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| Type of business | Private |
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Cricket |
| URL | www |
cricHQ is a digital platform for sport which combines competition management and administration software with live scoring and statistics for cricket clubs.[1][2] It is based in Wellington, New Zealand, and was set up by CEO Simon Baker and former New Zealand cricketers Stephen Fleming and Brendon McCullum. It manages the administration of cricket test countries New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe. A number of other national governing bodies also use its services from club level upwards (see National Governing Bodies section below).[3]
The company provides a range of digital services to cricket organisations that typically use paper-based administration and scoring. The services include instant updates for fans, performance insights for coaches and the ability to set up cricket-related social networks. It also makes it easier to register players, organise competition draws and analyse demographics of sport participants.
When the app was launched it was briefly one of the world's most downloaded sporting apps [4] and since then it has amassed over 1 million Facebook fans.[5]
The company has been described as "one of New Zealand’s largely unsung tech success stories" by one of New Zealand's leading technology journalists.[6]
In October 2016, cricHQ's then-Executive Chair, Mike Loftus, was invited to visit India with New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, as part of a trade delegation.[7]
In December 2016, former Saatchi & Saatchi Chair and CEO Kevin Roberts was appointed as Chair of cricHQ's board.[8]
In October 2017, . cricHQ was purchased by a Playmaker Labs New Zealand and continues to trade. [1] Peter Dowell is the Chairman of Playmaker Labs
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- ^ "Wellington technology company CricHQ placed in receivership". Fairfax. 17 October 2017.