I guess Fox/CA did this to reduce wear and tear on the field, given the SCG will host four limited over matches between Australia and India in three weeks.
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Virtual signage on the Hindi feed
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Including that crap script font
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It seems to be the preferred option for broadcasters now too
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I think it’s just the trend in sports broadcasts now. Allows rotating the sponsor easily throughout the game if required and also as @BigVic points out there is different signage on the Hindi feed.
Hindi feed available via Kayo for those interested. Watched a few minutes. It’s interesting how they include some English cricket terms in amongst their language. Any Hindi speakers on Media Spy care to enlighten us? 
Very interesting.
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What an eyesore, but at least their graphics package looks better than the FOX one.
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Better? It’s formatted as runs-wickets
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FOX CRICKET BROADCAST SCHEDULE
MELBOURNE STARS v SYDNEY THUNDER
WBBL|06 Final
Saturday, November 28
On-air: 6.30pm AEDT
Final: 7.10pm AEDT
Channel: FOX CRICKET
MEL JONES, ALEX BLACKWELL AND MEGAN BARNARD IN COMMENTARY, JOINED BY ALYSSA HEALY, MOLLY STRANO AND ERIN BURNS
The Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder are all set to fire away in the WBBL|06 Final on Fox Cricket tomorrow night from 6.30pm, LIVE and ad-break free to watch on FOXTEL and stream on Kayo.
Mel Jones , Alex Blackwell and cricket superstar Alyssa Healy will provide expert insights for Fox Cricket with host Megan Barnard in studio, alongside WBBL players Molly Strano and Erin Burns .
Extended pre-game coverage will be LIVE on Fox Cricket with a special WBBL Final edition of the only dedicated women’s cricket show in the world, The Blast .
FOX CRICKET’s Mel Jones:
“The Sydney Thunder squeezed their way through to the final thanks to the clutch bowling of Sammy Jo-Johnson and Hannah Darlington, while the Melbourne Stars cruised home by 7 wickets and will enter the final as favourites. Sydney and Melbourne based teams have always enjoyed a great rivalry in Australian cricket and we’ve had some thrilling finals in recent seasons, I expect this will be no different.”
The WBBL|06 Final is LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX CRICKET available to watch on Foxtel and stream on Kayo.
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So are Fox commentating themselves? Or is it an extended crew, with Trent, Slats, Lisa, Price and co. being joined by Barnard and Blackwell?
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The way the score should be - Wickets/Runs is an Australian invention
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I think Mel Jones and Alex Blackwell will join Seven’s commentary for tonight’s final, with the rest in the Sydney studio.
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Loved the WBBL this season despite the rain-outs early in the tournament
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Always should be this way, for a bowler it is, so why wouldn’t it be the same for the overall score. #offsubject lol
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That’s what I was wondering, but as has been, it would still be a joint-production surely? Being a Fox release, they’re not going to mention Seven’s talent.
NB/ I remember reading more than once in articles (I think from Patrick Delany) that Seven and Foxtel have a very good and close working relationship and it was mentioned how it goes back to the AFL simulcast deal in 2012.
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Because a bowler was traditionally judged on wickets taken (now it’s more a combination of wickets, RPO, dot balls etc depending on the format) so it made sense for wickets to come first when giving a bowler’s figures.
Runs are the currency of the game, as it is where the run-chase target etc is set, or how far behind a team is. Therefore it is more important than wickets.
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Yep, the scores should be gains vs losses, so a batting team gain runs and lose wickets, the bowler gains wickets and gives up runs.
Australian audiences see the correct format all the time during overseas tours and ICC events, we should give up fighting the correct way.
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Is there a fight? I have never seen an Australian media outlet display or announce the scores the correct way.
I thought when Nine lost the rights to cricket, Seven and/or Fox might have changed things, but nope. That was your chance.
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It’s average for a broadcast in 2020. I’ve seen American high school football broadcasts with a better-looking scorebar than Fox’s current one.
Which is how the rest of the world has always done it. Very myopic of you!
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Record-breaking audiences deliver hot start to summer on Fox Cricket
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Australia vs India Game Two the most-watched One Day International ever on subscription television
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WBBL|06 Final between the Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder the most-watched WBBL game ever on subscription television
The Summer of Cricket is off to a stellar start with the first two games of India’s Tour of Australia achieving record ratings on Fox Cricket, with yesterday’s audience of 585,000 the highest rating One Day International ever on subscription television and the third most-watched sports program on STV of all time.
With a LIVE audience of 585,000 across all Foxtel platforms, the second Australia vs India ODI surpassed previous record STV audience in 2015 for Australia’s World Cup Final win over New Zealand. Yesterday’s audience was up 41% on the top rating ODI of the 2018/19 Australia vs India series (Game One).
AUS vs IND ODI Game 1 and 2 Ratings
Game #1 – Nov 27
Foxtel 341k
Foxtel Now/GO/Kayo 129k
Total Foxtel Platforms 470k
Game #2 – Nov 29
Foxtel 423k
Foxtel Now/GO/Kayo 162k
Total Foxtel Platforms 585k
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I tried the Hindi coverage for an overn Friday trying to see if work colleagues could understand, went about as well as my attempts to lure siblings on overseas trips with me.
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