The Australian women’s cricket team, will launch the summer of cricket on the Seven Network Tuesday when they take on India in a blockbuster ODI at Mackay’s Great Barrier Reef Arena.
(The Australia v India series will also be covered on Fox Cricket.)
With an all-star line-up led by Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy, the Australians are the world’s undisputed #1 team, but India stands alone as their biggest challengers. Over the next three weeks on Seven, they will battle for world supremacy in a three-match ODI series, a one-off Test match and a three-match T20 international series.
Seven’s commentary team features Lisa Sthalekar, Elyse Villani, Holly Ferling, Erin Holland, Brad Hodge, Jason Richardson, Andy Maher, Alister Nicholson and Simon Taufel.
The action kicks off at 9.50am AEST Tuesday on 7mate with the opening match of the ODI series.
Former Australian women’s captain Lisa Sthalekar, who enjoyed a stellar international career from 2001 to 2013, is anticipating a close series.
“India is a side that now believes it can beat Australia. Its players know they can compete against the best and Australia is the best at the moment,” she said.
“There is so much at stake, not only for each team but also the individual players in each squad. It sets up a series where we’ll see some great individual rivalries and hard-fought matches that will hopefully go down to the last over, or in the Test match, the last session of the last day.”
Managing director Seven Melbourne and head of network sport, Lewis Martin, said: “There’s no better way to open Seven’s summer of cricket than with Australia’s most popular sporting team, our national women’s cricket team. Their showdown with India across all three formats is bound to be an epic contest.
“That’s just the start of a sensational 2021-22 summer of cricket on Seven. With the WBBL, BBL and men’s and women’s Ashes series, it’s going to be the greatest ever season on your home of cricket.”
Seven’s commentary team: Erin Holland, Holly Ferling and Lisa Sthalekar
Summer of cricket: Aust v India series on new ICC.tv
The ICC has partnered with Cricket Australia to broadcast the upcoming Australian summer of cricket into emerging cricket markets including Europe and Southeast Asia, starting with the highly anticipated rematch between India and Australia, finalists in last year’s ICC T20 Women’s World Cup.
ICC.tv, the streaming platform launched by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in July, will live stream the multi-format series against India from September 21 – October 10, followed by the entire 2021-22 international calendar in Australia, comprising the men’s and women’s Ashes, as well as men’s white ball tours by New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Both the India series and the women’s Ashes will be free for all users to stream to celebrate the new partnership, while the men’s content will be available on a pay-per-view basis.
Melbourne Stars’ Meg Lanning
Summer of cricket: Tones And I with Nike launch second decade of Big Bash
The Big Bash has joined forces with Australia’s global music superstar Tones And I to launch the League’s second decade and a new look from apparel partner Nike.
The League has welcomed Tones And I as an ambassador for the KFC BBL|11 and Weber WBBL|07 competitions, with her music to be heard throughout the summer of Big Bash.
The Australian singer-songwriter shot to global superstardom with her song Dance Monkey, which topped music charts in 30 countries, earned her four ARIA Awards, and has been followed by more multi-platinum ARIA hit singles. Her debut album, Welcome to the Madhouse, debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart following its July release, with current single Cloudy Day already amassing more than 40 million global streams.
Tones And I photo top of post by Jimmy Bedford & GG McG
Weber WBBL|07 season to begin in Tasmania
It was announced last week that the Weber WBBL will begin its seventh season in Tasmania, with the first 20 matches of the world’s best cricket league for women to be held on the Apple Isle.
The opening fortnight of Weber WBBL|07 will be now played in Hobart and Launceston, with matches scheduled for Blundstone Arena, University of Tasmania Stadium and Invermay Park, Launceston.
Twelve of the first 20 matches will be played at their originally scheduled date and time, including the season opener between the Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars on Thursday, October 14 from 7:40pm AEDT, now at Blundstone Arena. Eight matches will be held at a new date and time.
Seven will broadcast 24 matches of Weber WBBL|07, with Foxtel to show 47 matches. Kayo will stream all matches. Matches will also be broadcast on ABC Radio and cricket.com.au.
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