A Tauranga-based software start-up is making waves on the international sports scene, after its home-grown technology was used at major indoor cricket tournaments watched by millions around the world.
Scored, founded by Cameron Templer and Kyle Fogarty-Anderson, provides an all-in-one digital platform for indoor sports centres, handling everything from registrations and payments to live scoring, statistics and broadcast-ready overlays.
The idea was born out of frustration.
Action at the Indoor Cricket World Cup 2025 in Dubai. Photo / Supplied
Templer grew up in the indoor sports industry, with his father owning an indoor sports centre in Tauranga for two decades before Templer eventually took it over.
“Throughout my entire life the software never really changed,” Templer said. “When it came my turn to run the centre, I realised the problems were still there. I knew we had to build something better.”
That experience led him to start developing a new platform designed specifically for indoor sports centres, particularly indoor cricket and netball. He brought long-time friend Fogarty-Anderson on board, whom he had met several years earlier while at Tauranga Boys’ College.
Fogarty-Anderson later completed a degree in software development, while Templer was running the sports centre. For more than two years, Scored was built as a side hustle, often after long workdays.
“There were times when Cameron was running the centre and I was working 10- or 11-hour days as a labourer,” Fogarty-Anderson said. “Then we’d come home and keep coding.”
Co-founders of Scored – Cameron Temper and Kyle Fogarty-Anderson. Photo / David Hall
The pair said it took about six months to realise they had something genuinely workable. From there, they gradually shifted their focus to the business full time, supporting themselves through contract work while continuing to develop the software.
Their breakthrough came when Scored was picked up by major international players in the indoor sports world.
In 2025, the company was invited to Dubai to run scoring, statistics and live-stream overlays for the Club World Series, an international indoor cricket tournament organised by U-Pro. The exposure proved pivotal.
At the opening ceremony in Dubai, Scored was announced as a technology partner. Photo / Supplied
“Our product was shown to hundreds of thousands of people,” Templer said. “The feedback was incredible, but it was also incredibly stressful.”
The team travelled from Tauranga to Dubai via Auckland, Sydney and Shanghai, coding during airport layovers and on flights as they worked to fix last-minute issues before the tournament began.
Despite the pressure, the event was a success and led to an even bigger opportunity: being selected by the World Indoor Cricket Federation to run the 2025 Indoor Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in late September.
That tournament was viewed by millions worldwide and introduced new features such as ball-by-ball live scoring, detailed fielding statistics and professional broadcast-style overlays.
“For families watching from home, it was a massive change,” Templer said. “Scores updated live, the streams looked professional, and players loved the new stats.”
The Sri Lanka event also brought technical challenges, including power cuts, unstable internet connections and unexpected surges in traffic that temporarily overwhelmed Scored’s Sydney-based servers.
“It forced us to make the system bulletproof,” Templer said. “We had to think about problems you’d never face running a sports centre in New Zealand.”
Cameron Templer and Kyle Fogarty-Anderson at the entrance to the Indoor Cricket World Cup 2025 in Dubai. Photo / Supplied
Scored operates as a software-as-a-service (SAAS) platform, with indoor sports centres paying a monthly subscription. Because it is cloud-based, updates and new features can be rolled out daily and sold anywhere in the world.
Despite being headquartered in Tauranga – with much of the work still done from Templer’s home in Welcome Bay – most of Scored’s customers are now overseas.
“It’s a bit surreal,” he said. “You can be sitting at a desk in your bedroom, working with customers who own dozens of centres across multiple countries.”
The company is now preparing for further international tournaments, including the Indoor Netball World Cup in August, and the Junior Indoor Cricket World Cup in September, both being held in South Africa, while planning a broader commercial rollout of its software.
Action at the Indoor Cricket World Cup 2025 in Dubai. Photo / Supplied
Scored is also in early discussions around raising investment, with interest coming from existing customers, including major sports centre operators in Dubai and Auckland.
While the founders said a future move to the Middle East is possible, their immediate focus remains on steady growth.
“The plan is simple,” Fogarty-Anderson said. “Go from five customers to 10, to 20, to 40. With software, it scales fast – especially when one customer can represent dozens of sports centres worldwide.”
From a Tauranga sports centre to the world stage, Scored’s rapid rise shows just how far a local idea can travel.