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Watching live cricket is the most excellent way to motivate junior cricketers. If they're not playing the game themselves, then seeing professionals play at a higher level in front of a huge crowd is an experience, which they won't forget. My visit to an India v West Indies test match a few years ago was an motivation that has remained with me ever since.

If you can't be at a big match, then live coverage on the television is the next best alternative, though of course you won't feel the live match atmosphere.

Televised live cricket coverage is obtainable via satellite, while terrestrial TV is normally limited to the highlights. Although, one compensation for your not being at the live match is the variety of high tech match analysis tools employed by the TV commentators.

You can also stay in touch with the latest cricket breaking news by a number of hi tech mediums, comprising of your mobile or PDA, RSS feeds as well as auto refresh desktop scorecards enabled by Flash graphics. Whatever your position, the technology is there to keep you busy with the action.

There are different advantages altogether from listening to cricket match commentary on the radio. This has turned out into its own art form, and is also exceptionally addictive. The Internet has also brought us live cricket matches on the web. 

The most exciting matches to watch are one day cricket matches, at county/state or international level. Their form can be either 50 overs, 40 overs or 20 overs per side. The new Twenty20 matches need total attacking play from both the sides, and could easily be completed during a summer afternoon. The benefit of these formats is that audience can see an whole game within one day.

Test matches are pretty different proposition. They are being played over a maximum of five days, which gives plenty of time for ebb and flow in the luck of both teams, and is a real test of cricketing skill and endurance.