So what is good or bad about the new design?
The Good:
1. Improved navigation bar. The top navigation bar is a bit of a relief to find your way around cricinfo. Previously, these options were buried under a pile of other useless stuff, making it hard to use the website to the fullest.
2. News and video highlights. The core of the site is the instant news about the cricketing world, and they have done an excellent job in highlighting that part of the website. Making it easy to gaze over the latest news and consume it.
3. Scores. A bit mroe detailed score right on the right-hand panel. Makes my life much much easier.
4. Scorecard. Beter colors and layout. The ugly toolbar on the left is gone (woho!) and it gives the actual scorecard a bit more breathing room.
The Bad:
1. Hard to focus on certain portions of the website. I think the background gradient distracts the reader. A boxed container to overlay the gradient would have helped a lot.
2. Scorecard. The tabbed navigation is just over used. Everything is crammed on a single page and tabs are used to organize them. Tabs within a tab ain't good for usability. Another nifty idea, gone wrong is the commentary along with the batsmen dismissal. I think this is a neat feature but gone wrong. So far, for me, in a live game this info is always wrong.
Overall:
I think this is a positive step towards a nice redesign. I am sure they will work on some of the quirks in coming weeks and fix it up.
