Tomorrow's first one dayer in NZ doesn't seem to be on free to air??

Does anyone know what is happening with broadcast of these games??

AJS

Quoted from ajs

Tomorrow's first one dayer in NZ doesn't seem to be on free to air??

Does anyone know what is happening with broadcast of these games??

AJS

Live and Exclusive to Foxsports (Foxtel/Austar). If Australia plays outside of the country, then Foxsports has the exclusive rights to all matches(even though SBS showed the ashes, foxsports also screened them as well).
So unless you have pay-tv, the only thing you will see of the matches(3 of them in the hadlee/border trophy), will be news highlights.

Yet another sport cuts its own throat. My 2 boys (9 and 7) will never be big cricket fans - no hero's on the TV for them!

Cricket today is dull, none of that fire in the belly stuff of the eighties, and there is too much of it.  It should now be called McCricket because of it fast food approach to get TV ratings - and beach cricket ...how boring is that
  

Yes! . . Yes! . .Yes! . . too much cricket now and the players are paying the price.
Injuries galore are the result of only a day or two off betwen games.

I am not much of a follower of Test Cricket . .long and boring mostly. But . .one day gets me watching . . and I'm not a sport fan. (as testified to here by my posts *or lack of* in this sport topic)  

I love a good one day cricket match, but seriously we could have done without the Hadlee-Chappell series.

I think cricket will eventually fade in time.  Modern society wants the quick fix.  Sitting around all day for the result of a game is beyond most people's endurance.  

They should take their lead from the V8 supercars - have shorter games on a regular basis and only have a full day game as a final.

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I think cricket will eventually fade in time.  Modern society wants the quick fix.  Sitting around all day for the result of a game is beyond most people's endurance.  

Never...............Cricket always has been, and always will be enjoyed by the masses, me included.  You only have to see the sellout crowds from the last test series to prove this.  plus in cricket you get the best of all worlds, there are 5 day games, 3 day games, 50 over matches and now 20/20.  Of course, you have to like cricket in the first place.
As for sitting around waiting for the result, thats rubbish, most go because they enjoy watching the game itself, if your team wins, thats a bonus.

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You only have to see the sellout crowds from the last test series to prove this.

Australia’s population has doubled in the past 40 years and per capita attendances are decreasing.  40 years ago you’d get packed grounds at the domestic games but now it is a lonely sit on a weekend at the cricket.

Cricket had its heyday when people worked 5 days a week, had the weekend off, and there was no Sunday trading.

Cricket is still a good sport!

Can't wait for the world cup. GO AUSTRALIA!

I've always gone for the Windies so hopefully this year is the year for them.

That's when cricket was exciting, when we played the Windies in the eighties, when Australia had to fight hard for every run and wicket.  It was a struggle for Australia and every ball was important.

This is very sad news......................  

Left-arm spinner dies at 22

Bangladesh's Manjural Islam killed in road accident

Cricinfo staff

March 16, 2007


Manjural Islam, who played six Tests and 25 ODIs for Bangladesh between 2003-04 and 2005-06, has been killed in a road accident. He was 22 and, as such, he has become the youngest Test cricketer to die.

Reports say that he was on a motorbike in Khulna when he lost his balance and collided with an oncoming bus. Sajjadul Hasan, a local first-class cricketer, also died on his way to hospital. Both players had finished playing a match in Fatullah the previous day, where Manjural took four wickets.

A left-arm spinner, Manjural made his ODI debut in November 2003 at the age of 19 and took the wicket of Michael Vaughan with his third ball, the first time any Bangladesh player had taken a wicket in his first international over.

He made his Test debut at Harare in 2003-04 but did not impress and had been sidelined since the series against India in December 2004. His best performances in the one-day format were a brace of four-wicket hauls, both Man-of-the-Match winning performances, to help level the series against Zimbabwe in January 2005.

Habibul Bashar, the Bangladeshi captain, said his World Cup was squad was in shock after waking upto the awful news. "It's shocking news for all of us, he was a friend and a team-mate. The boys are very upset."

© Cricinfo

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/current/story/285546.html

Why do CA insist on scheduling games in Qld?  It always rains.