not say Iam a perfact player but give me a chance. If you do.My contact no 03334117362.
Thanks,From Awais Malik
hi
im talha from sialkot
im a all rounder
plz give me chance ill show how well i can perform.you can e-mail me.
thanx
hope you will send me the invitation
regards
talha
WOW THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE PITCHVISION THIS COMPANY MAKES CRIKET TECHNOLOGY IN THE UK
@Ben, Yes it is PITCHVISION
sir i want to participate in this compitition please tell me through email how can i apply?
@Habib, I think that competition is over by now as I haven’t hard from Sprite team recently but still you can take part in lot of such competitions in your city including talent hunts by PCB etc.
Best of luck.
I want to be a cricketer, i have played cricket in school ,i am 18 years of age ,,from Rwp.
i love cricket,,,I am a all rounder,,,
can anybody help me plz…
my contact number is 03365256084, 03215672463.
Email.msmkhan99@yahoo.com.muslimkhan@live.com.
i am waiting…plz.help
i m adnan right hand fast bowler
my club name is T.M.C
sir plz pak people requast acepting
i m happy
pakistan is a best talent bats and bowler
sir i want to prticipate in this competition plz tell me how can i
AOA HOW R U
I Am Join to sprite Cricket my
NAME GHAUS ALI
MY Age is 17 year & alrounder right arm
I AM WAIT YOUR ANSWER PLZ SEND ME MY EMAIL I D
I AM LIKE IN CRICKET OF PAKISTAN
THANX
salam! i’m a all rounder plz select me and give me one chance to show and improve my natural abilities, plz i’ll b waiting 4 ur answer, i want to join ur club, 18 years from rwp… ALLAH HAFIZ…
sir your team is doing great work they came in our uni umt and i also took part in contest and i am the fastest bowker of the contest i deliver the ball wite speed of 137km\h but you people dont upload my pitcher pleas upload my pitcher because i desirve for that i will be thankful to you
@Umer, Thanks for the comment.
That is actually not my team it is Sprite team, good to know about your skills, keep trying. And hopefully they will upload you picture some where too.
Thanks
sir your team is doing great work they came in our uni umt and i also took part in contest and i am the fastest bowler of the contest i deliver the ball wite speed of 137km\h but you people dont upload my pitcher pleas upload my pitcher because i desirve for that i will be thankful to you
I AM EXTEREMLY INTERSTED IN CRICKET CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE OF GIVING TRIAL TO ANYONE.MY AGE IZ 21 YRS OLD…..
sir your team is come in my ground and they will not taking me
Hi! i am zafar i love circket
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz one chance me
i am allrounder left hand batsmen……………………
sprite cricket next karane ka matlab kiya hy ye tn batao ya phele ki tarha loher me grand finale karwa kar house bhjado ge
bht farig ha ya log humaray mohalay ma ai lakin kuch nai dya inho na sirfaik aik bottle
ya cricket, asl cricket ki badnami ha. asl cricket 4day cricket hoti ha.
hey actually i m leaving this comment on behalf of my brother sarim…….i jist want to tell u that my brother is an all rounder and he has a team of 4 brilliant crickters plz plz plz give them a chance:)
i’ll wait 4 ur reply….!!!!
yrrrrr how can we participate on this whtever tournament??
I WANT TO COME IN THS ARENA WHEN IT WILL IN BECOME IN RAWALPINDI?
My name is Arslan Ali…..I am from Islamabad,Right handed batsman…..please give me a chance
plz give me one chance takka main agay barhun plz
can u tell that when u ll come to rawaplindi and on which ground?
i love cricket
i am grat all around
hi ,i am a batman and a bowler too and i am really interested to participate in sprite cricket next
MY NAME IS SAMI ABDULLAH I AM ALL ROUNDER I HAVE MADE A TEAM AND I HAVE PROVE THAT I AM A GULLI CRICKETER SO PLEASE GIVE ME ONE CHANCE I AM WAITING FOR YOUR INVITATION
SORRY TO TELL YOU I LIVE IN GULSHAN-E-IQBAL KARACHI
Can you tell me Kohinoor Ground Location at Karachi? Where is Kohinoor Ground? Please inform me.
Regards,
M.Sumair
SIR IM LEFT ARM FAST BOWLER….AND RIGHT ARM BATSMAN……PLZ TELL ME HOW TO GO IN SPRITE CRICKET NEXT……..I AM FROM LAHORE
hello,my name is shahanjawahery i want to participate in this tournamant i live in sindh hyderabad qasimabad model town i am a captain of one of our street teams here i am all rounder but i am good and openning batsman but not a good bowler but if you will select me than i will do my best plzzz if you want a good openning batsman than i am a good choice
if you want to test my skills so plzz rply me shahanjawahery@gmail.com this is my facebook account
Hola buddies…
yar actually m frm karachi… i need to register in sprite cricket next event… my team iz ready to win this…. but i cant find where i went to register…. ??? please tell me…
hy i am batsman nd bowler too nd im really intersted to participate in sprite cricket next
sorry tel tu tell u i live in islamabad g7-3/2