Frequently Asked Questions
Would you like to appear on our breakfast tv/radio program?
Sure.
More broadly, if you want to ask us questions, then send us an email at drnic@mocra.com.
Is 96* free?
Yes. 96* will always be free for scorers and spectators. Maybe we'll charge someone money for something one day.
If you think free is too cheap, please send "thank you" to our Twitter account, or if its a sneaky private "thank you", send it to drnic@mocra.com.
Why can't I see my name/kid's name on the scorecard? Why do players have strange random names?
We want everyone to use the
The general solution is that all new players appear at first to have a random name. We assume you or your children want to be anonymous.
But we provide many ways for you to claim your player and give us consent to display the player's real name. Click on the "Privacy", the "Squads" or "Playing XI" tabs within any match to learn more.
How to create a new match?
If you would like to use 96* to score your next match, please send me email. I'll setup your matches, and you can then add the players on game day.
How do I setup an entire league of clubs, teams, rounds, and matches?
We are rolling out 96* for a local school competition, and also putting finishing touches on the DIY match creation processes. Send an email if you'd like early access.
How do I change LIVE to MATCH DELAYED BY LOST BALL?
As a scorer, click on the LIVE text. A drop down will appear. Pick another status for the match, and BOOM, you're done. Everyone watching the match will have the match status updated immediately.
The match status will automatically return to LIVE when you publish the next ball.
Can we cover all the rules for all ages? And they change each year?
Yes. We allow you to model the rules for your competition, and these rules are automatically applied to all matches. On game day, scorers can override the rules as requested by the umpires and officials.
For example, when you launch a playground match it is assigned match rules with allow 5 overs per innings, 10 wickets, 8-ball limit per over, and 20 minutes per innings.
How does 96* make money?
96* is just a wonderful thing that exists.
It was created by Mocra, and Dr Nic Williams, who make money creating wonderful web applications for companies with money. If you are a company who wants wonderful web software, you're welcome to email and say "Can you make marvellous software for us too?" at drnic@mocra.com.
But right now, we're working on 96* because it needs to exist, we want to use it, and we want it to be wonderful.
What personal data is stored? Do I need an account?
You do not need to create an account or store any personal data to use 96* as a spectator.
Nor do any players or children need to create an account to have their scores recorded in matches.
Scorers and other administrators need to create an account. And in future, we may allow players and parents to create an account, and claim a player's profile.
If your player name is anonymous, and is showing a random name, you can claim that player and give us consent to display your real name. We will retain a record of your consent authority and sigature.
Right now, if you create an account, we store your name, email, your timezone, and maybe a pretty picture of you if you'd like. You can view this data, and edit it, at any time.
How will my kids' names be displayed?
In all matches we only display each player's first initial and last name. We're also exploring the option of first name and last initial. In future, we will allow players' to choose to display their full name, and other personal details they wish to share.
How do I print QR codes for a match?
Handing out QR codes to spectators has been incredibly successful. "Do you want to watch the match live?" is always received with a "YES PLEASE!".
Before a match starts, you can print pages containing the match title and ten (10) QR codes each. With your trusty scissors, and steady handy, you can cut up each page into 10 hand out slips. No one cares if you didn't cut straight. They love being handed the QR codes whilst they sit in their camping chair under their pergola.
To find the QR codes, go to the match page, mid-way down there is a row of tabs, that starts with "Squads", and next is "Sharing". Click on "Sharing".
Now either: click the blue "Print" button; use your browser's print menu function; or press Cmd+P/Ctrl+P on a desktop/tablet with keyboard.
The operating system's print menu will appear and you'll see 10 QR codes per page. Print out two pages of QR codes and go find your good scissors.
How do I do the thing with the TV and battery at a game?
Yeah it's pretty cool seeing the live score on a big TV down at the ground. We'll write up a tutorial soon.
Is 96* like mycricket in Australia?
Indeed mycricket has been a stalwart member of the local Australian cricket experience for a decade. There is even a comedy video where a local cricket team break in to the mycricket offices to fix their sub-par performances from the record books.
Oh yes we've used mycricket: as players, as scorers, and as spectators. Without being explicitly negative, it was from this experience that we decided to build 96*.
Is PlayHQ the new thing from Cricket Australia?
PlayHQ is a four-year old independent company who received $10m in funding, and a contract with Cricket Australia, to make a cricket scoring app. That's pretty awesome for them.
We know it is hard to make a marvellous live scoring app for local cricket, because we're doing it ourselves. We have not met the team at PlayHQ, but we're certain they're all lovely people who are working hard to make a great product.
Fortunately, every cricket match needs two scorers, ideally using two independent scoring systems. So, there's no reason you cannot also use PlayHQ to score your match.
Less Frequently Asked Questions
What platform is 96* is built on?
96* is a web application built on Ruby on Rails, with sprinkles of JavaScript, and lots of other Ruby projects. We use TailwindCSS to make it look pretty. The Rails application was initially created based on Jumpstart Pro, which whilst being a commercial product, is still open source enough that we submit upstream fixes/ideas.
Where it is hosted?
In 'straya.
What security features are in place?
All the good ones.
All web traffic into and out of the site is encrypted. Generally, "who cares", since its just cricket scores; but you might send us a password. So we encrypt everything. When you visit 96notout.com and you see the https:// at the front: that means we're try to help encrypt everything you send us, and everything we send you.
Most users do not have accounts. Users with accounts are encouraged to use "Sign in with Google", or "Sign in with Microsoft" authentication methods so that we are not even storing passwords. If you do store a password with us, know that we work hard to ensure it is encrypted. No one at 96* or Mocra Pty Ltd knows what your password is.
However, it is definitely a good idea to use a unique password when creating an account on 96notout.com. We like 1password for example, to generate and store unique passwords.
In the event of a data breach what policy/procedure is in place.
If we detect a data breech, we will notify anyone with whom we have their contact details. Most of our users are anonymous guests, for whom we have no contact details, nor any personal data that might have been breeched.
If someone does breech our security, they will find that we don't store much personal data. We don't have any credit card numbers, or bank account details. We don't know the ages or or personal details of the cricket players or our 96* users.
If you hack 96*, please a) tell us that you did it; and b) admit that it wasn't worth the effort.
If you steal or lock us out of our data, you're only hurting cricketers. We'll rebuild our application, upload a database backup, apologise to our customers, jokingly compare ourselves to Optus and Medibank, and not pay you anything.
We are a school, what details are recorded about our school students?
Internally we'd like to collect first and last names, and maybe nicknames of players from the scorers, so that they can more readily identify players. It's distressing for the scorers when they yell "BOWLER'S NAME?", the reply from midwicket is a slang first name, and the scorer only has a teamsheet of last names. So, first and last names help.
However, they are your students and your cricket matches. Your scorers can enter first names only, and those first names will be visible in public and to other scorers.
When the general public views the site, we currently only show first initial and last name. We're also exploring the alternate combination of first name, and last initial.
We also record the team name, school name, and that a player was participating in a school's team, on a certain match.
Has the site been pwned yet?
Not that we're aware of. But we're young, new, and we don't host much private, sensitve data.
We'll continue to try not to collect any private, sensitive data, so that if someone does hack us, they'll find that we don't have much to steal.
Of course, the Grubs 4th Grade team might launch an offensive operation to change their stats.