Need to keep up with the cricket this summer? There’s lots on, and it’s all gloriously televised (in SD). Someone should do something about that. It’s certainly not going to be the same without Tony Grieg in the box this summer, that’s for sure.
Television schedule at the bottom of the article. From the (overdue) press release:
A sizzling summer of internationals will set the backdrop for the 36th season of top cricket coverage on Channel Nine.
The Vodafone Test Series opens the summer of cricket tomorrow when Australia play South Africa in a Test at the Gabba for the first time in 49 years. Nine’s Wide World of Sports will broadcast the match live from 9.30am local time.
Australia will play six Tests this summer: three against South Africa, with both sides vying for the world number one title, and three against Sri Lanka, including the historic Boxing Day
Test at the MCG.There will be 10 One Day Internationals in the Commonwealth Bank Series between Australia, Sri Lanka and the West Indies, which starts on January 11 at the MCG and concludes there on February 10.
Excitement will kick up another notch when Australia play KFC T20 Internationals against
Sri Lanka (January 26 and 28) and the West Indies (February 13).The top names in the game will present Nine’s summer of cricket, led by the legendary
Richie Benaud. The expert team joining him in the commentary box comprises Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas and James Brayshaw.Tony Greig, who has been an integral part of Nine’s cricket coverage since 1979, will be absent from the commentary box due to illness.
“Our thoughts remain with Tony and his health battle. The door to the Nine commentary box will always be open to him whenever he is ready to return,” Nine Network Head of Sport, Steve Crawley, said.
Australia’s great fast bowler, Glenn McGrath, will join the Wide World of Sports team for the first Test against South Africa at the Gabba starting tomorrow, adding his expert opinion on
the two pace attacks that could well determine the result. Former Australian representative player Tom Moody will return to join the live Wide World of Sports coverage of the One Day International series.Star fast bowler Brett Lee will again team up with Michael Slater for The Cricket Show,
which will be live during lunch breaks in the Vodafone Test Series. The Cricket Show
includes first-session recaps, player profiles, Master Classes, international and domestic updates, viewer emails, questions and feedback.The Nine Network not only has the best commentary team in the business, but will continue
to push the envelope in sports broadcast technology for the 2012-13 Wide World of Sports summer of cricket presentation.At the forefront of cutting-edge cricket coverage, Wide World of Sports will again deliver
first-rate broadcast technology. The Nine Network will integrate dynamic, commentator
hand-held tablet and touch screen technology into the cricket broadcast. The summer of cricket will also incorporate revolutionary 3D replays into the coverage.Toyota Access Spidercam, Extreme Slo-Mo cameras, KFC Hotspot, Snicko, Speed-gun, Eagle Eye and Heart Tracker will all return to give viewers the front-row experience that is synonymous with Wide World of Sports.
The summer of cricket will again include the Vodafone Viewers Verdict, KFC Classic
Catches and Trivia, Toyota Oh What A Feeling moments and Legendary Moments, and the VB Hard Earned play.As part of Nine’s multi-platform offering, the Wide World of Sports website is the ultimate online destination for cricket lovers throughout the summer. With breaking news, live scores, in-depth statistics and expert opinion from the commentary team, it is the perfect
complement to Nine’s live broadcast.Some of the key elements of the website wideworldofsports.com.au include:
• Latest cricket news and features
• Live scores and comprehensive stats centre
• Exclusive column with Michael Slater – In Bat with Slats
• Video updates from all Nine News sport bulletins
• Special features from The Cricket Show
• Cricket Trivia – a new game for all levels of cricket knowledge, with fantastic prizes
• The launch of The Club Room – for cricket tragics who just can’t get enoughFor all of these great features and much more go to wideworldofsports.com.au throughout the summer.
Note all times are AEST.NINE’S INTERNATIONAL SUMMER OF CRICKET 2012-2013 BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Vodafone Test Series
Test 1: November 9-13, Australia v South Africa – Gabba, Brisbane – LIVE @ 9.30am
Test 2: November 22-26, Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – LIVE @ 9.30am
Test 3: November 30-December 4, Australia v South Africa – WACA, Perth – LIVE @ 12.00pmTest 1: December 14-18, Australia v Sri Lanka – Bellerive Oval, Hobart – LIVE @ 9.00am
Test 2: December 26-30, Australia v Sri Lanka – MCG, Melbourne – LIVE @ 9.00am
Test 3: January 3-7, Australia v Sri Lanka – SCG, Sydney – LIVE @ 9.00amCommonwealth Bank Series
ODI 1: January 11, Australia v Sri Lanka – MCG, Melbourne – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 2: January 13, Australia v Sri Lanka – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 3: January 18, Australia v Sri Lanka – Gabba, Brisbane – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 4: January 20, Australia v Sri Lanka – SCG, Sydney – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 5: January 23, Australia v Sri Lanka – Bellerive Oval, Hobart – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 6: February 1, Australia v West Indies – WACA, Perth – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 7: February 3, Australia v West Indies – WACA, Perth – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 8: February 6, Australia v West Indies – Manuka Oval, Canberra – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 9: February 8, Australia v West Indies – SCG, Sydney – LIVE @ 1.00pm
ODI 10: February 10, Australia v West Indies – MCG, Melbourne -LIVE @ 1.00pmKFC T20 Internationals
T20 1: January 26: Australia v Sri Lanka – Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney – LIVE @ 6.30pm
T20 2: January 28: Australia v Sri Lanka – MCG, Melbourne – LIVE @ 6.30pm
T20 3: February 13: Australia v West Indies – Gabba, Brisbane – LIVE @ 6.30pmNB: Broadcast times are subject to change. Please check local TV guides.
It’s a pretty mouthwatering schedule for sure. It’s just a shame that the South Africa series is only a three match affair.
I’m sat watch the second test as I write this and it really is worthy of a five match series – I can’t see the SL series competing with the standard of cricket and certainly won’t draw the decent (if not spectacular) crowds of the matches so far.
I have loved the commentary my whole life. I am a 35 year old father and have recently started throwing golf balls down to my 5 year old son holding a stump (as a bat). He gets on the front foot and consistently drives them. He is about to start grade prep next year and i would love I would Love to email it on to the show and get some feedback from the likes of Warnie, tubby, slats and Huss. You have to see it to believe it. But please email an address I can flick it onto.
PLEASE: PLEASE ! Pass onto MOST of the commentators WE CAN SEE THE ASHES ON OUR TV !
WHY must we put up with their incessant Bar Room Chat, rattling on over every thing else??
Cover the main probs,. & ie: Dispute/Query. BUT NOT what they THINK, What THEY would do, What should be
done, or WHEN I WAS CAPTAIN, whether a bats mans foot is pointing in the right direction, HE’S got soft hands……………save it for the ….’ CHANGING ROOM !’
I can remember, be it only on radio, a Mr JOHN ARLOTT of BBC fame,Voicing ONLY THE FACTS.
TODAY ‘THEY’ speak or ‘RABBIT’ Solid…..NO NEED ! WE CAN SEE, IT’S TV !
Ah … but Ray, the ‘what every batsman is thinking’ and ‘what every batsman should do’ and ‘when I was playing test cricket’ and ‘where the field should be placed’ is 99% of the commentators’ schtick. Just think, without it, they would be out of a job. The facts??? Do they ever get a look in?
ATTN. The Nine Wide World of Sport commentry team.
Why isn’t the 50th over bowled in any One Day Limited Overs Cricket match? After 49 overs have been bowled, the team bowling has only bowled 294 balls and NOT 300, which is the number of balls bowled if they bowled the 50th over.
Work it out. After 1 over, 6 balls bowled, after 2, 12, after 3, 18, so on and so on, moving ahead to the 10th, 60 balls, after the 20th, 120 balls, after the 30th, 180 balls, after the 40th, 240 balls, after the 48th 288 balls, then the commentators go on to say the 49th over is the last over and after it’s been bowled, only 294 balls have been bowled???
Why then isn’t THE LAST OVER BOWLED, which is the 50th, but has never been bowled since the inception of One Day Limited Overs Cricket, which would then equate to 300 balls (50×6), being bowled for the supposed 50 over cricket match.
I stand to be corrected if wrong, as I’ve had this conception ever since One Day Limited Over Cricket started, when trying to convince my cricketing playing friends. I find the same shortage of overs bowled in the so called 20×20 matches, the 19th over being the last over being bowled (114 balls) and never the 20th (120 balls)??? Am I not seeing what’s so obvious to the cricketing board officials, umpires, time keepers, scorers and the like?
Best regards and may all of you have a good weekend.
Raivo (Rocky) Yourmann
Hi Rocky – I am in no way affiliated with Nine, Ten or the Australian Cricket Board. I can guarantee you that in a normal ODI game 50 overs of 6 balls are bowled (there naturally be some extras due to wides, no balls, etc) and 20 overs in T20 cricket. I suspect and suggest carefully you may have missed count. As for the commentary team calling the wrong over they have statisticians in the booth with them counting every ball/score/run/etc. They make slip up occasionally but the data given to them is top notch.
Hi Steve,
OK thanks for your reply. I’ll watch eagerly on Sunday’s ODI in Sydney and look very carefully at when it’s the 48th over, which should leave overs 49 and 50 to be bowled and see if over 50 is bowled after the 49th, when balls bowled in the over counter goes from 49.0 to 50.0 after the last ball of the 49th over has been bowled.
I always seem to miss seeing the so called last over, the 50th being bowled, as when the commentator says “Last over” and the over count of 49.0 is displayed in the bottom right hand corner, so 48 overs have been bowled, 48×6=288 balls bowled if I’m correct, so after the 49th over has been bowled, to my way of reasoning, 49×6=294 balls bowled and that’s the end of bowling team’s effort, always leaving me pondering how can that be?
Is my way of calculating the balls bowled per over wrong? After the 1st over, 6 balls have been bowled, so the 1st ball of the 2nd over is the 7th ball bowled and moving along further, after the last ball of the 48th over to all logic, 288 balls have been bowled if my reckoning is correct and if so, the 1st ball of the 49th over is the 289th ball bowled and after the last ball bowled of the 49th over, 294 balls have been bowled and that’s it, no more over to be bowled, but there’s still 6 more balls to be bowled for the full compliment of 300 balls. Where am I going wrong? I just can’t see where the bowling team bowls the full 50 overs. Am I so thick? Go ahead. Tell me if I am. It’s OK if it’ll clear up what I haven’t been able to work out since the inception of One Day Limited Overs Cricket and more recently the 20×20 Cricket where no more bowling after the 19th over, which after the 19th over bowled, (19.0), the over counter and balls bowled shows 20.0???
I’m all ears to have explained how 300 balls are bowled after only 49 overs bowled (49×6=294 balls, which displays in the bottom right hand corner (49.0) and also on screen showing number of runs needed off the 6 balls left, for the batting team batting 2nd to win, the balls bowled counter progressively showing balls bowled, 49.1, 49.2, 49.3………..49.5 and finally showing 50.0 and that’s it for the bowling team, but the 50th over is never bowled???
Where is my reasoning and calculations going wrong please??? It won’t drive me to drink or keep me awake at nights. It’s just puzzling to me, maybe straight forward to everyone else, I’ll harp on it again where the last over as displayed on the screen and said to be by the commentator/s, the balls bowled for the over counter starts at 49.0, 288 balls bowled thus far and when it gets to 50.0, to me it means 49 overs have been completed, 294 balls bowled, there’s no more balls to be bowled??? That’s the 50 overs? “Arrghh!!!”
I await to hear from you to clear it all up for me. Thankyou.
Best regards and “Go Aussie Go” in Sydney.
Rocky Yourmann.
Hi Rocky – you’re *way* over thinking this. If you’re really concerned about it, start counting from the very first ball and keep tally. You’ll find the first innings is definitely at least 300 balls.
Hi Steve – Watched the T20 game on TV tonight, Melbourne Strikers-Hobart Hurricans and was fortunate enough to see the start of the 1st over for the ‘Strikers’ and saw the over count start at zero and going at 0.1, 0.2 so on and so on to 0.5, then 1.0 after the 6th ball was bowled. The 2nd over starts off at 1.0, progresses 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 then ends of course on 2.0, being the 12th ball bowled, where I’d been going about my claim of 20 and 50 overs not being bowled all these years, by starting off at 1.0 at the start of the 1st over and progressing 1.1, 1.2, up to 1.5 then 2.0 for the end of the 1st over and the start of the 2nd over, being the 13th ball bowled.
Since seeing the different and more informative match info at the bottom of the screen:- “score, runs needed off balls left, what-have-you”, yes, the bowlers DO BOWL 20 and 50 OVERS in each of the respective codes and DEFINITELY BOWL 180 and 300 balls respectively.
If I hadn’t watched tonight’s T20 match, I’d have still believed in my original claim that the 20th and 50th overs are never bowled.
It’s all clear to me now after all these of doubting, they were doing it all wrong. Yes, I admit I’m thick, not seeing what’s obvious to everyone else, but that’s life. You win some, you lose some.
Cheers, Rocky.
Hi Rocky – GREAT NEWS! 🙂