7Cricket Vs Fox Cricket

[hawkman]

Someone like Katich wouldn't be terrible

 

[Plugger35]

My earliest memory of coverage of overseas Tests was the 1972 Ashes series.

The ABC broadcast it all live on radio. On TV, they had half an hours' worth of highlights the following day at 6pm.

Then, for the final day of the 5th test, they had live coverage. It was a big deal, as it was the first live TV Test coverage into Australia from overseas. I remember watching it.

Who could forget that 1972 series with the great Bob Massie taking 16 wickets from behind the batsmen's arse.




Thank god for Kerry Packer that came up with the brilliant idea of putting a camera at both ends of the ground with WSC.

He said "I'm sick of watching batsmen's arses for half the overs" and Ch9 will lose the cricket to Ch7 over my dead body.

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[new0066]

I don't even know who their d-grader host is once you get past Brayshaw, Mitchell and Lane. I don't see Maher or Richardson going, I don't really see Nicholson going, though I guess he's a possibility along with 1-2 of the cheaper special comms guys like Hodge, Katich, or even Copeland.

7 would be taking the broadcast from SL. So it depends on who they have as the Aus pov commentator. Maybe 7 in getting the rights might be able to send 1 of their ‘experts’ to be that person but I doubt they would have a say.

These were the commentators for the 2022 Aus tour of SL

Roshan Abeysinghe

Russel Arnold

Farveez Maharoof

Aamir Sohail

H.D. Ackerman

Brad Haddin

 

[Gough]

My earliest memory of coverage of overseas Tests was the 1972 Ashes series.

The ABC broadcast it all live on radio. On TV, they had half an hours' worth of highlights the following day at 6pm.

Then, for the final day of the 5th test, they had live coverage. It was a big deal, as it was the first live TV Test coverage into Australia from overseas. I remember watching it.

That Oval Test was the turning point for Chappelli's team. They didn't lose much after that until World Series Cricket started.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Depending on which channel it’s on, might do ok as people are not used to there being cricket on TV in February.

Most lack of interest comes from not seeing it rather than just not interested, the Ashes gets plenty of interest in the middle of footy season as it’s on FTA.

First Test is basically head-to-head with the womens Ashes Test
(29 Jan to 2 Feb, 3:30 start from Galle : 30 Jan to 2 Feb, 2:30 start from MCG)

How Seven juggle both matches plus the inevitable news/home&away breaks could be interesting.

 

[happy_eagle]

First Test is basically head-to-head with the womens Ashes Test
(29 Jan to 2 Feb, 3:30 start from Galle : 30 Jan to 2 Feb, 2:30 start from MCG)

How Seven juggle both matches plus the inevitable news/home&away breaks could be interesting.

Have they said it will be on FTA, or possibly just 7Plus ?

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Have they said it will be on FTA, or possibly just 7Plus ?

Seven's own release says both broadcast and streaming. Whether that proves reliable is an open question.


https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/...a-live-and-free-on-seven-and-7plus-c-17415224

"Cricket fans in Australia will be able to watch every ball of the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport."

 

[grumbleguts]

Once you realise that commentators don't despise Australia's opponents as much you do with England and India in particular you'll be OK.

I love India. I speak hindi. I hate their cricketers and out-there supporters nowhere near as much as Isa hates Australia. Watch footage of here in the commentary box, when Australia hits a boundary or takes a wicket. The utter disappointment and sheer malevolent hatred on her face is almost a thing of beauty.

 

[CakeEater]

The Grade Cricketers add nothing

 

[Cleavy]

Now that the Women’s Ashes have already been decided, will this effect which Test takes precedence in 7’s coverage?

 

[Teen Wolf]

Seven didn't even prioritise the women's ODIs over Better Homes & Gardens / Border Security repeats (even though the ODIs rated much higher).

 

[010203]

I only listen to Fox Cricket if I have no other option.

 

[new0066]

I think this is the 7alt stream making a little fun at Fox for their studio commentary.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Massive L for Murdochtel, what are they doing

How many people are going to sign up solely for a two test series?

No point bidding for something if it’s not going to add anything to the bottom line.

 

[Lia]

How many people are going to sign up solely for a two test series?

No point bidding for something if it’s not going to add anything to the bottom line.

Might convince a few to cancel their subscriptions for a month or so until the footy starts. At least that is what I've done. What else are you going to watch on there in late Jan/early Feb? No F1.

 

[Coops93]

Might convince a few to cancel their subscriptions for a month or so until the footy starts. At least that is what I've done. What else are you going to watch on there in late Jan/early Feb? No F1.

It's a good point. There's not much on solely for Fox. The NFL playoffs are on 7, the tennis is on 9. Big Bash is on 7, the ladies Ashes are on 7.

What is the point of paying for it now? The claims of being the nations cricket leader, even having a channel dedicated to it, have fallen to bits. The cricket channel will be showing highlights of 1980s games while the national team are literally playing a test right now, well done.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Might convince a few to cancel their subscriptions for a month or so until the footy starts. At least that is what I've done. What else are you going to watch on there in late Jan/early Feb? No F1.

There’s women’s Ashes, India v England and Women’s Premier League in terms of cricket.

I’m sure if Foxtel thought it would be beneficial they would do it.

 

[eltrain]

There’s women’s Ashes, India v England and Women’s Premier League in terms of cricket.

I’m sure if Foxtel thought it would be beneficial they would do it.

They did though. They were hanging out til the last minute for a cheaper deal from SLC, probably not expecting there to be much interest from anyone else (as there hasn’t been for a non-Ashes overseas tour since 1997). Seven then swooped and ate their lunch.

This doesn’t necessarily mean people won’t sign up for Kayo that otherwise would have just for this series, but what it does do is slightly tarnish their credibility as the “home of the Australian cricket team”. If you were a diehard cricket fan that wants to follow the Australian cricket team all over the world, you always knew a Fox/Kayo subscription was a must. Now, that’s up in the air.

If this rates its socks off on Seven, who knows what’s in store for future tours? Because of the rights agreements Fox has with respective boards, you’re only really going to be able to watch Australia on tours of India, SA and NZ on Fox/Kayo (and who knows, away BGT series might one day have enough national significance to be on the anti-siphoning list too). The others are up for grabs. Question is, is that enough to keep cricket fans subscribed? With ICC events having been bought up by Amazon and tours of England exclusively on FTA as well, it’s not as clear cut a call as it once was.

 

[Teen Wolf]

A two-Test series = approx 10 days of cricket.

Fox pays $85m per summer for 10 days of cricket (half-dozen meaningless white ball internationals + a few BBL Saturdays).

They're bozos.

 

[new0066]

A two-Test series = approx 10 days of cricket.

Fox pays $85m per summer for 10 days of cricket (half-dozen meaningless white ball internationals + a few BBL Saturdays).

They're bozos.

+2 ODI’s too

 

[new0066]

7 will be using 7,7mate & 7two for the cricket coverage next week.

SL v Aus - Wednesday & Thursday
3pm to 5pm - 7
5pm-7:30pm - 7mate
7:30 til end - 7

SL v Aus - Friday
3pm to 5pm - 7
5pm-7pm - 7mate
7pm til end - 7

SL v Aus - Saturday
3pm to 5:30pm - 7
5:30pm-7pm - 7two
7pm til end - 7

SL v Aus - Sunday
TBA

AusW v EngW - Thursday
2pm to 3:30pm - 7
3:30pm to 7:30pm - 7two
7:30pm to end - 7mate

AusW v EngW - Friday
2pm to 3:30pm - 7
3:30pm to 7pm - 7two
7pm to end - 7mate

AusW v EngW - Saturday
2pm to 3:30pm - 7
3:30pm to end - 7mate

AusW v EngW - Sunday
TBA

 

[t_94]

Unpopular view but I actually think Mark Waugh's in-game analysis from tactics to technique is quite good and I like him.

Obviously does not do much prep other than checking the averages of NSW players but for ball-by-ball is one of the better ones.

Dude is a gun and has a wealth of cricket knowledge.
All the try hards on this board struggle to accept that and use his laconic style as a weird attempt to try and attack his credibility.

 

[PhatBoy]

Dude is a gun and has a wealth of cricket knowledge.
All the try hards on this board struggle to accept that and use his laconic style as a weird attempt to try and attack his credibility.

Yeah see here’s the thing.

There’s knowledge of what you’re watching because you played cricket at the highest level for 100 tests.

Everyone knows he has that. It’s obvious.

People, to an individual, accept and acknowledge that.

People also want and expect, for a man getting paid to commentate, that he will put a modicum of effort, into knowing who he is commentating about. Which he plainly doesn’t.

He watches the bare minimum of cricket. He knows little if anything about touring players and the ones he knows anything about are based entirely on what he’s seen when they’ve played Australia or what he’s heard from a few widely published articles.


Do you think if the upcoming Sri Lankan series was being played in Australia, that he would have a f**king clue who Kamindu Mendis is and that he was averaging north of 80 in test cricket until a few games ago?

o’Keeffe doesn’t watch a lot of non-Australian cricket but I will say this, he TRIES to prep for each series and find out who is in the touring parties and what they’ve been doing and what their form and background is.

‘I like the look of this bloke, where’s he come from’ isn’t the work of a commentator who’s done his homework.

 

[Black Diamond]

The original Mark Waugh post acknowledged that.

 

[PhatBoy]

The original Mark Waugh post acknowledged that.

Of course, and I like that about him too: his actual ball by ball and in game observation is better than basically all the other Fox guys. He knows when to talk and the stuff he says is insightful.

People who genuinely follow the game though like it to come from someone who would put as much effort into their prep as they do into the form guide, though.