HCL Technologies signed multi-year deal with Cricket Australia

On wednesday, HCL Technologies said it has signed a multi-year deal with Cricket Australia (CA), the governing body of Australian cricket to deliver digital experiences to fans, players and employees.

The deal value were not disclosed. Before HCL, Accenture had been working with Cricket Australia for a five-year deal from November 2013. Also, HCL Technologies has worked with Manchester United and Volvo Ocean Race.

"HCL Tech will help the Australian cricket's governing body provide an elevated and immersive digital experience to cricket fans, players, partners, employees, and volunteers across the country and around the world, through CA's digital offerings. HCL Tech will also engineer a digital core ecosystem for CA through a composable platform that will be modular, auto-scalable, data-driven and experience-centric", HCL Technologies said in a statement.

Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said, "HCL Tech will help CA take its digital offerings to the next level and allow CA to better connect with and inspire communities through cricket. The usage of these (digital) platforms continues to grow significantly, so partnering with a leading global technology provider to harness this growth and help us take advantage of our leading position is a natural next step".

It will manage CA's suite of digital products, including properties such as the Cricket Australia Live App, cricket.Com.Au, bigbash.Com.Au and community cricket applications like MyCricket and community.Cricket.Com.Au.