As Seven’s Summer of Cricket gets underway, Seven has a lineup of new signings to its cricket commentary team for the Australia-India series, Big Bash League, Australia v India Women’s ODI Series and the Women’s Ashes Series.
Returning to Seven’s commentary team for the Test Series named in his honour, Gavaskar will feature in all five Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Joining him throughout the series will be a who’s who of Australian greats, including cricket’s most astute caller Ricky Ponting, former Australian coach Justin Langer, and fellow Australian champion battter Matthew Hayden.
Also returning to Seven’s cricket line-up is former Australian ODI and T20I captain Aaron Finch, who will feature in the first two Test matches and the 2024-25 Big Bash League season.
Current Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc will join the commentary team for Seven’s Women’s Ashes coverage for white-ball matches, starting at North Sydney Oval on 12 January on Seven and 7plus Sport, while former English cricketer and current media star, Alexandra Hartley, joins the commentary team for the entire Ashes Series.
Rounding out Seven’s new signings is Rachel Khawaja, who will join Seven’s Australia-India Test Series coverage, connecting viewers with the people closest to the Australian cricket teams’ players – their families.
A host of former on-field stars will also return to Seven’s cricket team as expert commentators, including Greg Blewett, Lisa Sthalekar, Trent Copeland, Callum Ferguson, Holly Ferling, Damien Fleming, Brad Hodge, Simon Katich, Katey Martin, Kirby Short and Elyse Villani.
Seven sport presenters James Brayshaw and Mel McLaughlin will also return to Seven’s coverage, alongside resident callers Alister Nicholson, Tim Lane, Alison Mitchell, Andy Maher and Jason Richardson, with hosts Erin Holland and Emma Freedman joining them from boundary side.
Current stars Chris Green, Glenn Maxwell and Sam Billings will be regulars on Seven’s live and free BBL coverage, while 7NEWS sport reporters Theo Doropoulos and Anna Hay will feature in their local states.
Five-time ICC Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel also returns to the team to share his critical knowledge of the rules of the game, while respected cricket journalists Peter Lalor and Bharat Sundaresan will be on deck to report the biggest breaking news stories of each day’s play.