How to Get Live Cricket Score Alerts with Python (Real-Time Notifications)

A Live Cricket Score Alerts project will fetch real-time cricket scores from an API and send alerts using Python. Here’s how you can build it:

Project Overview:

• Fetch live cricket scores from a sports API.
• Display scores in terminal or GUI (Tkinter).
• Send real-time alerts via notifications or email/SMS.

Tools & Libraries:

• requests → Fetch live data from an API.
• plyer → Send desktop notifications.
• schedule → Automate periodic updates.
• Tkinter (Optional) → Build a GUI.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

pip install requests plyer schedule

Step 2: Get a Live Cricket Score API

• Sign up for CricAPI (https://www.cricapi.com/) or Sportmonks API.
• Get your API Key.

Step 3: Fetch Live Cricket Scores

import requests

 

API_KEY = “your_api_key”

MATCH_ID = “your_match_id”  # You need to fetch match ID dynamically

def get_live_score():

    url = f”https://api.cricapi.com/v1/matches?apikey={API_KEY}”

    response = requests.get(url).json()

    for match in response[“data”]:

        if match[“id”] == MATCH_ID:

            return f”{match[‘teams’][0]} vs {match[‘teams’][1]}: {match[‘score’]}”

print(get_live_score())

Step 4: Send Live Score Notifications

from plyer import notification

def send_notification():

    score = get_live_score()

    notification.notify(

        title=”Live Cricket Score”,

        message=score,

        timeout=5

    )

send_notification()

Step 5: Automate Score Updates

import schedule

import time

schedule.every(5).minutes.do(send_notification)

while True:

    schedule.run_pending()

    time.sleep(1)

Bonus: Build a GUI App (Optional)

Use Tkinter to display scores in a small window.

Future Enhancements:

✅ SMS/Email Alerts (Twilio API).
✅ Live Commentary (Sports APIs).
✅ Voice Alerts (Text-to-Speech).

Where I have to insert this code?

You can insert the code in a Python script and run it on your system. Here’s how you should structure your files:

1. Create a Python Script

• Open a code editor (VS Code, PyCharm, or Notepad++).
• Create a new file named cricket_score_alert.py.
• Copy and paste the code inside it.

2. Run the Script

• Open a terminal or command prompt.
• Navigate to the folder where your script is saved.
• Run the script using:

• python cricket_score_alert.py

3. Automate Alerts (Optional)

• You can schedule it to run every 5 minutes using schedule.
• If using Windows, you can add it to the Task Scheduler to run in the background.