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BBC Sport extends audio deal with ECB

BBC Sport has announced an audio deal to extend live cricket coverage across BBC radio and BBC Sounds up to and including the 2028 season. The new four-year agreement with the ECB extends the existing deal which runs to 2024 and ensures live coverage of all England’s home Tests, one-day internationals and IT20s will continue […]

June 16, 2023

Sky Sports to pay tribute to Shane Warne at England/NZ Test match

Sky Sports will pay tribute to cricket legend Shane Warne throughout England’s first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s next week. The spin-bowling great, who passed away in March 2022, will be remembered throughout the first Test by former players and the Sky Sports cricket team, with whom Warne spent a number of years working […]

May 25, 2022

Record quarter for BBC Sounds

Data from the BBC shows there were a total of 364 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes on BBC Sounds last quarter and an average weekly audience of 3.8 million across the app, website and voice activated devices. The Christmas Sounds series proved popular last quarter, contributing to a record […]

February 1, 2022

Test Match cricket returns to BBC

Highlights from every Test and One Day International this summer will be shown on BBC Two from July, marking the first time Test Match cricket has been broadcast on BBC TV in over twenty years. 2009 Cricket World Cup-winner Isa Guha will be lead presenter for BBC TV’s cricket coverage. Guha will front the highlights […]

June 5, 2020