Fox Cricket
Fox Cricket | |
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Launched | 17 September 2018 |
Owned by | Fox Sports Pty Limited |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Slogan | Cricket like never before |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Replaced | Fox Sports 501 |
Sister channel(s) |
Fox Sports Fox Footy Fox League Fox Sports News |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Foxtel |
Channel 501 (SD/HD) Channel 206 (SD) |
Cable | |
Foxtel |
Channel 501 (SD/HD) Channel 206 (SD) |
Optus TV |
Channel 501 (SD) Channel 206 (HD) |
IPTV | |
Foxtel Play | Channel 501 |
Streaming media | |
Foxtel Go | Channel 501 |
Fox Cricket is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening cricket (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxtel. The channel was launched on 17 September 2018.[1]
History
In April 2018, Fox Sports came to a six-year agreement with Cricket Australia that expanded their previous coverage of cricket on the Foxtel platform. This deal formed a part of Cricket Australia's six year overall coverage deal which also includes free to air coverage by Channel Seven.[2]
In early May, Foxtel announced the upcoming creation of a dedicated channel, Fox Cricket, featuring the entire Australian Summer of international cricket from 2018 and 2019 including tests, one day matches and T20 matches as well as the Big Bash League and women's cricket.[3] The channel debuted on 17 September 2018, with the 2018 Caribbean Premier League final being the first live match broadcast.
Programming
Event coverage
Sports programming on Fox Cricket includes the following:[4]
- Australian national cricket team International Test Cricket (Shared with Seven Network)
- Australian national cricket team One-day Internationals
- Australian national cricket team Twenty20 Internationals
- Australian national cricket team International Women's Test Cricket (Shared with Seven Network)
- Australian national cricket team Women's One-day Internationals (Shared with Seven Network)
- Australian national cricket team Women's Twenty20 Internationals (Shared with Seven Network)
- Australian domestic First-class Sheffield Shield final
- Australian domestic List A JLT One-Day Cup
- Australian domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League (Shared with Seven Network)
- Australian domestic Women's Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League (Shared with Seven Network)
- Home series of the England cricket team
- Home series of the West Indies cricket team
- Home series of the New Zealand cricket team
- Home series of the South African cricket team
- Home series of the Pakistan cricket team
- Home series of the Sri Lankan cricket team
- Home series of the Indian cricket team
- Home series of the Ireland cricket team
- Indian Premier League
- Global T20 Canada
- Caribbean Premier League
- Hong Kong T20 Blitz
Special events
News and analysis programming
Fox Cricket will air several studio shows including the programs listed below:[5]
- B4 The Bash! (2019–present)
- Come In Spinner (2018–present)
- Crash The Bash (2016–present)
- Cricket 360 (2018–present)
- Cricket A.M. (2018–present)
- Cricket Legends (2015–present)
- Fox Cricket Classics (2018–present)
- Tea For Two (2018–present)
- Test Cricket Live On Fox (2018–present)
- Test Day (2018–present)
- The Big Break (2018–present)
- The Cricket Tragic (2018–present)
- The Night Watchman (2018–present)
Personnel
Media outlets announced a number of key hosting and commentary personnel in the lead up to the 2018-19 cricket season.[6][7][8][9][10]
Network personalities and the media attended the launch for Fox Cricket on 9 October 2018. Further key hosting personnel were announced, in addition to new programming for the forthcoming summer.[5]
HostsTest Cricket Live On Fox
The Big Break
Tea For Two
Come In Spinner
Cricket 360
Test Day
B4 The Bash!
Cricket Legends
Cricket A.M.
Crash The Bash
Fox Cricket Classics
The Cricket Tragic [11]
The Night Watchman [12]
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Commentators
Presenters
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See also
References
- ↑ Bayley, Cameron (16 August 2018). "Beginner's Tour: Cricket Events You Don't Want to Miss". Foxtel Insider. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ Smith, Martin (13 April 2018). "What cricket's rights deal means for fans". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Foxtel and Fox Sports to become the home of cricket". Foxtel Insider. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ Smith, Martin (13 April 2018). "CA announces new broadcast deal". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Cricket Like Never Before Arrives On Foxtel". Fox Sports. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "All commentators signed by Seven, Fox Sports so far". Cricket Australia. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Brett Lee And Kerry O'Keeffe Join Fox Sports' Cricket Revolution". Fox Sports. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Andrew Symonds and Mark Howard join Fox Cricket's new line up". Fox Sports. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Fox Cricket takes shape". Fox Sports. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Fox Cricket Signs Mitchell Johnson". Fox Sports. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "What's the Buzz: Saint, Sinner, Shoosh". Daily Telephraph. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "What's the Buzz: Saint, Sinner, Shoosh". Daily Telephraph. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.