Shell script to get a Live cricket score from www.espncricinfo.com. Just run this shellscript then select your match. when ever you want to know score open that terminal and see. Just simple as Dhoni's helicopter shot :D

livecricketscore.sh

#!/bin/bash

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Info:
#   author: Arulraj <https://arulraj.net/>
#   Modified by Santhosh veer <https://santhoshveer.com>
#   file: score.sh
#   Orginal Gist: https://gist.github.com/arulrajnet/fb71169c35180f9d9abd
#   Modified Gist: https://gist.github.com/mskian/1e660a1a205a3b69e698cb0b0256b083
#   created:  24.03.2015
#   revision: 07.04.2018
#   version:  0.5
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Requirements:
#   curl, grep, libxml2-utils
# Description:
#   Shell script to get a Live cricket score from www.espncricinfo.com
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


function get_html() {
  local html
  html=$(curl -k -L -s "$1")
  echo "$html"
}

function get_score() {
  while true; 
    do 
      get_html "$1" | grep -oP '(?<=<title>).*?(?=</title>)'
      #sleep 1m;
      sleep 20; 
    done;
}

function list_live_matches() {
  local live_rss=http://static.cricinfo.com/rss/livescores.xml
  local rss_content
  rss_content=$(get_html $live_rss)
  local rss_file_name="cricinfo_livescores.xml"

  echo "$rss_content" > $rss_file_name

  no_of_matches=$(xmllint --xpath 'count(/rss/channel/item)' $rss_file_name)


  echo -e "\\033[1;32m Live Cricket Matches \\033[0m"
  echo -e "----------------------"
  for ((i = 1; i <= no_of_matches; i++)); do
    title=$(xmllint --xpath '/rss/channel/item['$i']/title/text()' $rss_file_name)
    echo "$i: $title"
  done

  echo -ne "\\033[1;36m Enter the match number : \\033[0m"
  read -r number
  if is_integer "$number"; then
    selected_title=$(xmllint --xpath "/rss/channel/item[$number]/title/text()" $rss_file_name 2>/dev/null)
    if [[ -z $selected_title ]]; then
      echo "Please give correct match number";
      rm -f $rss_file_name;
      exit 1      
    else
      echo "Selected Match is : $selected_title"
      match_link=$(xmllint --xpath "/rss/channel/item[$number]/link/text()" $rss_file_name)
      rm -f $rss_file_name
      get_score "$match_link"
    fi
  else
    echo "Please give number"
    rm -f $rss_file_name
    exit 1
  fi
  rm -f $rss_file_name
}

function is_integer() {
  printf "%d" "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
  return $?
}

function main() {
  
  if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
    list_live_matches
  else 
    get_score "$1"
  fi 

}

main "$*"