David Warner was guest commentator at the start of the Stars’ run chase against the Sixers. He and wife Candice (last seen on Hell’s Kitchen on Seven) also spoke to Mel Jones during the innings break.
Sponsor Billboards for the #WBBL03. These Sponsor Billboards are the same as the ones that they used from the #WBBL02 and #BBL06.
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Numbers for yesterday’s double header were very good too.
2017-18 KFC Big Bash League
Starts 19 December
Pictured, from left to right, are Adam Gilchrist, Damien Fleming, Roz Kelly, Mark Howard, Ricky Ponting and Mark Waugh.
The wait is nearly over. Next Tuesday, 19 December, the 2017-18 KFC Big Bash League season kicks off on Network Ten and WIN Network. With just one week to go, the teams, fans and commentators are gearing up for the most exciting cricket of the summer.
The highly-anticipated season will see the biggest names in world cricket line up at the crease, including former England superstar Kevin Pietersen, former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and livewire Chris Lynn, plus Australian favourites Mitchell Johnson, Brad Hogg, Shane Watson and Brad Hodge.
A bumper schedule will see 43 matches played in 48 days, including six double-headers. With all matches of the extended season broadcast in prime time, live, free and exclusive on TEN or ONE, fans will not miss a minute of the action.
Next Tuesday, cross-town rivals the Sydney Thunder and the Sydney Sixers are pitted against each other at Spotless Stadium for an electrifying season opener that will set the tone for an epic summer of T20 cricket.
The best commentary team in the business is back on Network Ten for 2017-18, led by multi-award nominated presenter Roz Kelly with cricket royalty Adam Gilchrist AM, Ricky Ponting AO, Mark Waugh AM and Damien Fleming, plus Mark Howard and Mel Jones.
Australian cricket legend Andrew Symonds, current Australia cricket team coach Darren Lehmann, former New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum and crowd favourite Kevin Pietersen are back for another season and will join the crew as special guest commentators for a number of games throughout the summer. Joining them will also be English cricket legends, former captain Michael Vaughan and one of the game’s great characters Graeme Swann, both making their BBL commentary debuts this season.
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Ten really should have looked at doing a cricket panel show during the summer.
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Report on weekend broadcast (edited to remove national and peak audiences)
Rebel Women’s Big Bash League: A Smash Hit.
Network Ten’s Coverage Draws Record Audiences.
Network Ten’s coverage of the 2017-18 Rebel Women’s Big Bash League competition has started strongly, with the television audience for the first four matches broadcast over the weekend soaring 24% compared with 2016-17 season average.
On Saturday evening, session two of the Sydney Sixers-Melbourne Stars match had a record number for a non-finals Rebel Women’s Big Bash League session.
In the capital cities, the session had 297,000 viewers, up 54% on the 2016-17 season average, and peaked at 371,000.
Yesterday afternoon, session two of the Sydney Thunder-Sydney Sixers match was up 43% on the 2016-17 season average. In the capital cities, session two’s audience was up 42%.
Across the four games on the weekend, the average national audience was up 24% from the 2016-17 season average…
In the capital cities, TEN’s coverage dominated its timeslots, ranking #1 among men, people 25 to 54 and under 55s.
The Rebel Women’s Big Bash League also ruled social media over the weekend, with #WBBL03 trending at #1 on Twitter nationally on Saturday and Sunday.
Network Ten’s coverage was led by TEN Sport’s Andy Maher, with expert commentators Roger Oldridge, Mel Jones and Lisa Sthalekar.
Network Ten Executive, Big Bash, David Barham, said: “The big television audiences for the opening weekend of the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League is a testament to the hard work, focus and passion of a lot of people at Cricket Australia and Network Ten, who had faith in women’s cricket and were willing to back it.
“At Ten, we’ve always believed that with the right production and promotion, and with consistent television scheduling, the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League will become a successful, standalone support.
“The results over the weekend, both on and off the field, are a great start to what promises to be a sensational summer for women’s cricket,” he said.
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If you do a Google search on ‘Rebel Women’s Big Bash League: A Smash Hit’ the figures are available on TenPlay and Mediaweek.
Ten announced their BBL cricket sponsors yesterday.
Bunnings, KFC and AHM are returning, plus new Finder.com.au, Rexona, P&O, Holden, Vodafone and Crownbet.
Another “large sponsor” has been signed, but cannot be named at this stage. Coles again? Or surely a supermarket?
2017-18 KFC Big Bash League.
Starts 7.30pm Tonight
The wait is over. Tune in tonight for the most exhilarating cricket event of the summer. The 2017-18 KFC Big Bash League season kicks off from 7.30pm AEDT – live, free and exclusive on Network Ten and WIN Network.
The highly-anticipated season opener will see cross-town rivals the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder pitted against each other for a thrilling season opener that will set the tone for an epic summer of T20 cricket.
After failing to take out the championship in a blockbuster final against the Scorchers last season, the Sixers will be looking to start the season on the right note and get a win on the board early. The Sydney Thunder will be coming out with vengeance after a bottom of the ladder finish last season. With both sides taking one derby win each last season, their rivalry is now more intense than ever.
Join TEN Sport’s Roz Kelly and Mark Howard with cricket legends Ricky Ponting AM and Mark Waugh AM for all of the action live from Spotless Stadium.
Then on Wednesday, join TEN Sport’s Adam Gilchrist AM with Damien Fleming, Roger Oldridge and special guest commentator Michael Vaughan when the Brisbane Heat take on the Melbourne Stars at the GABBA from 7.30pm AEDT.
With a side featuring big names including Chris Lynn and Brendon McCullum, who were named “The Bash Brothers” last season, the Heat will be hoping to topple the Stars in this epic showdown.
The 2017-18 KFC Big Bash League season will see 43 matches played in 48 days, including six double-headers. With all 43 matches to be broadcast in prime time, live and exclusive on TEN or ONE, fans will not miss a minute of the action.
The best commentary team in the business is back, led by multi-award nominated presenter Roz Kelly with cricket royalty Adam Gilchrist AM, Ricky Ponting AO, Mark Waugh AM and Damien Fleming, plus Mark Howard, Lisa Sthalekar and Mel Jones.
For the first time, British cricketing legends Michael Vaughan OBE and Graeme Swann join Network Ten’s expert line-up as special guest commentators for a number of games. Australian cricket legend Andrew Symonds, current Australian cricket team coach Darren Lehmann, former New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum and crowd favourite Kevin Pietersen all return to the commentary team this summer.
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No change to the opening theme nor the graphics for Ten’s fifth season of BBL.
No watermark via WIN.
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Still annoys me viewers in SA miss the last 15 minutes of the project. Cant you keep it going on ONE or eleven?
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Think the watermark has been here the whole time. 
This time a year ago the big mappy appeared.
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They could show the 6.30 portion on Ten with BBL live at 7, and The Project moved to ONE as a result for the last 30 minutes
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Great idea. I even thought they could just simulcast the show on One during the BBL season.
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Coles is a big loss in sponsorship, though no doubt re-couped through their new pick-ups.
Couldn’t they just show The Project live for a few weeks instead of FF repeats?
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The Project finishes for the year this week.
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I was looking forward to watching the interview tonight but missed. Dont really see the harm in trying to make it work in Adelaide. I know i can watch online but I shouldn’t have to.
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What an opening game! 
Great coverage.