Google Launches an Official Cricket Blog

Google, the popular search engine, has recently launched an official cricket Blog where former Indian great cricketer Krish Srikkanth will be writing his thought and opinion regarding the cricket tournaments. There are some additional features in the blog. One can get live cricket score, videos, news and pictures from this blog. Moreover, Google has initiated a contest named Google Cricket Blog Contest. Being registered in the contest you can be the one to share your views with Krish Srikkanth on TV. Digital Inspiration reported:

Google today launched an official Cricket Blog authored by veteran cricket star Kris Srikkanth. [Another legend, Sunil Gavaskar is already doing Cricket podcasts for Yahoo!]

» If you are writing a cricket blog on Blogger, share you blog with Google and the winner will be on TV with Kris Srikkanth - Google Cricket Blog Contest.

» Google has released new cricket gadgets for Google Desktop users that allows them to get the latest news / cricket scores / match video recordings right in their desktop sidebars.

Cricket Scores - This displays the live scores of current cricket matches on your desktop. You can also view the full detailed scorecards for a match and also check the world cup 2007 cricket schedule.

Cricket Videos - The widget fetches the latest World Cup Cricket videos from YouTube.com and plays them on your desktop.

Cricket Images and News - Displays the latest cricket news headlines and pictures related to cricket as a slideshow on your desktop.

It seems that Google also joins in the cricket craze which proves the attire of cricket. I think, Google may have some interests from their business point of view. Anyway, it is good news that people from now on can read the opinions of the great Krish Srikkanth.