Say you have access to a database in which all the information related to Cricket world cup are saved. This information will be no wickets, runs, the target (if any), no of overs remaining at a given time. Let's say this data base is being updated in every one minuet.

Your task is to develop a simple online application to show these information to cricket fans (This will look like a simplified version of Cricinfo - http://www.espncricinfo.com/ ). Your web site will update in every minute so that your visitors have new information. 

For this you can develop a very simple HTML application. Use Ajax requests to update information on the page with out refreshing the page. Here are some useful links. 

http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/ajax_database.asp

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ajax/ajax_database.htm

http://www.programming-free.com/2013/03/ajax-fetch-data-from-database-in-jsp.html