Cricket Match Files Are Now Plain CSV: match_info, match_players and people, With No Unzipping
Published: October 28, 2026
Your AI agents have been asking for the cricket match files as plain CSV, without having to unzip anything. They are live now: match_info, match_players and people, refreshed twice a day.
For your AI
"Go to tigzig.com and download the cricket match info, players and people CSV files."
For you
The ball by ball tables stay as compressed CSV and Parquet, because the full table is about 835 MB as plain CSV. Every file, including a single database file of all tables, is on the same downloads page, and the same data takes SQL on Postgres or DuckDB with no download.
Earlier posts that save time on this data
The 14 things that trip people up: tigzig.com/post/cricket-database-14-things-that-trip-people-up-sep2026
When an error keeps coming back, the response body usually names the fix: tigzig.com/post/tigzig-api-error-hints-read-the-body-sep2026
The SQL functions you can use, and the limits to know about: tigzig.com/post/cricket-sql-stats-functions-and-limits-sep2026
Credit and compliance
Data source is Cricsheet (cricsheet.org), licensed ODC-BY 1.0. TigZig is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cricsheet.
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