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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
James Wallace

Clicky Ponting, viral catches, and the strange new era of amateur cricket streams

A green lawnmower on a cricket pitch at Saltburn with worn patches and screens beyond
Saltburn CC, home of ‘Clicky Ponting’, are one of the many clubs who stream their matches using the FrogBox service. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian

“Monday to Friday, people are sharing the content,” says Rob Knee, chief executive of the cricket livestreaming company FrogBox. You can say that again. The story and accompanying footage of Brian Devine’s apparent finger-clicking chicanery at Saltburn Cricket Club went around the world last week.

When Piers Morgan and Mike Brearley are wading into the discourse to give you a kicking on social media and a ticking off in the Sunday Times respectively, it is probably a sign things have got a bit out of hand. “We’d much rather see some outstanding catches, centuries and sixes being the cause of those viral moments,” says Knee from Melbourne with the “Clicky Ponting” saga still rumbling.

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