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Ashes Top 5 Sledges – A Funny Infographic

Kevin — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:45:23 +0000

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I’m starting to really enjoy when BigPondSport.com sends us infographics, because they generally do a good job of providing interesting and unique information about sporting events in a well designed way. Upon first looking at this infographic, I was a little worried that it wouldn’t hold up to the bar they set for themselves because of all of the text, but after looking closely, it’s pretty darn funny.

Here’s a simple tip with infographics: if it can be said in an article with a few stock photos to compliment it, then it’s not worth turning into an infographic. So how is this infographic different? Well it doesn’t inundate the viewer with text. It instead takes small quips and pieces them together in word bubbles, so the information is still easy to digest. That’s the most important aspect of an infographic: it has to be easy to digest. This is easy to digest and funny, so it has a pretty good chance of getting some viral love.

Upon submitting the infographic, BigPondSport.com had the following to say:

A great cricket test match can’t do without some niggling sledges from opposing teams. Australia and England’s verbal slashing from the past will continue in the 2010/11 Ashes Series, and we’ve already witnessed Mitchell Johnson giving his all to the poms.

Check out what some of the Aussie greats had to say and how the English responded.

There are some critiques for this infographic that should be noted. First, it says “Top 5 Sledges” which seem to be broken up by the brown word bubble acting as the intro to a sledge, but if that’s the case, then there are only 4. Now, if you read everything, you see that there are 5, but since it lacks a uniform color code, it isn’t as easy to grasp upon first look and an infographic should be easy to get very quickly. It would have been better for them to number each sledge. Next, the end is unnecessary… they should have either gotten rid of it, or connected it to a conclusion. Most infographics actually show stats and data, which could have still been added to this infographic in some way and the speech bubble section could have been just a piece of the overall puzzle, but instead they are the only piece of the infographic, which makes it a bit sparse in information.

It’s funny, the bits of design here and there are nice, but this infographic doesn’t completely hit the mark.

Ashes by the Numbers Infographic

Matt — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:30:45 +0000

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This infographic comes to us from BigPondSport.com, a company that covers all of the latest sport headlines in Australia. This includes Australia’s Ashes line-up & Roger Federer’s goal for 2011. The infographic details important facts and figures related to the Ashes series, which is a cricket series in Australia. Upon submission of the infographic, BigPondSport had the following to say:

The Ashes Cricket Series between Australia and England has produced some of the most memorable moments in cricket history. A few embarrassing highlights as well as some honorable achievements have fueled the intense rivalry between these two countries.

Overall, the infographic is OK. What seems weird to me is the illustration, as it looks like at least 2 different artists illustrated the people and duck. It’s likely that one talented artist did it all, but since the styles look different from the cricket player at the top, to the anime-esque guy below, to the duck, and finally the weirdly drawn Clarrie Grimmet, the infographic just doesn’t flow as well as it could.

The BigPond Sport 150th Melbourne Cup Infographic

Kevin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:15:08 +0000

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This infographic comes to us from BigPondSport.com and covers the history of Australia’s Melbourne Cup. According to the infographic:

The Melbourne Cup is said to be the brain child of Captain Frederick Standish, a former Chairman of the VRC, who conceived of a “good handicap” that would allow the Victoria Turf Club to compete with its rival the Victorian Jockey Club. His unique race required handicap conditions over two miles and created significant interest from the first running in 1861. Arguably the biggest event on Australia’s sporting calendar, the ‘race that stops the nation’ is now the greatest 3200m handicap in the world.

The infographic then delves into history and facts related to the Melbourne Cup. Upon submission, BigPondSport.com had this to say about the infographic:

One of the most prestigious horse racing events in Australia, the Melbourne Cup, will stop the nation as everyone takes a punt on horses they have no idea about. Working offices will have staff glued to the television screen for a race that lasts for maybe less than a minute, and betting fanatics might have to refinance their mortgages after sizable bids on their (most likely) losing horses. Who care! Its an Australian tradition! Prepare for the 150th Melbourne Cup!

While the infographic is filled with information, it is very wordy and hard to take in all at once. The heart section is especially overwhelming. That said, it would be improved by including more images and less text, as infographics should mainly focus on design to tell the story, not paragraph upon paragraph of information.