Some cricket fans will be spoiled for detail when it comes to coverage of the Australian team’s tour of England.
Seven Network has announced plans to have a dedicated digital television channel to complement its coverage beginning June 14. Seven has the rights to the coverage of the one-day international matches while SBS is broadcasting tests.
One of Seven’s digital channels—Channel 71—will be dedicated to providing match highlights, a cricket quiz, live statistics and a virtual scoreboard that calculates possible outcomes of the game.
Each of the eleven matches to be broadcast by Seven will have a synchronous channel providing additional profiles on players, and a “probability” calculator—a special computer program that predicts different match outcomes from a database of all one day international matches ever played.
From ground conditions to past player performances and individual match-ups, it can predict how the game will unfold, and viewers will be able to test their skills on Seven Digital’s Channel 71 for the latest updates as they happen.
