Nine Summer of Cricket: schedule
Nine’s Wide World of Sports promises never-seen-before technology for its cricket coverage this summer.
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Nine’s Summer of Cricket officially kicks off on Thursday with the showdown between Australia and England for the Ashes.
This season, Nine’s Wide World of Sports promises never-seen-before technology and other innovations in content and coverage.
Richie Benaud will present the Ashes series for Wide World of Sports joined by commentators Bill Lawry, Tony Greig, Ian Chappell, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas and Shane Warne. Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist will also be a special guest commentator throughout the season.
As the players break for lunch each day during the Ashes, Simon O’Donnell will present The Cricket Show, with highlights and updates, opinions, first session recaps, player profiles, The Lunchtime Grill, international and domestic viewer emails and live coaching clinics.
Vodafone Ashes Series
November 25-29: Australia v England, Brisbane LIVE 10.30am AEDT
December 3-7: Australia v England, Adelaide LIVE 10.30am AEDT
December 16-20: Australia v England, Perth LIVE 1.00pm AEDT
December 26-30: Australia v England, Melbourne LIVE 10.00am AEDT
January 3-7: Australia v England, Sydney LIVE 10.00am AEDT
Johnnie Walker All*Star Twenty20
November 21: Brisbane
LIVE 7.30pm AEDT
KFC Twenty20 Internationals
January 12: Australia v England, Adelaide LIVE 7.30pm AEDT
January 14: Australia v England, Melbourne LIVE 7.30pm AEDT
Women’s Twenty20 Matches
January 12: Australia v England, Adelaide LIVE 2.00pm AEDT
January 14: Australia v England, Melbourne LIVE 2.00pm AEDT
Commonwealth Bank Series (all LIVE 2.00pm AEDT)
January 16: Australia v England, Melbourne
January 21: Australia v England, Hobart
January 23: Australia v England, Sydney
January 26: Australia v England, Adelaide
January 30: Australia v England, Brisbane
February 2: Australia v England, Sydney
February 6: Australia v England, Perth
NB: Broadcast times are subject to change. Please check local TV guides.
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35 Responses
I hope it rains every single day till 9 show it in HD!
Australia is probably the only country this will not be shown in HD. Other countries will just use England’s HD coverage.
David, with all your contacts, would it be possible to find out why Nine has reneged on HD, especially considering the amount of promotion it was doing for it?
The average viewer hasn’t a hope of getting this information.
Thanks.
Hey is it just me or is Richie looking more and more like Yoda from the Star Wars’ films?
I love Richie but he announced his retirement in mid 2009 saying last Summer would be his last as a commentator, did he get talked out of it?
I’ll probably be listening to ABC Radio, or at the ground itself.
No HD…I almost want to cry I’m so angry! I will be listening to the ABC radio broadcast instead of being put through the eyesore that is sport in SD…..I only hope the ratings are so poor for nine that they have to broadcast it in HD…..Re-runs of Nanny…seriously I mean c’mon who made that decision and I’m no tech head but why can’t they just flip the switch to have it in HD.
Give me my Summer of Tennis.
Maybe they should have an extra channel where we can choose the sky sports uk coverage instead of the outdated coverage that nine has.
@ Sam – Thanks, I’m honoured!!!!
Cricket not in HD (just like last year)?!.
Why did I bother buying a HD TV?. Argh!.
@ Kylie – Just for you, Nine are moving The View to GEM @ 4pm at the expense of HD cricket. Ellen screens on GEM @ 5pm
Lets just scrap sport anyway
Never before seen technology – including the Ashes in HD, which will end up being never seen. Ever.
Their new technology includes measuring how far a six travels and the angle of spin a ball has. Which is all old technology.
All we want is HD and no cutting off the end of sessions. And for Tony Greig to disappear.
Any chance they’ll move The View and Ellen to GEM or GO so we don’t miss out David??
I’ll trade your ‘never-seen-before technology’ for not cutting the coverage before stumps for the news.
Really pleased to see people are incensed about lack of HD. Not that it will make a blind bit of difference.
“Never before seen technology”: I wish the 12th Man could make fun of that line!
I got an innovation for you…….. Broadcast it in HD
The perfect cure for insomnia on hot days.
Is there any mention of all this in HD on GEM? If not it’s getting more farcical by the minute.
Borrrring!!!! Cricket is dead! Shane Warne ruined it for me ages ago. Wish we could go back and erase the Warne years! Just glad we have all these other channels now 🙂
“This season, Nine’s Wide World of Sports promises never-seen-before technology”
I wish they were talking about High Definition… that’s feeling like a never before seen technology.
Forget the ‘never-seen-before technology’, just give us HD!
Never seen before technology…. but not HD!
Yawn.
Go England.