RSS Example Output

ConsoleExample.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using ServiceStack.Text;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Xml;

[assembly: ContractNamespace("", ClrNamespace = "ServiceStackTester")]

namespace ServiceStackTester
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string str = "http://static.cricinfo.com/rss/livescores.xml";
            WebClient w = new WebClient();
            string xml = w.DownloadString(str);

            //To change rss Element to Response as in Exception
            xml = xml.Replace("<rss version=\"2.0\">", "<Response><rss version=\"2.0\">");
            //For closing tag
            xml = xml.Replace("</rss>", "</rss></Response>");

            var rss = xml.FromXml<Response>();
            Console.WriteLine(rss.rss.channel.title);
            Console.Read();
        }
    }

    public class Response
    {
        public rss rss { get; set; }
    }

    public class rss
    {
        public string version { get; set; }
        public ChannelClass channel { get; set; }
    }

    public class ChannelClass
    {
        public string title { get; set; }
        public string ttl { get; set; }
        public string description { get; set; }
        public string link { get; set; }
        public string copyright { get; set; }
        public string language { get; set; }
        public string pubDate { get; set; }
        public List<ItemClass> item { get; set; }
    }

    public class ItemClass
    {
        public string title { get; set; }
        public string link { get; set; }
        public string description { get; set; }
        public string guid { get; set; }
    }
}

ExampleOutput.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Response xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <rss>
    <Version>2</Version>
    <channel>
      <copyright i:nil="true" />
      <description>description</description>
      <item>
        <ItemClass>
          <description i:nil="true" />
          <guid i:nil="true" />
          <link i:nil="true" />
          <title>title</title>
        </ItemClass>
        <ItemClass>
          <description i:nil="true" />
          <guid i:nil="true" />
          <link i:nil="true" />
          <title>title</title>
        </ItemClass>
      </item>
      <language i:nil="true" />
      <link i:nil="true" />
      <pubDate i:nil="true" />
      <title>title</title>
      <ttl i:nil="true" />
    </channel>
  </rss>
</Response>