Guides

Short reads on cricket formats, filters, time zones and the data.

Cricket Fan Calendar puts internationals, franchise leagues and domestic competitions on one month grid, in your own time zone. Most of it explains itself once you start clicking, but a few things are worth a paragraph or two: why the same sport comes in matches that last three hours or five days, how to cut the calendar down to the sides you actually follow, why a match can land on a day you did not expect, and where the fixtures come from in the first place.

The guides

• Cricket formats explained - Tests, first-class, one-day and T20 cricket, how long each lasts, and what the calendar's four colours and chips mean.
• Following a team, a league or a ground - how the filters work, from the three groups down to single teams and stadiums, plus the Month, Agenda and Auto views.
• Cricket and time zones - why matches start at odd hours, how every time is converted to your zone, and what daylight saving does to it.
• Where the fixtures come from - the data sources behind the calendar, how they are checked against each other, and what "Updated" means.

Other ways in

If you would rather browse than read, the series, teams and grounds pages list what is in the calendar, with results where one is recorded. The calendar shows it all on one grid, and the About page says who makes it and why.