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Big Bash League to air Live in all states

More primetime cricket, with 47 games of Big Bash & Women’s Big Bash live on TEN or ONE.

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It’s still a long way off but TEN has confirmed all 35 Big Bash League matches and 12 Women’s Big Bash League matches will be broadcast Live into all states on TEN or ONE.

Cricket Australia today released a bumper schedule that sees 35 Big Bash matches played in 40 days, including four double-headers from December.

Cricket Australia also released the 2016-17 Women’s Big Bash League schedule which sees 12 matches, including the final, to be Live on TEN or ONE.

TEN Chief Executive Officer, Paul Anderson, said: “We are delighted to be broadcasting 47 games of KFC Big Bash League and Women’s Big Bash League over the upcoming summer, Live and exclusive.

“The KFC Big Bash League has become an integral part of summer in Australia. Cricket Australia has created and built an incredibly popular and successful competition, and we are thrilled to be able to bring it to all Australians.

“Network TEN has always been a leader in broadcasting women’s sport and we are leading the way again this summer,” he said.

“We are proud to further cement our commitment to women’s sport through a landmark deal that will see Network TEN broadcast 12 matches of the Women’s Big Bash League – including four of the matches that launch the 2016-17 season from Saturday, 10 December, Live and exclusive on TEN. Ten of the 12 matches will be seen on the main TEN channel.

“We will also, for the first time broadcast the Melbourne Stars taking on the reigning premiers the Sydney Thunder in the Women’s Big Bash League, live from 6.00pm. This will be the first time a standalone women’s sporting competition has been broadcast in prime time on a commercial free- to-air television network’s primary channel,” he said.

Executive Producer, David Barham said: “The Women’s Big Bash League proved extremely successful last summer and we are delighted to be broadcasting 20 per cent more women’s Big Bash this summer.

“Working closely with Cricket Australia, we have been able to structure the draw to ensure more Women’s Big Bash League matches can be broadcast live on Network TEN.”

 

Host Adam Gilchrist will be joined by Roz Kelly with commentators Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh, Damien Fleming, Mark Howard and Andy Maher returning. Mel Jones and Lisa Sthalekar will return as Women’s Big Bash League commentators.

The sizzling 2016-17 KFC Big Bash League season will see more concentrated action, with each of the eight clubs playing in four home and four away matches around the country, starting with the reigning champions Sydney Thunder hosting the Sydney Sixers in the Sydney Smash on Tuesday, 20 December, at Spotless Stadium.

The semi-finals will be played on Tuesday, 24 January and Wednesday, 25 January, with the highest finishing club to host the Big Final on Saturday, 28 January 2017.

The 2016-17 Women’s Big Bash League will see 20 per cent more matches broadcast live.

Starting the season with a special carnival launch weekend on Saturday, 10 December, TEN will broadcast live four matches across the weekend from the North Sydney Oval, including the keenly awaited prime time match between the reigning champions, the Sydney Thunder, and the Melbourne Stars.

The semi-finals of the Women’s Big Bash League will be played on Tuesday, 24 January, and Wednesday, 25 January, with the highest finishing club to host the Big Final on Saturday, 28 January live on TEN.

16 Responses

  1. Says a lot about sports broadcasting, and TV in general, here that showing sport live is considered something that’s worthy of an announcement

    1. Yes. I expect that the next announcement will be one of the commercial networks saying that they’ll be starting their programs at the advertised time.

      Actually, I don’t expect that.

      1. Neither do I. I learned long ago to add 15 minutes either side of advertised times when setting up a recording right back to the prehistoric days of the VCR.

  2. I think that WA viewers would see the Primetime male matches on the Primary Channel. Not sure what to do with Family Feud and The Project for Perth viewers.

      1. Last season BBL weekday matches started at 6.30 pm (Qld time), leaving FF to run as normal. They may well have been repeats. As we don’t have Daylight Saving though, our 6.30 is the southern states 7.30.
        I love this concept, but Channel 10 please spare us from Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff. I love the guy but his Yorkshire accent, especially when his delivery speeds up makes what he is saying unintelligible.

  3. The BBL has taken over summer, everything else just has to get outta the way now because cricket it is the ticket !
    It’s also fantastic to see the women’s game getting some serious coverage as well.
    Congratulations to Cricket Australia and TEN for sticking with it and getting it right.

  4. Interesting that they have pushed the finals back a week. The Big Final is now on the same day as the Australian Open women’s final. Ten will be able to launch I’m a Celebrity the next day, as they usually do, and not have a week of filler programs like they did this year.

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