The thrill of listening to a live cricket audio is beyond expression. I feel the adrenalin rush when the commentator, with his skillful dealing of words, springs in delight as one of the players takes a wicket. And the excitement of a live cricket audio is manifold. With every tick of the clock, you listen with bated breath, what’s going to happen next? You cannot see the match, and suddenly there is a loud applause echoing the audio speakers. The batsman has hit a six! You jump with joy.

ICC Cricket Ratings are designed to know cricket players' actual standing in the game in a better way. Prior to this, players' ratings were calculated by comparing their averages. Experts felt that this method is neither fair nor fool proof as it is based on the overall career of a player without taking in to account the strength of the opposite team and the conditions in which a particular match was played.