Cricbuzz API: Get cricket match scorecard
Gets a cricket match's full scorecard on Cricbuzz from two team names. You can pick the match by date or series, or pass a match link. Otherwise you get the teams' most recent match, including live play.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Date optional
date Match date in the venue's local time, for example 2026-09-27.
Not set
- Team 1, required
team_1 First team, for example India.
Australia
- Team 2, required
team_2 Second team, for example Australia.
South Africa
- Match Link optional
match_link Cricbuzz match or scorecard link, for example https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/151532/ind-vs-wi-1st-odi.
https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/147898/rsa-vs-aus-2nd-odi-australia-tour-of-south-africa-2026
Default
.- Series Name optional
series_name Series name to select a match, for example West Indies tour of India, 2026.
(default)
Input as JSON
{ "team_1": "Australia", "team_2": "South Africa", "match_link": "https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/147898/rsa-vs-aus-2nd-odi-australia-tour-of-south-africa-2026" }Output
{ "date": "2026-09-27", "toss": "Australia won the toss and chose to bowl", "venue": "The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg", "format": "ODI", "series": "Australia tour of South Africa, 2026", "innings": [ { "total": { "runs": 365, "overs": "50", "wickets": 9 }, "extras": { "byes": 0, "total": 9, "wides": 6, "penalty": 0, "leg_byes": 3, "no_balls": 0 }, "batting_card": [ { "runs": 0, "balls": 1, "fours": 0, "sixes": 0, "batter": "Aiden Markram", "how_out": "c Cooper Connolly b Josh Hazlewood", "strike_rate": 0 }, { "runs": 15, "balls": 13, "fours": 0, "sixes": 2, "batter": "Quinton de Kock", "how_out": "c Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood", "strike_rate": 115.38 }, { "runs": 103, "balls": 116, "fours": 10, "sixes": 2, "batter": "Temba Bavuma", "how_out": "c Xavier Bartlett b Jack Edwards", "strike_rate": 88.79 } ], "batting_team": "South Africa", "bowling_card": [ { "overs": "10", "bowler": "Josh Hazlewood", "economy": 7, "maidens": 0, "wickets": 3, "runs_conceded": 70 }, { "overs": "10", "bowler": "Xavier Bartlett", "economy": 7, "maidens": 1, "wickets": 1, "runs_conceded": 70 }, { "overs": "4", "bowler": "Nathan Ellis", "economy": 5.5, "maidens": 0, "wickets": 0, "runs_conceded": 22 } ], "fall_of_wickets": [ { "over": "0.1", "score": "0-1", "batter": "Aiden Markram" }, { "over": "6.6", "score": "36-2", "batter": "Quinton de Kock" }, { "over": "15.3", "score": "93-3", "batter": "Matthew Breetzke" } ] }, { "total": { "runs": 333, "overs": "49.5", "wickets": 10 }, "extras": { "byes": 1, "total": 5, "wides": 2, "penalty": 0, "leg_byes": 2, "no_balls": 0 }, "batting_card": [ { "runs": 84, "balls": 53, "fours": 10, "sixes": 5, "batter": "Mitchell Marsh", "how_out": "b Bjorn Fortuin", "strike_rate": 158.49 }, { "runs": 84, "balls": 76, "fours": 12, "sixes": 1, "batter": "Travis Head", "how_out": "lbw b Aiden Markram", "strike_rate": 110.53 }, { "runs": 10, "balls": 7, "fours": 2, "sixes": 0, "batter": "Cooper Connolly", "how_out": "c Aiden Markram b Lizaad Williams", "strike_rate": 142.86 } ], "batting_team": "Australia", "bowling_card": [ { "overs": "7", "bowler": "Marco Jansen", "economy": 7.6, "maidens": 0, "wickets": 2, "runs_conceded": 53 }, { "overs": "7.5", "bowler": "Lizaad Williams", "economy": 6.9, "maidens": 0, "wickets": 3, "runs_conceded": 54 }, { "overs": "5", "bowler": "Duan Jansen", "economy": 8.8, "maidens": 0, "wickets": 0, "runs_conceded": 44 } ], "fall_of_wickets": [ { "over": "16.6", "score": "130-1", "batter": "Mitchell Marsh" }, { "over": "19.6", "score": "157-2", "batter": "Cooper Connolly" }, { "over": "24.6", "score": "191-3", "batter": "Travis Head" } ] } ], "match_title": "South Africa vs Australia, 2nd ODI", "result_text": "South Africa won by 32 runs", "cricbuzz_link": "https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/147898" , "player_of_the_match": "David Miller"}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"cricbuzz.com/get_scorecard","input":{"team_1":"Australia","team_2":"South Africa","match_link":"https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/147898/rsa-vs-aus-2nd-odi-australia-tour-of-south-africa-2026"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "cricbuzz.com/get_scorecard" , "input": { "team_1": "Australia", "team_2": "South Africa", "match_link": "https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/147898/rsa-vs-aus-2nd-odi-australia-tour-of-south-africa-2026" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "cricbuzz.com/get_scorecard" , "input": { "team_1": "Australia", "team_2": "South Africa", "match_link": "https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/147898/rsa-vs-aus-2nd-odi-australia-tour-of-south-africa-2026" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run cricbuzz.com/get_scorecard# with {"team_1":"Australia","team_2":"South Africa","match_link":"https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/147898/rsa-vs-aus-2nd-odi-australia-tour-of-south-africa-2026"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "team_1", "team_2" ], "properties": { "date": { "type": "string", "description": "Match date in the venue's local time, for example 2026-09-27." }, "team_1": { "type": "string", "description": "First team, for example India." }, "team_2": { "type": "string", "description": "Second team, for example Australia." }, "match_link": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Cricbuzz match or scorecard link, for example https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/151532/ind-vs-wi-1st-odi." }, "series_name": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Series name to select a match, for example West Indies tour of India, 2026." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "series", "match_title", "format", "venue", "date", "toss", "result_text", "player_of_the_match", "cricbuzz_link", "innings" ], "properties": { "date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "toss": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "venue": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "format": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "series": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "innings": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "total": { "type": "object", "properties": { "runs": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "overs": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "wickets": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } } }, "extras": { "type": "object", "properties": { "byes": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "total": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "wides": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "penalty": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "leg_byes": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "no_balls": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } } }, "batting_card": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "runs": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "balls": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "fours": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "sixes": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "batter": { "type": "string" }, "how_out": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "strike_rate": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } } }, "batting_team": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "bowling_card": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "overs": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "bowler": { "type": "string" }, "economy": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "maidens": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "wickets": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "runs_conceded": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } } } }, "fall_of_wickets": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "over": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "score": { "type": "string" }, "batter": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } } } } } } }, "match_title": { "type": "string" }, "result_text": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "cricbuzz_link": { "type": "string" }, "player_of_the_match": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
cricbuzz.com/get_scorecard- Returns
- series, title, format, venue, date, toss, result, player of the match, innings with batting, bowling, extras and fall of wickets
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method cricbuzz.com/get_scorecard with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Can you pull up the full scorecard for the most recent India vs Australia match, including batting and bowling figures?
- I need the innings breakdown with fall of wickets for the England vs Pakistan game played on 2026-09-27.
- What was the toss result and player of the match in the last Sri Lanka against New Zealand fixture? Show me the scorecard from cricbuzz.com.
- Get me the live scorecard for South Africa versus West Indies from the West Indies tour of India, 2026 series.
- Show the venue, result, and extras for the match at https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/151532/ind-vs-wi-1st-odi
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