LONDON: talkSPORT has won the cricket audio rights for England’s major upcoming overseas tours.
It is the first time BBC Five Live’s Test Match Special programme has lost the rights for an England away tour to a commercial broadcaster since 2005.
The free to air rights cover England’s tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies including all the Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals from each tour.
Every ball will be broadcast across a mixture of talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 with a dedicated team of pundits at the ground to bring listeners all the drama as it unfolds.
talkSPORT last broadcast live England overseas cricket rights in 2005, with exclusive commentary for the past two years of the IPL plus every match of the World Twenty20 in 2016 and Champions Trophy last summer.
Scott Taunton, chief executive of Wireless Group Limited, the parent company for talkSPORT, said: “Winning these prestigious rights is a great victory for talkSPORT and its first-class coverage.
“England’s overseas tours are sure to lure large audiences of fans as we cement talkSPORT’s position as the fans’ favourite for sporting news, analysis and live coverage.
“I’m delighted that we will be with England fans for every ball of the day throughout these winter tours, with our own expert line-up of cricketing stars.”
The first England game to be broadcast on talkSPORT will be England’s ODI series against Sri Lanka, starting on October 10.
