Summer is coming, that means the Cricket is coming to Nine…
The Nine Networks summer of cricket coverage begins this season with an All Star Twenty20 clash between the Australian XI and the ACA (Australian Cricketers Association) All Star team on Sunday November 22. The match will be broadcast live from the Gabba in Brisbane from 7.30pm EDST or 6:30pm local Brisbane time.
The All Star Twenty20 match will showcase the best Twenty20 cricketers in Australia with the All Star team including a return by bowling greats Shane Warne and Glen McGrath. Warne who is also tipped as one of the new hosts for Top Gear Australia when it begins on Nine in 2010 will captain the All Stars with Adam Gilchrist and Matt Hayden also participating in the side.
Coaching both teams will be fast bowler Dennis Lillee who will coach the All Stars while Lillee’s former Australian team-mate and Test captain Greg Chappell, will coach the Australian XI.
One the fun of this charity event is over it is time to get down to the real business at hand with the 2009-10 international cricket season beginning with the 3 Mobile Test Series between Australia and the West Indies on Thursday November 26, the First Test will be at the Gabba in Brisbane.
The Second Test will start in Adelaide on Friday December 4, followed by the Third Australia-Windies Test in Perth from Wednesday December 16. Australia will then play three Tests against Pakistan with the first encounter being the traditional Boxing Day Test from the MCG (December 26-30). The Second Test is in Sydney (January 3-7) and Hobart hosts the Third Test (January 14-18).
After the two Test series’ the One-Day International Series fires up with Australia taking on Pakistan and the West Indies. The first one-dayer is set down for Friday January 22 when Australia meets Pakistan in Brisbane.
Australia will also play three Twenty20 Internationals this season, one against Pakistan and two against the West Indies.
Once again hosting the coverage for the Nine Network will be Englishman Mark Nicholas, and for his final time the voice of cricket Richie Benaud will again join one of the most experienced and well known commentary teams in the world along with Bill Lawry, Tony Greig, Ian Chappell, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Michael Slater and James Brayshaw. Also lining up again for Nine’s cricket coverage this season will be Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist.
The Cricket Show spins back into action every day during all five Test matches with Simon O’Donnell as host of the lunch-break program to keep fans up to date with domestic and international cricket news and scores.
Nine’s cricket will again be broadcast in high definition, this started with last year’s coverage and will enhance the way the game can be viewed. Thirty-four high definition cameras will capture every second of play, while the Hotspot, Hawk-Eye, Snicko and the Slo Mo Extreme cameras all return.
NINE’S SUMMER OF CRICKET TELECAST DATES
ALL STAR TWENTY20
November 22, 2009: KFC Australian XI v Johnnie Walker ACA All*Star Team – Brisbane
3 MOBILE TEST SERIES: AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES
FIRST TEST
November 26-30, 2009: Australia v West Indies – Brisbane
SECOND TEST
December 4-8, 2009: Australia v West Indies – Adelaide
THIRD TEST
December 16-20, 2009: Australia v West Indies – Perth
3 MOBILE TEST SERIES: AUSTRALIA v PAKISTAN
FIRST TEST
December 26-30, 2009: Australia v Pakistan – Melbourne
SECOND TEST
January 3-7, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Sydney
THIRD TEST
January 14-18, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Hobart
COMMONWEALTH BANK SERIES: ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
January 22, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Brisbane
January 24, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Sydney
January 26, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Adelaide
January 29, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Perth
January 31, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Perth
February 7, 2010: Australia v West Indies – Melbourne
February 9, 2010: Australia v West Indies – Adelaide
February 12, 2010: Australia v West Indies – Sydney
February 14, 2010: Australia v West Indies – Brisbane
February 19, 2010: Australia v West Indies – Melbourne
KFC TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL SERIES
February 5, 2010: Australia v Pakistan – Melbourne
February 21, 2010: Australia v West Indies – Hobart
February 23, 2010: Australia v West Indies – Sydney
Filed Under: Nine Network
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