7’s summer or cricket is done for 2024/25 & I believe they commentated every match from September to February from the ground
Props to them really. Don’t broadcast all the games like Fox do but actually made the effort to be at every game where as Fox did many studio broadcasts
Fox had fun with the speech. 1 commentator ‘gave a clip on the way’ immediately after the presentation & beginning of their interview with Healy Barnard said ‘we would never bump you to another channel’ & Healey said ‘sorry channel 7’ & they all laughed
The funny thing is that Fox would of also had SL v Aus as their main channel Fox Cricket & WAshes would of been on another Fox Sports channel
Pretty sure they called the Perth leg of the BBL Boxing Day + first day of the Sydney test doubleheaders from a Melbourne studio. However, think that might have been the only times they did that.
Jason Richardson and Emma Freedman hosting tonight’s Australian Cricket Awards from Crown Palladium in Melbourne. The Grade Cricketer’s Sam Perry and Ian Higgins are roving interviewers.
It was always suggested he was only going to do Day 1 - I know he has fingers in a lot of pies so assume his schedule was already full after that, especially given he wouldn’t have reasonably expected to be required for an overseas series.