NV Play vs CricViz: which one runs the game?
The short answer?
NV Play is a fully integrated cricket technology platform, with live scoring, streaming, video analysis, Vision AI and predictive analytics – built for boards, clubs and teams, from recreational to professional. CricViz is a data and analytics provider that layers insight, historical stats and win-probability models onto matches for broadcasters and media.
CricViz provides cricket data. NV Play powers cricket matches.
Quick comparison
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NV PlayThe operating system of cricket.
- Live scoring, streaming, video and analytics all in a single platform
- Built for boards, clubs, teams and broadcasters, recreational to professional
- Vision AI ball tracking straight off live camera feeds
- WASP predictive analytics embedded in real-time
- Has powered ESPNcricinfo's global ball-by-ball scoring since 2004
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CricVizA data and insight service.
- Provides an analytics database, query tools and broadcast insight
- Built largely for broadcasters, media and national cricket boards
- No live scoring, streaming or club-level product
- WinViz win predictor as a broadcast overlay
- Best known for on-air analysis with Sky Sports, Fox Sports, BBC
Here’s the scorecard
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NV PlayAccurate, reliable, ball-by-ball, all formats
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CricVizNot offered
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NV PlayOne-click streaming with broadcast-grade overlays
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CricVizNot offered
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NV PlayComprehensive management for competitions of any scale
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CricVizNot offered
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NV PlayHigh Performance video analysis used by International cricket for a decade
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CricVizPerformance analysis services for teams
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NV PlayReal-time detection, trajectories and overlays from live camera feeds
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CricVizNot offered
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NV PlayUmpire reviews enhanced with player stats and video replays
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CricVizNot offered
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NV PlayWASP built into live scoring, used on Sky Sports UK and NZ
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CricVizWinViz broadcast overlay used on Sky Sports
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NV PlayEmbeddable, 2M+ users a week, auto video highlights shared with fans
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CricVizMatch Centre product provided for partner
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NV PlayIn use at Lord's and MCG, LED and traditional scoreboards
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CricVizNot offered
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NV PlayAvailable for all levels from local clubs to International boards
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CricVizFocus on elite and broadcast partners only
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NV PlayBall-by-ball statistics within the platform
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CricVizFocus on elite and broadcast partners only
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NV PlaySimple, single platform: just choose the plan you need
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CricVizEngagement-based: data, broadcast and "powered by" services
NV Play: one platform, every part of cricket.
If CricViz is the pundit in the commentary box, NV Play is the entire broadcast truck. It’s the scoreboard at the ground, the cricket live stream in the fan’s pocket, and the analyst's laptop up in the control room. Everything you need, all in one platform, for every level of the sport.
Vision AI: the eyes CricViz doesn't have.
NV Play’s game changing Vision AI automatically tracks ball trajectories, codes match events, and generates data-rich visualisations. All without an analyst manually tagging a single delivery. That's a level of deep and automated data – with no third-party dependency – that CricViz just doesn’t have.
WASP vs WinViz: decision-supporting vs fan-facing.
CricViz’s WinViz is a fan-facing win predictor. NV Play’s WASP is a decision-support tool for scorers, analysts, coaches and broadcasters. WASP doesn’t stop at “who’s winning?” It predicts the projected first innings total, chase probability, and expected score trajectory throughout the innings. And it’s not only broadcast on-screen. It also feeds coaching insights, player performance, live stream overlays and replays.
The straight-bat verdict?
If you need a broadcaster's insight layer for a match someone else is already running, CricViz fits the bill. If you need to do more than analyse – to score, stream, film, predict, and engage fans – you need a platform built to do it all.
You need the operating system of cricket. That's NV Play.
These cricketers choose NV Play over CricViz.
NV Play has allowed me to track vital pieces of information throughout the game whilst capturing video, enabling the high-level insights required at the professional level of the game.
After over 25 years experience in Cricket Analysis, sampling around 10 Analysis packages, I’m confident NV Play is the most versatile and user friendly product available.
I can confidently say that NV Play is an exceptional tool for any cricket analyst looking to elevate their analysis and deliver professional-level insights.
Vision AI has unlocked a new layer of insight, providing high-performance staff & athletes with data that was previously out of reach.
The live scoring aspect is excellent. I would recommend NV Play to any provincial board or club team to improve performance and increase commercial opportunities.
NV Play is the operating system of cricket. It’s a single, integrated cricket technology platform handling live scoring, live streaming, video analysis, Vision AI ball tracking and predictive analytics for boards, clubs and teams at every level. CricViz is a data and analytics provider supplying insight, win-probability models and commentary content to broadcasters and media, built on match data collected elsewhere. NV Play runs the match. CricViz reports on it.
No. CricViz's published product line – Centurion, Query Tool, Match Centre, WinViz, Data Feeds – is built around analytics and broadcast insight, not match-day scoring or streaming infrastructure. NV Play natively scores, streams and captures video in real time, with no separate provider needed.
Sure can. NV Play's core technology was built in partnership with New Zealand Cricket and the ECB, has powered International cricket for 20+ years, and is now available to clubs and recreational cricket, too. Read more on NV Play for cricket clubs here.
Both are predictive win models that have featured on Sky Sports. The difference is integration: WASP is built directly into NV Play's live scoring product and updates in real time as the match is scored. WinViz is a standalone model applied to a broadcast feed from outside the match.
Depends on the job. Running competitions end-to-end – scoring, streaming, video, fan digital and performance data in one system? That’s what NV Play is built for. Adding a historical database and broadcast-ready insight to existing media coverage is what CricViz's analytics services are built for. Many boards use both, for different jobs.
NV Play's scoring technology has powered ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball data since 2004, across most international and first-class matches globally. Partners include the England & Wales Cricket Board and all 18 counties, Cricket Ireland, Cricket Hong Kong, Cricket NSW, the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the Mumbai Indians, Titans Cricket, and more. Over 500 recreational UK clubs also rely on NV Play to score, stream, and grow their game.