Nine Cricket Coverage

Bob · January 13, 2018, 11:49pm

The Perth game will be from the brand new Optus Stadium

sammy123 · January 14, 2018, 2:33am

New graphics for the ODI series, very interesting. Apologies for the poor quality of the caps.

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Lineup graphics:

A few more:

Snoozenooze · January 14, 2018, 3:20am

Revolting. They look very American.

sammy123 · January 14, 2018, 3:23am

And has a 90s feel to it for some reason. The graphics they had were excellent, don’t really see the need for change

briminator · January 14, 2018, 3:29am

tonks8526 · January 14, 2018, 3:31am

Hopefully it’s just for the ODI and T20I series. If they ever broadcast a test match again (pending new broadcast rights) hopefully they go back to what they had.

ticky · January 14, 2018, 4:54am

Wowwwww. Those new graphics are horrific. Looks like someone was playing the Need For Speed video game from 15 years ago and took inspiration from it to design these.

Nine’s graphics in any sport have never been great but this has to be a new low.

njr · January 14, 2018, 5:11am

It’s very Ricky Ponting 2005 to me.

I guess these are their prototype Big Bash graphics for next year.

Sully · January 14, 2018, 5:13am

Just tuned-in to the telecast. The graphics look awful. Very techno and modern?

OnAir · January 14, 2018, 5:27am

Yeah, look like they are straight out of a cricket video game.

Bloody odd to go to the effort of changing graphics with only a handful of ODIs/T20s left on your deal.

sammy123 · January 14, 2018, 5:50am

Scoreboard graphic:

lexington · January 14, 2018, 6:01am

this is probably part of a wider relaunch for the Wide World of Sports brand.

IanG · January 14, 2018, 6:10am

I’m obviously in a minority cause I love these new graphics.I think they look very sharp

SydneyCityTV · January 14, 2018, 6:11am

I agree. The current branding for Nine’s Wide World Of Sports dates back to 2013, so that’s probably overdue for a refresh.

Not really sure if I like those ODI cricket graphics though!

Radiohead · January 14, 2018, 6:18am

I don’t mind them at all either.

They are certainly more distinctive than the previous ones, which were a bit on the bland side.

akymbo82 · January 14, 2018, 6:33am

I am with you there! I think they look fine.

mubd · January 14, 2018, 6:39am

…but that being said, I think the graphics look fine.

OnAir · January 14, 2018, 7:58am

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lepatron · January 14, 2018, 8:27am

To me it looks like the coverage is being produced for multiple broadcasters - maybe the UK broadcaster is taking this feed too and therefore the graphics are not 9 specific?

captaincupcake · January 14, 2018, 8:58am

That could be the case- BT Sport (the UK broadcaster) are indeed taking the Channel 9 feed.