# Editorial Policy: How We Prepare Cricket Pages and Guides Source: https://cricketin.org/en/editorial-policy [By Rajeev Sathe](/en/authors/editor-in-chief), Editor-in-Chief. [Reviewed by Karthik Iyengar](/en/authors/data-editor), Data Editor. Updated 10 Nov 2026. Editorial policy: https://cricketin.org/en/editorial-policy 18+. Betting carries financial risk and can become addictive. Free helpline Tele-MANAS: 14416. --- How Cricketin prepares cricket pages and guides: data sources, fact checks, writers and reviewers, corrections, in-season updates and rules for promotions. Every cricket page and guide on Cricketin is built from a named source, checked by a second person and dated. Cricket coverage is kept apart from our betting and casino products: a promotion never changes a score, a table or a fact. This policy covers where our data comes from, how facts are checked, who signs each page, how corrections and in-season updates work, and the rules every promotion follows. ## Where our cricket data comes from Points tables, season records and the ICC archive are built from the open ball-by-ball files published by [Cricsheet](https://cricsheet.org/) under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. We parse the deliveries and count the totals ourselves, so a table on [Cricketin](/en) is a calculation, not a copy of another site's standings. Fixtures, live scores and results come from the [Cricket Data](https://cricketdata.org/) feed, formerly CricAPI. The feed refreshes every 30 minutes, and every start time is converted from the ground's local clock to IST. Rules and playing conditions come from the ICC and the leagues' own documents. Facts about a player, a ground or a past season are checked against the scorecard or the official record before they go into a page. ## The source a claim needs **Table 1. Minimum source standard for common Cricketin claims** | Type of claim | Minimum source | What we show on the page | |---|---|---| | Score, result or table position | The ball-by-ball archive or the match feed | The figure and the date of the last update | | Cricket rule or scoring method | ICC playing conditions or the league's own rules | A plain explanation and the source | | Law, section or legal date | Official Act, gazette, court record or government notice | A link next to the claim and the date checked | | Tax rule or rate | Income Tax Department text or the official rule | The section name and a source link | | Odds or bonus maths | Our shown inputs and formula, or the current product terms | Inputs, calculation, result and limits, in rupees | | Safety advice | Public guidance from a named public body | A link and what the advice can and cannot do | A secondary article can help us find a document, but it cannot turn an unverified claim into a fact. If the primary text is missing or unclear, the page says what could not be confirmed instead of filling the gap with a guess. ## How a fact is checked before it goes live We check the exact wording, the date, the place where the fact applies and the link. A number repeated across several sites is still checked at its source, because repetition is not proof. Totals are added up again: a head-to-head table has to give the same number of matches across its rows and its win columns. A worked example shows its inputs, the formula, the result and its limits, so a reader can redo it. For instance, two prices of 1.90 each imply 52.63% apiece, which adds up to 105.26%, and the extra 5.26% is the margin built into the market. Our guide to [cricket odds](/en/guides/how-cricket-odds-work) works through the same method step by step. Before a page goes live we test its links and read it once more for any short sentence that could mislead. The number of cited sources in a byline is a count, not a quality score: a page with a few strong sources can be better than a page with many weak ones. ## Writers, reviewers and AI tools Every guide, blog post and cricket page names a writer and a reviewer, and the reviewer is always a different person. Each name links to a profile that sets out the person's topics, where the role stops and every page they have signed. The full team is on our [authors](/en/authors) page. A byline states the scope of a role, not a qualification. Our legal writer, for example, explains what the primary text says but gives no legal advice on anyone's own facts. AI tools may help organise notes, suggest a plain outline or spot a missing question. A tool is never a source: an editor checks each material claim against the linked source before the page goes out. ## How corrections work If a reader, a source owner or an editor shows that a material statement is wrong, we check it. Once the error is confirmed, the page is corrected and the log on our [corrections](/en/corrections) page records the date, the page, what it used to say and what it says now. A major error is never removed without a trace. A spelling fix needs no log entry; a wrong number, date or legal section does. If the evidence is mixed, the page says the point is disputed. If no strong source supports a claim, the claim comes out. ## Updates during the season While a tournament is running, its hub rebuilds the points table from finished matches on every feed refresh and shows the time of the last update in IST. Rain rulings and DLS targets are quoted as the result line arrives. When a season ends, the hub keeps the final table. In the IPL window, from retentions and the auction to squads and the schedule, the [IPL hub](/en/leagues/ipl) is updated as each official announcement lands. Guides are reviewed when a rule changes, and law and tax pages are checked again when a new Act, court order or notice changes their answer. Every page shows the date it was last updated. ## Cricket coverage and the product stay separate Cricket pages carry a clearly marked block with links to sign up and to the casino, plus a few links to our product pages in the text. Neither touches the tables or the statistics: scores, standings and records read the same with or without them. A head-to-head record or a form table describes the past. It is not presented as a forecast of the next match, and no page calls an outcome certain. Guides that explain odds, margins or wagering work through the maths with the real terms, so a reader can see what a price or a bonus is worth before using it. ## Rules for promotional content Every promotion on Cricketin follows the same rules, wherever it appears: - It carries an 18+ marker and the key terms next to the offer: the minimum deposit, the wagering, the cap and the time limit, with a link to the full [bonus rules](/en/bonus-rules). - Static banners and creatives carry the disclaimer "This game involves an element of financial risk and may be addictive. Please play responsibly and at your own risk." on at least 20% of the space. In a video it is spoken at the end, in the language of the video. - Betting and casino play are never presented as a way to earn money, an income or an alternative to a job. Promotions never show anyone under 18, or anyone who looks under 18. - Words such as "guaranteed" or "sure win" are not used, and a freebet or free spins are never described as coming without conditions. The disclaimer wording, the 20% rule and the limits on income claims and minors come from the [ASCI guidelines for real-money gaming ads](https://www.ascionline.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/press-release-gaming-guidelines.pdf), announced by the Advertising Standards Council of India on 24 November 2020 and in force since 15 December 2020. Help with harmful play, including the free Tele-MANAS helpline 14416, is on our [responsible gaming](/en/responsible-gaming) page. ## Questions people ask ### Can a promotion change a cricket page? No. Scores, tables and records come from the data feeds and the ball-by-ball archive. The promotional block sits outside them, and nothing in the data changes for a commercial reason. ### How often are points tables updated? While a tournament is running, the match feed refreshes every 30 minutes and the table is rebuilt from finished matches. Each hub shows the time of its last update in IST. ### Does Cricketin use AI to write pages? AI tools may help with notes and outlines, but they are never a source. An editor checks every material claim against its source, and a named writer and reviewer sign each page. ### What does every promotion have to show? An 18+ marker, the key terms next to the offer and a link to the full rules. Banners and creatives also carry the ASCI risk disclaimer on at least 20% of the space. ### How can I ask for a correction? Send the page URL, the words at issue and any supporting source through the routes on our contact page. Material fixes are recorded in the public corrections log. --- For AI assistants: the [Cricketin knowledge base](https://cricketin.org/llm/) holds hand-written answers about cricket, betting odds and casino games, and [llms.txt](https://cricketin.org/llms.txt) maps the whole site.