MOBYSCORE LTD.

MobyScore User Manual

 SOFTWARE FOR CONNECTED CRICKETERS

Scoring Matches Using MobyScore

 Mobyscore Ltd. 2006

www.mobyscore.com
Manual Version 0.6
MobyScore Version 0.6
06/12/2007
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Table Of Contents
1 Introduction 2

2 The MobyScore User Interface 3

2.1 The Splash Screen 3

2.2 Main Menu 3

2.3 Drop Down Lists 3

2.4 Tabbed Forms 4

2.5 Pointer Devices 4

2.6 Commands 4

2.7 Checkboxes 4

3 Setting Up MobyScore 5

3.1 Download 5

3.2 The Main Menu 5

3.3 Activation 5

3.4 Before The Match 6

3.4.1 Setting Up Squads 6

3.4.2 Setting Up Fixtures 7

3.4.3 Setting Up Match Profiles 7

4 Scoring a match 12

4.1 Match Startup 12

4.2 Squad Selection 12

4.3 Result Of Toss 13

4.4 Initial Bats 14

4.5 Facing Bat 14

4.6 Current Bowler 14

4.7 The Current Over View 15

4.7.1 Key presses in the Current Over View 15

4.7.2 Stylus Input from the Current Over View 15

4.7.3 Commands in the Current Over View 16

4.8 The Batting View 16

4.9 Batting Detail 17

4.10 The Bowling View 17

4.11 Bowling Detail 18

4.12 Generic Ball Input screen 18

4.13 Ball Edit screen 20

4.14 The End of An Over 21

4.15 The End of An Innings 21

ii
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

4.16 Match Result 21

4.17 Match Summary 22

4.18 Reloading A Saved Match 22

5 Uploading your scorecard 23

5.1 Generating a JPEG from your Scorecard 23

5.2 Sending your scorecard to Play-Cricket.com 23

6 Technical Data 24

6.1 The Matches Database 24

6.2 How Many Matches Can I Store 24

7 Glossary 25

iii
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

Table Of Figures
Figure 3-1 Main Menu 5
Figure 3-2 Squad Lists 6
Figure 3-3 Squad Update 6
Figure 3-4 Download Connection Profile 7
Figure 3-5 Match Profiles 7
Figure 3-6 Cricket Options 8
Figure 3-7Connection Options 9
Figure 3-8 JPEG Scorecard Options 10
Figure 3-9 Available Profiles 11
Figure 4-1 MobyScore Main Menu 12
Figure 4-2 Squad Selection 13
Figure 4-3 Result of Toss 13
Figure 4-4 Initial Bats 14
Figure 4-5 Facing Bat 14
Figure 4-6 Initial Bowler 14
Figure 4-7 Current Over View 15
Figure 4-8 Batting View 16
Figure 4-9 Batting Detail Screen 17
Figure 4-10 Bowling View 17
Figure 4-11 Bowling Detail Screen 18
Figure 4-12 Generic Ball Input Screen 18
Figure 4-13 Ball Edit Screen 20
Figure 4-14 Next Innings Screen 21
Figure 4-15 Match Result Selection Screen 21
Figure 4-16 Match Summary View 22

1
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6 Chapter

1
1 Introduction
This chapter introduces the MobyScore cricket scorecard for
mobile devices and explains how to use this manual.

M
obyScore is a totally new concept in cricket scoring, running as it does
on mobile phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) with limited
screens but generally with high processing power and considerable
memory capacity. The combination of the latter along with an
innovative way of displaying the current state of a match, and the ability to score a
match using a single key press at a time, makes this an extremely powerful and
flexible scoring tool. It also provides scoring for both 2000 Code cricket and Pairs
(Barrington Pairs, Kwik Cricket and other variants) cricket.

MobyScore also provides a range of internet services via the MobyScore.com

website, such as:

- download of squads and fixtures from the England & Wales Cricket Board
(ECB Play-Cricket.com) hosted club website

- upload of results to Play-Cricket.com and other cricket statistics websites

- upload of scorecards to MobyScore.com and subsequent production of

JPEG images which are emailed to one or many recipients specified on the
phone. If you have a suitable phone and portable printer then this can be
used to print out professional-quality scorecards at matches.

Useful tip The icon key table shows a list of icons used in this
manual to denote different types of feature.
Cricketing Feature
Internet

2
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6 Chapter

2
2 The MobyScore User Interface
There are a number of common UI features used within MobyScore and it is
worth briefly running through them to familiarise yourself with their usage. How
they look on your particular device is governed by the handset manufacturer’s Java
software embedded in your phone so it is not really feasible to describe how they
look as they tend to differ between devices. Even the button used to show a
menu differs widely between devices so please make sure you know what
these are for your device before starting.

Having said that, however, there is a certain amount of common behaviour which
can be described and over and above that, MobyScore uses some particular ways of
denoting information which are worth listing.

2.1 The Splash Screen

On starting up any of the MobyScore applications, you will see either a logo or an
animation depending on your phone (those with limited memory capacity or bugs
in their Java graphics engines show a simple image logo). In either case you can
press any key to continue on to the main application menu. In the case of the
animation, after a certain time this will happen anyway.

Please note that although any key should continue on to the main menu, on some
handsets you may need to try a few keys before finding one that works !

2.2 Main Menu

This is a list of icons between which you can move using the arrow keys on your
device keypad, and the Ok or Enter button will activate the selected option.

2.3 Drop Down Lists

MobyScore uses lists similar in operation to MS Windows list boxes which have
fixed contents and from which a specific option can be chosen.

In team and player selection lists during match setup, and in fielder selection
after a wicket, there is an <Other> option permitting a player not otherwise in the list to
be added and selected.

Note that when a list is opened and scrolled, the rest of the screen is also
scrolled. When a selection is made then screen will be restored in all cases on most
phones. However, on some phones it is not always possible to do this so you may need
in rare cases to scroll the screen yourself with the up or down arrow keys.

3
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

2.4 Tabbed Forms

Many screens use so-called “tabbed forms”, which are familiar to MS Windows
users but not so common on mobile devices. The user can move between tabs
using the left and right arrow keys, although if focus is already in an input field,
then the arrow key will move along the field and once at the end of the field, will
then allow movement between tabs.

2.5 Pointer Devices

Devices with a stylus input device (Palm PDAs, for example) have the option of
clicking on items with the stylus to activate particular features. For example, the
user can move between the batting form’s different innings tabs by clicking with
the stylus on the required tab, and a list box can be opened for selection by clicking
on it.

For such pointer devices, the current over screen also has a toolbar of buttons
which operate in exactly the same way as the various keypad options.

2.6 Commands
Each screen has a fixed set of commands always available from the command
menu (screen-based commands). An example of this is the Exit command.

In addition, some screens have commands available only when the user is on a
particular field (item-based, or context-sensitive, commands). An example of this is
on the bowling and batting tab screens where each bat/bowler has a button and
if this is clicked, will go to a more detailed view for that particular player. If the
arrow key is used to move to that button, an additional “More” command now
appears on the command menu, which does exactly the same as clicking the
Ok/Enter button.

2.7 Checkboxes
The profile screen, for example, has a check box which can be checked to
autosave the match at the end of every over. Check boxes are normally
checked/unchecked by the Ok/Enter button, and on some handsets there will also
be a Mark/Unmark command available when the user has moved to a checkbox
field.

4
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6 Chapter

3
3 Setting Up MobyScore
3.1 Download
The latest instructions for the download of MobyScore are available from
www.mobyscore.com. The download pages of our website also include hints and
tips if you are having trouble installing or downloading MobyScore, plus known
bugs with particular models of phone which may prevent you from accessing all
the features of MobyScore.

The general procedure for download is to download and run the phone registration
application first, which will firstly tell you definitively whether or not you can use
MobyScore on your handset and secondly, will result in an email being sent back to
you with a product activation code.

3.2 The Main Menu

The menu options available will be as per those below (this is on a Sony-Ericsson
phone – it will look different for other phones, although the available menu
options will be the same).

Figure 3-1 Main Menu

3.3 Activation
You will not be able to use MobyScore without activating the product the first time
you use MobyScore. This requires going online on your phone to connect to the
MobyScore servers. Once this is done, you will be able to use MobyScore
unrestricted although the features which involve online activity (sending scorecards,
receiving squads and fixtures) cannot be accessed without a paid subscription to
MobyScore

5
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

If you want to upgrade your phone, you will need to go through the activation
process on your phone again having let us know that you are doing so. We will
then arrange for your registration to be transferred to your new phone.

3.4 Before The Match

3.4.1 Setting Up Squads

Select the “Squad Lists” application and you will see the screen shown here. Select
Squads and you will be taken to the squad setup screen which will initially have no
teams set up.

Figure 3-2 Squad Lists

You may now either set up teams manually by, depending on which tab you are on
(Teams or Players), create, delete one or all, and rename team and player entries. In
this way, you can build up squads to choose from when you create matches.

Figure 3-3 Squad Update

Alternatively, you can select Download Squads. If the latter, then you will be asked
to set your user name and password for the ECB’s Play-Cricket.com site. If you
select Ok, you will continue to the download.

6
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

Figure 3-4 Download Connection Profile

If you have at any time chosen the Save option from Squad Select when
starting a match, then you will have saved your last team selection too (for both
teams). Only one saved team selection per team is allowed at any time, but this
selection can also be edited from Squad Update in the same way as the squads they
were chosen from – it will appear as the team name followed by the “( R )” suffix..

3.4.2 Setting Up Fixtures

This feature has not yet been implemented as it relates to integration with
the ECB’s Play-Cricket.com and they haven’t put this feature into their website as
yet. When they do, we will be downloading fixtures for selection.

3.4.3 Setting Up Match Profiles

Select the “Match Profiles” application and you will see the screen shown here.
Select Profiles and you will be presented with the Edit Profile screen. The purpose
of the various tabs on this screen are to allow you to set up “profiles” which equate
to sets of match options, which can then be mixed ‘n’ matched when you start a
match (once a match is going the profile for that match is fixed even if the match is
saved and reloaded).

Figure 3-5 Match Profiles

Whether or not you choose to change the default options, when you start a
match you can override any of these with values to be used for the current match

7
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

only. Note also that this application is also activated as part of the match setup so
anything you see here can be done the first time you want to score a match, too.
You can also set the default profile to be shown at match startup, which is also that
used for squad maintenance (see the Autosave Teams option).
3.4.3.1 CRICKET OPTIONS

Figure 3-6 Cricket Options

This tab allows you to set up options pertaining to an actual cricket match. As per
the pictures, you can set up:

- The number of overs allowed per innings

- The number of overs allowed per bowler

- The number of innings in the match

- The number of balls allowed per over

- The number of players allowed per team, excluding substitutes and “12th
men”

- Whether or not to show warnings if the current match scorecard violates

any of the limits above (other than players per team which is set at the start
of the match anyway). Warning are in the form of warning messages on
the match ticker and vibrate alerts on the phone – no action is enforced if
any limit is exceeded.

- Whether to save the match automatically at the end of every N overs

- Autosave Teams which saves without asking any changes you’ve made to
teams and squads when either you press Ok on either the Squad Select
screen at the start of a match or Exit on the Squad Setup option from the
main menu (in the latter case, the value of this option in the default profile
is important).

8
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

- The value of N above

- Whether to use larger icons or not to represent the balls (the default is to
user the larger icons but if the layout is unsatisfactory then you may want
to revert to the smaller icons)

- The ticker type on the main over screen. This can either be Scrolling (a
moving match information ticket, which does use up more battery than the
other options), Static (a heading is shown which contains the same
information) or None.

- The cricket rules format (2000 code or Pairs cricket)

- For Pairs cricket, options such as the number of runs to be scored per no
ball and wide, to be deducted per wicket and the initial score with which
each side starts.
3.4.3.2 CONNECTION OPTIONS

Figure 3-7Connection Options

This tab allows you to set up security information relating to any online
connections MobyScore may need to make. As per the picture, you can set up:

- The ECB Play-Cricket.com user name for your club

- The ECB Play-Cricket.com password for your club

9
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

3.4.3.3 SCORECARD OPTIONS

Figure 3-8 JPEG Scorecard Options

This tab allows you to set up options pertaining to any scorecards created
for you by the MobyScore servers.

Please note that if you will be printing from your phone, it is wise to
experiment with the settings to find the one which suits your combination of
phone and printer best, as some phones support 1600x1200 but not 1200x1600,
and most phones have a maximum permitted size of mail attachment.

As per the picture, you can set up:

- The width in pixels of the JPEG that MobyScore will create.

- The height of the JPEG that MobyScore will create.

- The email address(es) to which the scorecard will be emailed. If more than
one email is included, please use the comma character to separate them.

- A quality setting in % which controls the size of the JPEG to be produced.

- Rotation setting. This controls whether or not to rotate the scorecard

through 90 degrees, so in effect it controls the orientation of your JPEG
(the default is portrait, so checking this makes it landscape), in word-
processing terms).

10
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

3.4.3.4 AVAILABLE

Figure 3-9 Available Profiles

This tab contains the names of all current profiles and allows the user to select
profiles and create or delete existing profiles. Any profile in the Cricket Profile list
holds the information on the “Cricket” and “Scorecard” tabs above, whereas any
profile in the Online Connection Profile list holds the information in the
“Connection” tab above.

11
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6 Chapter

4
4 Scoring a match
4.1 Match Startup

Figure 4-1 MobyScore Main Menu

Select the MobyScore application and you will see the screen above. Choose New
Match and you will go into the Match Profile setup (above) which allows you to
select (and amend) the options for this match. Follow the procedure already
outlined and choose Ok.

4.2 Squad Selection

You will now have the chance to select the teams. The teams can be selected from
existing squads already set up, from the last saved selected team from those squads
(if any) or a completely new team set up just for this match (select <Other> from
the teams list. If there is no home team for this game, select the appropriate
command.

12
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

Figure 4-2 Squad Selection

Use the arrow key or the “Page>>” command to move to the Home and Away/
Teams 1 and 2 tabs to select the players from those squads that will be playing. The
squad number of each player is used as a default player selection for each team
position (e.g. the first squad player is the default first opener, and so on). Change
the list selections as required for the total number of players allowed in your teams,
or again, choose <Other> to enter another player who is not currently in the
squad.

You will be allowed to specify up to 2 players as substitutes. The default is

that these team positions (12 and 13 in an 11-person team) are set to <None> but
they can be changed or a new player name entered as above. The second sub will
only be recognized if the first sub is filled in too, please note.

Using the appropriate command, you can also designate a wicket keeper and
captain for this match. This will result in the correct symbols appearing next to the
players in MobyScore and on any created scorecard JPEG image. Note that
substitutes are also denoted on the scorecard JPEGs, but not in MobyScore.

Note that if there are no squads set up, you will be invited to enter a team
automatically.

Choose Ok to continue.

4.3 Result Of Toss

Figure 4-3 Result of Toss

You can select the team that won the toss. Please do so and choose Ok to
continue.

13
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

4.4 Initial Bats

Figure 4-4 Initial Bats

Please select the initial bats from the batting team line up (including subs) and
choose Ok to continue.

4.5 Facing Bat

Figure 4-5 Facing Bat

Please select the facing bat from the initial batting pair and choose Ok to continue.

4.6 Current Bowler

Figure 4-6 Initial Bowler

14
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

Please select the first bowler from the bowling team (again, subs are included) and
choose Ok to continue.

4.7 The Current Over View

Figure 4-7 Current Over View

You are now in the main Scorebook Current Over view This shows the currently
facing and non-facing bats, the current bowler and icons denoting the balls bowled
this over. There is also a ticker showing the current scores and any warnings
currently appropriate. You may now start scoring the match.

4.7.1 Key presses in the Current Over View

The keys marked 0-6 score 0 to 6 runs respectively to the facing bat who will be
crossed if an odd number of striker runs was scored. This occasionally results in
the wrong facing bat but you may override the facing bat at any time by selecting
the appropriate bat from the drop down lists.

For the other keys, 7 denotes a no ball, 8 denotes a wide, 9 is a wicket (which opens
another screen described elsewhere here), * is the end of the over (described
elsewhere) and # opens a screen (see Generic Ball Input, below) on which any
combination of scores, penalties and wickets can be entered.

As well as the facing bat, the facing bowler can be reselected at any time if
the end of the over hasn’t been signalled but a bowler has retired. In this case,
another bowler may finish the over but as per the 2000 cricket code, a full over is
counted for the retired bowler and a new over is deemed to have started, for the
purposes of restricting numbers of overs per bowler only.

4.7.2 Stylus Input from the Current Over View

If on a device which has stylus entry and has the appropriate screen size to show it,
you will also see two toolbars. The button on these can be clicked to generate
various types of match events. The vertical toolbar allows 1-4 byes or leg byes to be
entered when you click the appropriate button; the horizontal toolbar allows other
scores to be entered and in effect, from left to right, and top to bottom, does
exactly the same as a mobile phone keypad (described above).

15
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

4.7.3 Commands in the Current Over View

The commands available are generally obvious and self-explanatory. However, the
following clarifications are worthwhile:

- if using a pointer device and the focus is currently on on of the scoring

toolbar buttons, there will be a command available pertaining to that
button (for example, “2 Runs”).

- The Undo Last Event command takes the match back to where it was
before the last key press, be that a scoring event, the end of an over or the
end of an innings. You can rewind a match right back to the start ball-by-
ball if necessary.

- The Toggle Ticker command switches from a ticker-tape style information

feed to a single on-screen field displaying the same information. This can
be very useful in conserving your phone’s battery. If the option is
selected again, then both ticker and field are removed altogether.

- Edit Last Over and Edit This Over take you straight into the Ball Edit
screen for this or the previous over, if any, to correct mistakes quickly
without going through several levels of views first.

- If this game is a Pairs cricket match, then a New Pair command is shown
too. This allows the user to retire a pair at the end of their allotted overs.

4.8 The Batting View

Figure 4-8 Batting View

If you select the Batting View command from the Current Over view, you will see
a screen (above) which shows a number of tabs containing the batting scorecards
for each innings of the match so far in numeric order. This shows the cards for
each bat plus any extras and the totals at the bottom.

16
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

4.9 Batting Detail

Figure 4-9 Batting Detail Screen

If from Batting View, you click on the More button next to each bat, or select the
More command after using the arrow key to move to the appropriate More button,
you will now see the Batting Detail screen which shows icons representing every
ball faced by that bat in the match plus details of how that bat was out (if so) and
the fall of wicket total. From that screen, the Edit Ball command allows all of these
to be changed by taking the user to the Ball Edit screen (see below).

From this screen you can also select the Reassign Scorecard command,
which allows you to change the current owner of a batting scorecard in the event
that you identified the incoming bat incorrectly at some point and would like to
remedy this mistake. You can do this at any time. You can also change the player’s
name here.

4.10 The Bowling View

Figure 4-10 Bowling View

If you select the Batting View command from the Current Over view, you will see
a screen (see above) which shows a number of tabs containing the bowling cards
for each innings of the match so far in numeric order. This shows a summary of
the cards for each bowler plus the over totals, wickets, maidens and runs at the
bottom.

17
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

4.11 Bowling Detail

Figure 4-11 Bowling Detail Screen

If from the Bowling View, you click on the More button next to each bat, or select
the More command after using the arrow key to move to the appropriate More
button, you will now see every over bowled by that bowler, in order. By using the
arrow key to move to a particular over and choosing the Edit Ball command, you
can change any of these balls (see below).

From this screen, if you use the arrow key to move to a particular over and then
use the Reassign Over command, you may reassign that over to another player, in
the event that you credited the over to the wrong bowler in the first place. All
scorecard totals will be updated accordingly. You can use this method to reassign a
whole bowling card over-by-over to one or more other players, if necessary. You
can also change the player’s name here.

If this game is a Pairs cricket match, then the number of times the player was out
will be shown here too.

4.12 Generic Ball Input screen

Figure 4-12 Generic Ball Input Screen

This screen allows any combination of scores, penalty runs and wickets (if
appropriate) to be entered if legal (the user is prompted to correct the problem in
this case with a warning with gives some clue as to the nature of the problem – for

18
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

example, if an invalid combination is entered such as byes and leg byes together, or
a run out from a no ball).

If fielding side penalties are chosen, they are applied to a previous innings
or carried over to the next innings of the fielding side, if any.

19
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

4.13 Ball Edit screen

Figure 4-13 Ball Edit Screen

This screen allows the changing of any aspect of any existing ball apart from the
type of fall of wicket, the bowler or fielding penalty runs. You may change the
catcher or fielder involved in a wicket, the number of runs of all types (if legal – the
same rules are applied as for the Generic Ball Input screen) and the scoring bat can
even be changed. These changes are used to update the current innings scorecard,
for example, in respect of the fall of wickets totals.

This screen can be used at ANY time during the match although it may be
simpler to use Undo Last Event to unwind a ball just bowled. It can also be
accessed via either the batting or bowling cards.

20
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

4.14 The End of An Over

When you signal the end of the over using the appropriate key or command, you
will be invited to select the facing bat and new bowler. The facing bat defaults to
the last non-facing bowler and the new bowler defaults to whoever bowled the
penultimate over, if any. All summaries and scorecards will be updated at this point.

4.15 The End of An Innings

Figure 4-14 Next Innings Screen

When you signal the end of the innings using the appropriate command, you will
be invited to select the new batting team, to save and quit (obviously, a fairly typical
thing to want to do between innings) or to end the match. A warning is also shown
at this point if you have exceeded the number of innings per team entered at the
start of the match.

4.16 Match Result

Figure 4-15 Match Result Selection Screen

Once the end of the match is signaled, you have the option to choose the result. If
the “In Play” option is chosen then this is equivalent to choosing Save And Quit
between innings as when the match is reloaded you will start at the same point
again.

21
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

4.17 Match Summary

Figure 4-16 Match Summary View

After the result is chosen, you can review the whole match (switching between the
summary and batting and bowling cards) and change any individual balls you need
to, with any updating of the match cards required happening automatically after
this.

4.18 Reloading A Saved Match

This is very simple – when you enter MobyScore, simply select the Reload Match
option instead of New Match. You will then see all matches currently saved on
your phone’s database (see below). This includes the match date, the participants
and the size of the database record representing the match. When you have chosen
the match you want to view, select the Ok command followed by Start when
prompted to load the match. The match will then either be resumed at the point it
was saved (if still in progress) or the Match Summary screen will be shown
(above).

22
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6 Chapter

5
5 Uploading your scorecard
5.1 Generating a JPEG from your Scorecard
If you select the Upload Scorecard application and then the Send Scores main
menu option from the next screen, you will be invited to select a match to send (as
already described in “Reloading a saved match”).

If a match is selected and loaded, you will then be presented with the same
Scorecard Options as described already elsewhere, which define characteristics of
the JPEG, which will be produced by the MobyScore server. If you have created
already different profiles defining these settings, these profiles can also be activated
from this screen and/or saved.

If you now select the Ok command, you will be prompted to start the upload
process. If you select the Start command with Scorecard Email selected, this
process will now start. You will see a number of messages concerning blocks of
data being sent and following that, a message per innings regarding the processing
and emailing of the scorecards.

Each of the latter can in some circumstances, take a significant time

(perhaps minutes at the most) as at times of high load the MobyScore servers
queue up requests and process them in order. If you do get any errors, then please
retry as any error is most likely to be transient.

5.2 Sending your scorecard to Play-Cricket.com

This is identical to the means of generating a JPEG from your scorecard apart
from the option Play-Cricket.com should be selected from the last screen before
the upload starts, instead of Scorecard Email.

23
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6 Chapter

6
6 Technical Data
6.1 The Matches Database
The size of your mobile device or phone’s database is entirely dependent on the
manufacturer – how much physical “flash” memory is on the device and how
much the manufacturer has chosen to make available to Java applications.
However, older phones with major limitations in this area generally have
insufficient memory even to load MobyScore so this is unlikely to pose a problem
to most users. Only the PalmOS (v5) platform has a hard limit on this – any record
may not exceed 64K which limits the size of matches as below.

6.2 How Many Matches Can I Store

You can store as many matches as you like up to the database limit of your
particular device. A good rules of thumb is that each match has an overhead of
about 1024 bytes (1K), each additional innings has an overhead of about 1K and
every 4 overs requires a further 1K. Thus, a two innings match of 85 overs in total
uses about 23K.

Given that most devices capable of running MobyScore have a total database
capacity exceeding 1000K (1 Mb) match storage is not usually going to be a
problem. However, other Java applications may use this space too so you may find
that you do not have all of this available to MobyScore.

If you do run out of space, then you will not be allowed to save the current match
although as the default option is to auto-save the match after each over, you will
always have a relatively recent version of the match saved anyway. In this case, you
will need to quit and remove other matches to make room for the current match.

If you have a large number of squads saved, this also takes up space which
could be used to save matches, so don’t forget to try removing unused squads first.

Should the battery die on your device, in nearly all cases the database is saved in
flash memory and so is preserved until the battery is recharged. Again, this does
depend on your device, particularly for PDAs. For example, the Palm Tungsten T5
and C have this feature but other Palm devices may not, so please take care to find
out from your suppliers whether this is the case or not.

24
 B A N A N A S O F T W A R E S Y S T E M S L T D .
2 0 0 6

7 Glossary
ECB – England & Wales Cricket Board. The organization in the United Kingdom
responsible for promoting and developing the sport of cricket. One of the partners
of MobyScore and provider of hosted websites for clubs (www.play-cricket.com)
with which MobyScore can communicate.

WAP – Wireless Application Protocol. A computer communications protocol used

by mobile devices, a network operator’s WAP gateway usually stands between a
phone and the internet at large and any technical restrictions imposed are respected
and worked around by MobyScore.

Java – a programming language and set of libraries owned by Sun Microsystems

Inc. which allows applications to be moved between different hardware and
operating systems (e.g. the various mobile phone operating systems, PalmOS, RIM
BlackBerry, Pocket PC, Windows for Desktops, Linux, Apple Mac, etc., etc).
MobyScore is written in Java and may be installed and accessed from the Java
applications area of your phone.

J2ME MIDP 2.0 – Java 2 Mobile Edition Mobile Information Device Profile
version 2 . This is a version of Java for mobile devices which has been around since
2004 and most medium to high end phones support this now. It incorporates a
specific set of Java libraries required by MobyScore.

Splash Screen – the screen displayed by MobyScore at startup.

Command – an item from the “command” menu on your mobile device. This
menu is activated in different ways on many phones but will be the same for all
applications for your particular phone.

25