| name | cricket-data |
| description | Cricket data via ESPN public endpoints and Cricsheet open data — live-ish series scoreboards, standings, match summaries and news (ESPN), plus historical ball-by-ball, player stats, and player registry (Cricsheet, ODC-BY 1.0). Zero config, no API keys.
Use when: user asks about cricket scores, IPL/BBL/PSL/international series, points tables, match details, cricket news, ball-by-ball history, or player career stats.
Don't use when: user asks about other sports — use football-data (soccer), nfl-data (NFL), nba-data (NBA), wnba-data (WNBA), nhl-data (NHL), mlb-data (MLB), tennis-data (tennis), golf-data (golf), cfb-data (college football), cbb-data (college basketball), or fastf1 (F1). For betting odds use polymarket or kalshi. For general news use sports-news. Don't use for ICC rankings — no free source exists (v1 limitation).
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| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"author":"machina-sports","version":"0.1.0"} |
Cricket Data (ESPN + Cricsheet)
Before writing queries, consult references/api-reference.md for endpoints, ID conventions, and data shapes. See references/competitions.md for the Cricsheet competition codes.
Quick Start
Prefer the CLI — it avoids Python import path issues. There are two backends: ESPN (live-ish) and Cricsheet (historical).
sports-skills cricket get_series
sports-skills cricket get_scoreboard --series_id=8048
sports-skills cricket get_standings --series_id=8048
sports-skills cricket get_game_summary --series_id=8048 --event_id=1535465
sports-skills cricket get_news --series_id=8048
sports-skills cricket get_competitions
sports-skills cricket get_matches --competition=ipl --season=2026
sports-skills cricket get_match_deliveries --competition=ipl --match_id=1473508
sports-skills cricket get_player_stats --competition=ipl --player="V Kohli"
sports-skills cricket find_player --name=kohli
CRITICAL: Before Any Query
CRITICAL: Before calling any data endpoint, verify:
- ESPN series IDs are per-series, not per-league. Always discover them with
get_series first. IDs change every season for recurring tournaments (e.g. each IPL season has a different ID). Never hardcode them — the 8048 in the examples is illustrative, not permanent.
- Two ID spaces.
get_series returns ESPN IDs (live, numeric, e.g. 8048). get_competitions returns Cricsheet codes (historical, letter codes, e.g. ipl). They are unrelated except at the match level: a Cricsheet match_id equals the ESPNcricinfo match ID, so it bridges the two backends.
- Cricsheet covers completed matches only (~1-day lag after a match finishes). For anything live or upcoming, use the ESPN commands (
get_scoreboard, get_series).
get_player_stats requires the exact Cricsheet name spelling (e.g. "V Kohli", not "Virat Kohli"). Resolve the spelling with find_player first.- No ICC rankings — there is no free source (v1 limitation). Series standings come from
get_standings, which is empty for most bilateral tours (only league/group tournaments publish a points table).
- First Cricsheet call per competition per day downloads a zip. Large competitions (Tests, ODIs, IPL) are tens of MB. Zips are cached 24h at
~/.cache/sports-skills/cricsheet/; later calls in the same day are fast.
Agents can run scripts/validate_params.sh to pre-validate --competition, --series_id, and --date before querying.
Commands
ESPN backend (live-ish)
| Command | Required params | Description |
|---|
get_series | — | List currently-active cricket series with ESPN series IDs and live events |
get_scoreboard | series_id (opt date) | Matches + scores + status for a series |
get_standings | series_id | Points table for a series (empty for most bilateral tours) |
get_game_summary | series_id, event_id | Match detail: rosters, leaders, matchcards, venue info |
get_news | series_id | News articles for a series |
Cricsheet backend (historical, ODC-BY 1.0)
| Command | Required params | Description |
|---|
get_competitions | — | List Cricsheet competition codes |
get_matches | competition (opt season) | Completed matches for a competition, newest first |
get_match_deliveries | competition, match_id (opt innings) | Ball-by-ball deliveries for a completed match |
get_player_stats | competition, player (opt season) | Aggregate batting + bowling stats for a player |
find_player | name | Search Cricsheet player registry; returns ESPNcricinfo ID mappings |
Dates accept YYYYMMDD or YYYY-MM-DD. season is the start year (e.g. 2020 matches Cricsheet's "2020/21"). See references/api-reference.md for full parameter lists and return shapes.
Workflows
Live / recent series check
get_series → pick the series and note its series_id.get_scoreboard --series_id=<id> → present matches by status and score.- For one match's detail:
get_game_summary --series_id=<id> --event_id=<id>.
Points table (league tournaments)
get_series → find the tournament's series_id.get_standings --series_id=<id>. If empty, it is a bilateral tour with no published table.
Historical player stats
find_player --name=<substring> → confirm the exact name spelling.get_player_stats --competition=<code> --player="<exact name>" (optionally --season).
Ball-by-ball history
get_matches --competition=<code> [--season=<year>] → find the match_id.get_match_deliveries --competition=<code> --match_id=<id> [--innings=N].
Cricket news
Cricket news is series-scoped — there is no global feed.
get_series → pick the relevant series and note its series_id.get_news --series_id=<id> → present the articles.
Commands that DO NOT exist — never call these
get_playerget_player_infofind_player to resolve a name, then get_player_stats for career numbers.get_matchget_matches (historical list) or get_game_summary (one ESPN match's detail).get_rankingsget_teamsget_team_rosterget_game_summary.get_play_by_playget_match_deliveries for ball-by-ball data on completed matches.
If a command is not listed in the Commands table above, it does not exist.
Attribution
Cricsheet data is licensed ODC-BY 1.0. Every Cricsheet response includes an attribution field ("Data from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org), ODC-BY 1.0"). Preserve this attribution string when republishing the data.
