Twitter Cricket Hashtags : Calling for a standard

Writing this with the overwhelming Sri Lankan victory yesterday against South Africa - The first test win after like one and half years. Increasingly the cricket updates in Twitter is becoming interesting and is a perfect way to keep updated on the match while you are on the move. Like my friend @Lishanw told me Twitter is a real fun way of following cricket because of all the hilarious comments.

Before i get in to the real call

What is Twitter?
Is a social network like Facebook (Second in popularity only to Facebook) based on text updates of 140 characters (Imagine a public SMS system). For more watch this video on Youtube.

What is a hashtag in Twitter?
The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages. Read

How you can track a match in Twitter is by following the match hashtag usually with the format countryVcountry. For e.g. #AUSvIND for Australia vs India or #SAvSL for South Africa vs. Sri Lanka.

There are two major confusions in Cricket hastags - 


1. Which country first
The problem arises when one countires' cricket fans put their country code first and the other country does the other way.

For e.g. Pakistanis tweet #PAKvIND and Indians Tweet #INDvPAK, The Sri Lankans (Always trying to make a balance between the two) tweet with both #PAKvIND &  #INDvPAK so both countries fans will read. This happens in every country in every match.

For this I recommend going in Alphabetical order. No matter how big

2. Just "V" or "VS"
Other confusion is whether to use VS or only V between the two country codes. For e.g. Some tweet #SAvSL while some tweet with #SAvsSL. Here I recommend using only one V, since it saves a character and time typing another letter S.

According to the above - The final hashtags to be used will be (Please ignore page formatting)

Country	Australia	Bangladesh	England	India	New Zealand	Pakistan	South Africa	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Zimbabwe
Australia		AUSvBAN	AUSvENG	AUSvIND	AUSvNZ	AUSvPAK	AUSvSA	AUSvSL	AUSvWI	AUSvZIM
Bangladesh	AUSvBAN		BANvENG	BANvIND	BANvNZ	BANvPAK	BANvSA	BANvSL	BANvWI	BANvZIM
England	AUSvENG	BANvENG		ENGvIND	ENGvNZ	ENGvPAK	ENGvSA	ENGvSL	ENGvWI	ENGvZIM
India	AUSvIND	BANvIND	ENGvIND		INDvNZ	INDvPAK	INDvSA	INDvSL	INDvWI	INDvZIM
New Zealand	AUSvNZ	BANvNZ	ENGvNZ	INDvNZ		NZvPAK	NZvSA	NZvSL	NZvWI	NZvZIM
Pakistan	AUSvPAK	BANvPAK	ENGvPAK	INDvPAK	NZvPAK		PAKvSA	PAKvSL	PAKvWI	PAKvZIM
South Africa	AUSvSA	BANvSA	ENGvSA	INDvSA	NZvSA	PAKvSA		SAvSL	SAvWI	SAvZIM
Sri Lanka	AUSvSL	BANvSL	ENGvSL	INDvSL	NZvSL	PAKvSL	SAvSL		SLvWI	SLvZIM
West Indies	AUSvWI	BANvWI	ENGvWI	INDvWI	NZvWI	PAKvWI	SAvWI	SLvWI		WIvZIM
Zimbabwe	AUSvZIM	BANvZIM	ENGvZIM	INDvZIM	NZvZIM	PAKvZIM	SAvZIM	SLvZIM	WIvZIM

But we need to find a way to communicate this standards to all Cricket fans. Please comment below with your ideas.