BoxSeat
A ball-by-ball prediction game cricket fans play on their phone while watching T20 Blast live at the ground, scoring points for calling the next outcome.
T20 Blast fans attending matches in person who want more engagement between deliveries
- Tap to predict the next ball: dot, single, boundary, wicket, six
- Private group leaderboard for the section of seats you're sitting in
- Live wagon-wheel and strike-rate overlays for batsmen not shown on stadium screens
- Post-match recap card sharing to socials
T20 Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston is pulling a huge in-person crowd who can't watch ball-by-ball TV coverage and want something to do between deliveries.
Cricket has documented heavy second-screen usage (Google cites 90% of fans on a second screen) and an established T20 Blast competition in its 23rd year with Edgbaston as a consistent Finals Day host, but T20 Blast is a niche domestic league versus IPL/global T20.Welcome to the infinite stadium: Cricket's second innings is digital ↗2025 T20 Blast - Wikipedia ↗
Existing apps (CrixApp, Crickeriot, AllCric, CricketTips.ai) focus on AI match-outcome predictions and ball-by-ball commentary rather than a live in-stadium ball-by-ball prediction game played between deliveries; ECB's own 'Vitality Ultimate Picks' is a weekly fantasy game, not a real-time in-ground game.CrixApp - AI Cricket Predictions, Live Scores, Commentary & Stats ↗Enhancing the second-screen experience: how to engage fans during live events ↗
Cricket prediction apps skew freemium/ads with gambling-adjacent monetization (CricketTips.ai carries 18+ warnings), and Vitality sponsors T20 Blast — a B2B sponsor-led model is plausible but direct consumer willingness-to-pay for a ball-by-ball in-stadium game is unproven in search evidence.CricketTips.ai - Free AI Cricket Predictions & Live Scores ↗England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) - The Official Website of the ECB ↗
T20 Blast runs every summer, giving a recurring seasonal use case
Technically straightforward — live ball-by-ball data feeds and scoring logic are well-understood, and Edgbaston/UK grounds have 4G/5G coverage; main cost is a reliable real-time cricket data API and dealing with in-stadium latency.Enhancing the second-screen experience: how to engage fans during live events ↗