What's New in Skipper
Skipper changes most weeks, usually because a tournament threw up something we could do better. This page keeps a plain-language record of what shipped, newest at the top. No jargon, just what is different and why you might care.
Version 1.11: Qualification scenarios that actually answer the question
- Tap any team in a tournament points table and Skipper now tells you exactly what it needs to qualify. "Win and you're through," or "restrict them to 95," or the precise net run rate you have to chase down. We rebuilt the engine behind it to be honest about close calls instead of hand-waving them.
- We then spent the following week sharpening the wording, based on what real organisers told us during live tournaments. Less guesswork, fewer arguments at the scorer's table.
- Streaming got tougher under the hood. If the camera stalls mid-broadcast, Skipper now recovers on its own instead of dropping the stream.
Version 1.10: Group standings, scoring touches, and age-group sign-up
- Group-stage tournaments now keep each group's standings straight.
- Two handy scoring touches: you can mark a Hit Wicket as a wide, and mark a Hit-the-Ball-Twice as a no-ball.
- Date of birth is now part of sign-up, which is what makes age-group tournaments (Under-14, Under-19, and the rest) possible.
- Fixed a curve at the edge of the picture on some Android phones during streaming.
Version 1.9: Pro streaming arrives, tournaments get faster
- Pro Streaming. On top of the phone streaming Skipper has always had, you can now pipe the live scoreboard overlay straight into OBS, vMix, or Prism Live Studio, for a full broadcast setup with your own cameras.
- The Go Live button now shows for everyone, with a clear explainer on how to get streaming access.
- On Android, a stream now keeps running even when you switch away from the app.
- Tournament leaderboards and dashboards load noticeably quicker.
- Players are added to the squad automatically when they are picked in a match XI.
- iOS push notifications now arrive reliably, including while the app is open.
- A round of scoring and sync fixes, including keeping the live feed alive when you leave and return to a screen.
Version 1.8: A new website and scoring polish
- A fresh Skipper website, built to do the app justice.
- The DLS par score now shows on every chase, so you always know where a rain-hit game stands, and the Broadcast scoreboard theme is the default look.
- A long list of reliability fixes for scoring and sync, the kind that keep a match honest when the connection is patchy.
Version 1.7: Built for the big matches
- Behind-the-scenes server work so high-scoring, heavily-tracked matches sync smoothly without running into limits.
Older versions predate this page. From here on, every release worth noting will show up here.