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Sky Awarded Cricket Rights
Sky Sports has been awarded four more years of live international and county cricket under a new deal with the ECB.
The England & Wales Cricket Board today announced a new agreement with Sky for coverage across TV, mobile and online. With the existing deal concluding at the end of 2013, the new deal begins in 2014 and continues until the end of the summer in 2017.
Sky Sports has been awarded exclusive live coverage of:
Test matches – all of England’s Test matches played at home, including series against India (2014), Australia (2015), Pakistan (2016) and South Africa (2017).
Internationals – all One-Day Internationals and T20 matches, plus selected fixtures including England Lions and women’s matches.
County matchess – at least 60 days of domestic cricket each summer covering each of the major competitions and including every county.
There is also an option for Sky to extend the deal for an additional two years to cover tours by India in 2018 and Australia in 2019.
Barney Francis, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said: "This is good news for cricket and good news for viewers. Our viewers will enjoy a breadth of live coverage, at domestic and international level, and the ECB extends a partnership that has proved good for the game."
He continued: "Cricket is flourishing in England and Wales, with increased participation, record attendances and success for England's men and women. Through extending our partnership, the ECB can invest on and off the pitch and the game can continue to grow."
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