Editorial policy

Statistics are computed from source data rather than transcribed, which removes an entire category of error but not all of them. When something is wrong it is corrected at source and every derived figure is recomputed, rather than patched on the page where it was noticed.

Where a figure depends on an assumption, the assumption is stated next to it. A points table computed without a competition’s own regulations says so on the table. A win probability says whether it came from a trained model or a heuristic. A venue page with five matches in it says that five matches is not enough to conclude anything.

Some summaries are generated from structured match data. Where that happens:

• The article is labelled as automatically generated.
• It is derived only from verified data already in the database — it never invents a detail, a quote, or a description of play that the data does not contain.
• It is never presented as reported journalism, and never given a human byline.

The site does not publish filler articles to attract search traffic. A page exists because it is useful, or it does not exist.

Ball-by-ball commentary is an editorial product that must be licensed or written. Where a match page shows a delivery timeline, it lists factual events — runs, extras, wickets, dismissals — and is not labelled commentary. Generated delivery text will never be presented as professional commentary.

Corrections are made promptly and openly. A data correction is recorded with the previous value, the new value, the reason and who applied it, so the change is auditable. A substantive correction to an article is noted on the article rather than made silently.

Reader reports are never applied automatically. Every submission is reviewed by a person and checked against source data before anything changes. Report a correction.

Advertising has no influence on what is published. Advertisers do not see content before publication and cannot request changes or removals.

Structurally, this is enforced rather than merely promised:

• Every advertisement is labelled as one.
• Advertisements are never styled to resemble match cards, scorecards or editorial content.
• No advertisement is placed inside navigation, inside score controls, or immediately against an interactive element.
• Advertising space is reserved before the ad loads, so a unit can never move a scorecard while it is being read.
• Nothing loads before the reader has consented, and declining is as easy as accepting.

• Present an estimate as a fact.
• Present a site-computed rating as an official ranking.
• Present a stale score as live.
• Publish a conclusion a sample size does not support.
• Reproduce another publisher’s work.
• Offer betting odds, tips, or integrate wagering.