The Silly Point

Infobox Website
name = The "Silly Point"



caption =
url = http://www.thesillypoint.com
commercial = No
type = Cricket website,
a journaling scrapbook
bulletin board and weblog
language = English
registration = Mandatory
owner = ©hinaman
author = ©hinaman
launch date = 24th November 2006
current status = Active
revenue = Nil
slogan = "cricket without boundaries"

The "Silly Point" is a web-based cricket community featuring hosted services such as a members only discussion forum, a blogsite and a webring. It takes its name from the attacking field position on a cricket pitch, the silly point [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/rules/fielding_positions/newsid_3795000/3795415.stm Silly point: cricket fielding position] ] .

The "Silly Point"

It is a community created by amateur cricketers and cricket enthusiasts. It aims to bring together cricket lovers from across the globe to share their passion for the game.
Initially formed by and for posters of the discontinued BBC Test Match Special Board. It has slowly grown in a year to register members from all over the world. It now has members from every ICC full member cricket playing nation.

Bulletin board:

[http://thesillypoint.com/forum/ "Silly Points"] is the community's bulletin board. It is set up as a journaling scrapbook of cricketing incidents and news from all playing nations. Every member has the freedom to add to each topic their own comments, thoughts and opinions. The forum [http://www.thesillypoint.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=38/ From beyond the Test world] is dedicated to discuss news and cricketing events solely from the Associate and the Affiliate member nations.

Blogspage:

[http://thesillypoint.com/blogs/ the "silly points"] is their multi-author cricket-only blogsite. The blogspage is active and is known for publishing articles on varying topics. It is one of the few blogsites that has been accepted as a "Related Site" by:
1. BBC Sports Text Match Special [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/ The Silly Point on BBC Test Match Special] ] - the first non-BBC blogsite that was included on the list.
2. As a Blogger Friend of Rambhai [ [http://rambhai.com/ The Silly Point - Friend of Rambhai] ] - an independent Indian news and blogs portal.
3. Rediff Cricket - List of Blogs [ [http://www.rediff.com/cricket/index.html/ The Silly Point on Rediff India Cricket] ]

Webpages:

It has built its own webpages centered on the discussion board, to bring the latest news and information from the world of cricket on to a single sit. The webpages present recent cricket [http://thesillypoint.com/news.html/ news] as RSS headlines, [http://thesillypoint.com/weather.html/ weather forecasts] for all testmatch venues and international cricket fixtures in a [http://thesillypoint.com/calendar/ calendar] format.The [http://thesillypoint.com/searchengine.html/ "Sillypointer"] is a cricket-only searchengine. The website has its own page for live text [http://thesillypoint.com/scorecard.html/ commentary] powered by cricbuzz.com. Along with live commentary and scorecards, it features news, squads, match previews, highlights and graphs.

Webring:

The site's slogan is "cricket without boundaries".
To join together cricket websites across all playing nations, the site has launched [http://cricket.siterings.net/ Equator] a cricket-only webring.

The spirit:

In the spirit of a 'silly point'.

Silly point [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/rules/fielding_positions/newsid_3795000/3795415.stm] is one of the closest fielding position to the batsman and requires focus, anticipation, and quick reflexes; but above all great courage.

The site is managed by a team of administrators, organisers and weblog editors.The site promises Freedom of Expression to all. No comment, article or blog is edited or censored without information or consent of the author.
The forum relies on each of their members to moderate their own messages and breaks the tradition of appointing moderators.
It is virtually a spam free zone. The members' list is not inflated with any spam registrations.

References

External links

* [http://cricket.siterings.net/ Equator] – the cricket webring
* [http://thesillypoint.com/ The "Silly Point"] – the website
* [http://rambhai.com/category/cricket/ Rambhai cricket]
* [http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/ International Cricket Council]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/default.stm/ BBC Sports Academy - Cricket]