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history of <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> on television in the UK. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1930s_to_1970s">1930s to 1970s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 1930s to 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1938</b> <ul><li>On 24 June, the BBC broadcasts cricket - England vs Australia at <a href="/wiki/Lord%E2%80%99s" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord’s">Lord’s</a> - on television for the first time.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1956</b> <ul><li>28 April - ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the <a href="/wiki/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1956" title="Australian cricket team in England in 1956">Australian touring team</a>'s match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI at <a href="/wiki/Arundel_Castle" title="Arundel Castle">Arundel Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1963</b> <ul><li>20 July - BBC <i><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_(TV_programme)" title="Grandstand (TV programme)">Grandstand</a></i> features live coverage from the first day of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_women%27s_cricket_team_in_England_in_1963" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian women's cricket team in England in 1963">3rd women's Test</a> between England and Australia at The Oval.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the earliest known live television broadcast of women's Test cricket.</li> <li>7 September – The BBC shows live coverage of the final of the first <a href="/wiki/Friends_Provident_Trophy" title="Friends Provident Trophy">Gillette Cup final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1965</b> <ul><li>2 May – <i>Sunday Cricket</i> is broadcast for the first time. The programme, which runs throughout the afternoon on <a href="/wiki/BBC2" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC2">BBC2</a>, features full coverage of a match "played under knock-out rules".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1968</b> <ul><li>29 and 30 July - ITV shows test cricket for the only time, and only part-networked, when the last two days of the <a href="/wiki/Headingley" title="Headingley">Headingley</a> Test against <a href="/wiki/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1968" title="Australian cricket team in England in 1968">Australia</a> coincide with the launch of <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire Television</a>. The morning session is the first thing shown on <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a>, ahead its official opening later that day.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 September - The new ITV company <a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">London Weekend Television</a> wins the rights to show the <a href="/wiki/1968_Gillette_Cup" title="1968 Gillette Cup">Gillette Cup final</a> between <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Warwickshire County Cricket Club">Warwickshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Sussex County Cricket Club">Sussex</a>. This coverage is only partially networked, with other regions cutting off their coverage earlier,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but coverage of the finish - shown principally in the London and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern</a> areas - is faded out with six minutes to go to make way for advertising and then <a href="/wiki/David_Frost" title="David Frost">David Frost</a>'s programme.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, there is only very occasional networked or even part-networked cricket coverage on ITV, although occasional regional coverage continues into the 1990s.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1969</b> <ul><li>27 April – <i>Sunday Cricket</i> begins broadcasting a match each week from the new <a href="/wiki/Pro40" title="Pro40">Sunday League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1972</b> <ul><li>A new one-day competition, the <a href="/wiki/Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup" title="Benson & Hedges Cup">Benson & Hedges Cup</a>, begins and the BBC provides live coverage of a match from each round.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1975</b> <ul><li>7–21 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the first <a href="/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup" title="Cricket World Cup">Cricket World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BBC also shows full coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1979_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1979 Cricket World Cup">1979 World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1980s">1980s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1980</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1981</b> <ul><li>17 May – <i><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandstand (TV series)">Sunday Grandstand</a></i> launches.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programme includes weekly coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Pro40" title="Pro40">Sunday League</a> which had been shown every Sunday afternoon during the cricket season on BBC2 since 1965.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1982</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1983</b> <ul><li>6 January – The <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Channel 9</a> broadcast of the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_and_New_Zealand_in_1982%E2%80%9383#Fifth_Test" title="English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1982–83">fifth cricket Test</a> from Sydney is shown on the BBC. This is the first time cricket from abroad is shown live in England.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9–25 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1983_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1983 Cricket World Cup">1983 Cricket World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1984</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1985</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1986</b> <ul><li>November–January 1987 – The BBC shows occasional live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1986%E2%80%9387" title="English cricket team in Australia in 1986–87">English cricket team in Australia in 1986–87</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the vast majority of its coverage is in highlights form. The live coverage consists of occasional sessions from the <a href="/wiki/The_Ashes" title="The Ashes">Ashes</a> matches and of England's appearance in the final of the <a href="/wiki/Benson_%26_Hedges_Challenge" title="Benson & Hedges Challenge">Benson & Hedges Challenge</a> on 7 January 1987.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1987</b> <ul><li>16 July – <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> shows the first day-long coverage of women's cricket in the UK when <a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_cricket_team" title="England women's cricket team">England</a> play <a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia women's cricket team">Australia</a> at Lord's.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverage begins at 10.45 am and finishes at 6.30 pm, with breaks for the lunch and tea intervals. However, only the late-night highlights are shown in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, where <a href="/wiki/S4C" title="S4C">S4C</a> show <a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club" title="Glamorgan County Cricket Club">Glamorgan</a> against <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_cricket_team_in_England_in_1987" title="Pakistani cricket team in England in 1987">Pakistan</a> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 October–8 November – The BBC covers the <a href="/wiki/1987_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1987 Cricket World Cup">1987 Cricket World Cup</a>. However due to the time difference – the tournament is held in India and Pakistan – live coverage is restricted to the final overs of England’s matches, although England's semi-final and the final are broadcast live, and in full.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1988</b> <ul><li>February–March – ITV shows highlights of <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_1987%E2%80%9388" title="English cricket team in New Zealand in 1987–88">England’s tour to New Zealand</a>, the first coverage of the England team on ITV for two decades. <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire Television</a> and <a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">TVS</a> initially buy the rights;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> coverage is also taken by London ITV and in the Channel Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1989</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990s">1990s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1990</b> <ul><li>January–March – Sky shows live coverage of England's cricketing tour to the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_national_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="West Indies national cricket team">West Indies</a>. This is the first time that live coverage of an overseas tour has been shown in the UK. The coverage is broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Sky_One" title="Sky One">Sky One</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1991</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1992</b> <ul><li>22 February-25 March – Sky shows its first major <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> tournament when it broadcasts exclusive live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1992_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1992 Cricket World Cup">1992 Cricket World Cup</a>. This is the beginning of Sky's coverage of the event which continues to this day and is therefore Sky Sports' longest-held set of rights. The event receives no terrestrial coverage apart from the final, when the BBC shows highlights due to England reaching the final.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1993</b> <ul><li>1 August - The BBC makes a last minute decision to feature live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1993_Women%27s_Cricket_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final">Women's World Cup final</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_(TV_programme)" title="Grandstand (TV programme)">Grandstand</a></i>. The broadcast is watched by 2.5 million viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-cm_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cm-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1994</b> <ul><li>The BBC shows England's home one-day internationals live for the last time.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1995</b> <ul><li>Sky Sports take over the live rights for England's home one-day internationals, although highlights continue to be shown on the BBC.</li> <li>15 May – The BBC launches a monthly <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> magazine called <i><a href="/wiki/Gower%27s_Cricket_Monthly" title="Gower's Cricket Monthly">Gower's Cricket Monthly</a></i>.</li> <li>3 September - Cricket is shown live on a regional basis on ITV for the last time, when Yorkshire's match against the <a href="/wiki/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1995" title="West Indian cricket team in England in 1995">West Indies</a> at Scarborough is shown by Yorkshire Television.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1996</b> <ul><li>14 February-17 March – Once again, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> is the exclusive broadcaster of the <a href="/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup" title="Cricket World Cup">Cricket World Cup</a> with highlights shown on the BBC. The event was originally to be shown on a <a href="/wiki/Wire_TV" title="Wire TV">new cable sports channel</a> but when the venture collapsed, Sky picked up the rights.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June – Sky Sports broadcasts women's cricket for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1996</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1997</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1998</b> <ul><li>22 September – The final edition of <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Gower%27s_Cricket_Monthly" title="Gower's Cricket Monthly">Gower's Cricket Monthly</a></i> is broadcast; a month later it is announced that the BBC has lost the right to show English cricket to <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1999</b> <ul><li>20 June – The BBC broadcasts live cricket for the final time for more than 20 years when it shows live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Cricket_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Cricket World Cup Final">1999 Cricket World Cup Final</a>, bringing to an end half a century of continuous cricket coverage on the BBC. The BBC had shared live coverage of the event with <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a>.</li> <li>1 July – Channel 4 starts broadcasting cricket following the channel sensationally obtaining the rights from the BBC the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sky Sports broadcasts a home Test Match live for the first time as part of a joint deal with <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>. This arrangement continues until 2005.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2000 to 2004</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2005</b> <ul><li>September – Long-form UK-based live cricket is shown for the final time on free-to-air television ahead of the full transfer of live coverage of Sky Sports. This also marks the end of Channel 4's coverage of the sport until 2019.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2006</b> <ul><li>May – <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> becomes the exclusive broadcaster of all live cricket matches in the UK following the <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board" title="England and Wales Cricket Board">ECB</a> awarding Sky exclusive coverage of all of England's home tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a> becomes the new terrestrial home of highlights of England cricket's home matches.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The first edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Cricket_AM" title="Cricket AM">Cricket AM</a></i> is broadcast on Sky Sports and Sky One. Based on its successful <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>-related counterpart <i><a href="/wiki/Soccer_AM" title="Soccer AM">Soccer AM</a></i>, it broadcasts during the football off-season.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2007</b> <ul><li>13 March-28 April – The BBC broadcast highlights of the 2007 <a href="/wiki/ICC_Cricket_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="ICC Cricket World Cup">ICC Cricket World Cup</a>. This is the first time since 1999 that cricket has been shown on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Television" title="BBC Television">BBC Television</a>. Once again, Sky Sports holds the exclusive rights to live coverage. The BBC also shows highlights of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2011 Cricket World Cup">2011 event</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2008</b> <ul><li>18 May – <a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports" title="Setanta Sports">Setanta Sports</a> shows full live coverage of the first <a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2009</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010s">2010s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2010</b> <ul><li>February – ITV shows live cricket throughout the UK for the first time in the modern era when it begins showing coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ITV then decides to take out a four-year deal for the event. ITV further expands its coverage of cricket when it shows highlights of the 2010/11 Ashes series<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>22–31 July – ESPN shows the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Twenty20" title="Caribbean Twenty20">Caribbean Twenty20</a> tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-Caribbean_T20_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caribbean_T20-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2011</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2012</b> <ul><li>11–31 August – ESPN shows live coverage of the first <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Premier_League" title="Sri Lanka Premier League">Sri Lanka Premier League</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2013</b> <ul><li>30 June – Sky Sports launches its first temporary channel <i>Sky Sports Ashes</i> to provide full coverage of the <a href="/wiki/2013_Ashes_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Ashes Series">2013 Ashes Series</a>. Temporary channel renames of this nature is now common practice within Sky, both for sports and movies.<sup id="cite_ref-Sky_Sports_Ashes_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sky_Sports_Ashes-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Sky Sports Ashes</i> subsequently returns for the <a href="/wiki/2015_Ashes_series" title="2015 Ashes series">2015 Ashes series</a> and also for the <a href="/wiki/2019_Ashes_series" title="2019 Ashes series">2019 Ashes series</a></li> <li>August – <i><a href="/wiki/Cricket_AM" title="Cricket AM">Cricket AM</a></i> is broadcast for the final time.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2014</b> <ul><li>1 June – ITV's live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a> ends, having shown the event since 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2015</b> <ul><li>February – Sky Sports takes over as broadcaster of cricket's <a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a> after five years with ITV.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 February-29 March – ITV shows highlights of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2015 Cricket World Cup">2015 Cricket World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the first and so far only time that ITV has covered the event. Live coverage is shown on Sky Sports, and rebrands Sky Sports 2 as <b>Sky Sports World Cup</b> for the duration of the tournament.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2016</b> <ul><li>July – <a href="/wiki/UKTV" title="UKTV">UKTV</a> channel <a href="/wiki/Dave_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave (TV channel)">Dave</a> shows the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Premier_League" title="Caribbean Premier League">Caribbean Premier League</a>. It broadcasts five matches live, including the final, and shows the other games in full on a delayed basis.</li> <li>24 August – BT Sport takes over from <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> as broadcaster of <a href="/wiki/Australia_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia cricket team">Australia</a>'s home matches for five years. This means that BT will show <a href="/wiki/The_Ashes" title="The Ashes">The Ashes</a> series between <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia cricket team">Australia</a> in <a href="/wiki/2017-18_Ashes_series" class="mw-redirect" title="2017-18 Ashes series">2017–18</a> with the deal also including the <a href="/wiki/Big_Bash_League" title="Big Bash League">Big Bash League</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Women%27s_Ashes" title="The Women's Ashes">the Women's Ashes</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Big_Bash_League" title="Women's Big Bash League">Women's Big Bash League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2017</b> <ul><li>18 July – <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> is revamped with the numbered channels being replaced by sports-specific channels. One of the new channels is devoted to cricket and is called <i>Sky Sports Cricket</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-newsky17_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-newsky17-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 August-1 September – <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> broadcasts eight matches live from the <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Cricket_Super_League" title="2017 Women's Cricket Super League">2017 Women's Cricket Super League</a>. This marks Sky’s first major foray into women’s cricket.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sky expands its coverage the following year, showing 12 matches from the <a href="/wiki/2018_Women%27s_Cricket_Super_League" title="2018 Women's Cricket Super League">2018 event</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2018</b> <ul><li>March–May – BT Sport broadcasts the <a href="/wiki/2018_Indian_Premier_League" title="2018 Indian Premier League">2018 Indian Premier League</a>. It is a one-off as the following year the event transfers back to Sky Sports.</li> <li>8 August – Sky Sports takes over from BT Sport as broadcaster of cricket's <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Premier_League" title="Caribbean Premier League">Caribbean Premier League</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2019</b> <ul><li>31 May - 14 July – Sky Sports Cricket is rebranded as <b>Sky Sports Cricket World Cup</b> to show live and recorded coverage of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2019 Cricket World Cup">2019 Cricket World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>.</li> <li>14 July – Channel 4 shows live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Cricket World Cup Final">2019 Cricket World Cup Final</a>. This is the first time since 2005 that live cricket has been shown on one of the former analogue channels. Channel 4 had the rights to show highlights of the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> had the live rights to the tournament but had agreed to make the final available on free-to-air television if <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a> made the final.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15 September – After 14 seasons, <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a> shows cricket highlights for the final time.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2020s">2020s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2020</b> <ul><li>July – Regular coverage of <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> returns to the BBC when it succeeds Channel 5 as the broadcaster of highlights of English cricket.</li> <li>20 August – The BBC shows live cricket for the first time in more than 21 years.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 September - The BBC shows live coverage of a women's international match for the first time since the 1993 World Cup final.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2021</b> <ul><li>5 February – <ul><li>The first live coverage of a test match on terrestrial television for more than 15 years is broadcast on Channel 4 when the channel begins showing England’s test series against <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However Channel 4's coverage does not include the one-day and T20 international matches as these are shown on Sky Sports.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>BT Sport secures the rights to all international and domestic cricket played in the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> for the next two years. This includes England's tour to the West Indies in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sky Sports had been the previous holder of these rights.</li></ul></li> <li>2 March – <a href="/wiki/FreeSports" class="mw-redirect" title="FreeSports">FreeSports</a> shows test cricket for the first time when it starts showing all tests, ODIs and T20 fixtures involving Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This builds on the channel's cricket coverage which consisted of T10 and T20 events.</li> <li>21 July - 23 August – The inaugural <a href="/wiki/2021_season_of_The_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 season of The Hundred">2021 season of The Hundred</a> takes place. Games are shown live on Sky Sports, which rebrands Sky Sports Cricket to <b>Sky Sports The Hundred</b> for the duration of the tournament, and on the BBC.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2022</b> <ul><li>13 November – Channel 4 shows live coverage of the final of the <a href="/wiki/2022_ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup">2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup</a> in which England plays Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the tournament had been shown by Sky Sports.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2023</b> <ul><li>10 January – Sky Sports begins showing South Africa’s new T20 cricket league.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 March - 28 May – <a href="/wiki/DAZN" title="DAZN">DAZN</a> and Sky Sports share coverage of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Indian_Premier_League" title="2023 Indian Premier League">2023 Indian Premier League</a>.</li> <li>1 July – For the first time since 1963, a <a href="/wiki/The_Women%27s_Ashes" title="The Women's Ashes">Women's Ashes</a> game is broadcast live on <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Terrestrial television in the United Kingdom (disambiguation)">terrestrial television</a> when BBC Two shows a T20 international match between the two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 August - 16 September – <a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT Sports</a> shows the <a href="/wiki/Asia_Cup" title="Asia Cup">Asia Cup</a>. This is the first time that the event has been broadcast in the UK.</li> <li>5 October - 19 November – <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a> is the highlights broadcaster of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2023 Cricket World Cup">2023 Cricket World Cup</a>. Sky, once again, broadcasts the live coverage of the tournament<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the final also shown live on Channel 5.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2024</b> <ul><li>25 January – TNT Sports begins showing coverage of the <a href="/wiki/India_national_cricket_team" title="India national cricket team">India national cricket team</a>, starting with the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_India_in_2023%E2%80%9324" title="English cricket team in India in 2023–24">India v England test series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_BBC_Sport" title="Timeline of BBC Sport">Timeline of BBC Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Sport" title="Timeline of ITV Sport">Timeline of ITV Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sport_on_Channel_4" title="Timeline of sport on Channel 4">Timeline of sport on Channel 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sport_on_Channel_5" title="Timeline of sport on Channel 5">Timeline of sport on Channel 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Sky_Sports" title="Timeline of Sky Sports">Timeline of Sky Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_BT_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of BT Sport">Timeline of BT Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_other_British_sports_channels" title="Timeline of other British sports channels">Timeline of other British sports channels</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_cricket_on_UK_television&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="/wiki/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Warwickshire County Cricket Club">Warwickshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Yorkshire County Cricket Club">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's Regional Teams (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Sparks" title="Central Sparks">Central Sparks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Diamonds" title="Northern Diamonds">Northern Diamonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Thunder" title="North West Thunder">North West Thunder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Stars" title="South East Stars">South East Stars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Vipers" title="Southern Vipers">Southern Vipers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunrisers_(women%27s_cricket)" title="Sunrisers (women's cricket)">Sunrisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Blaze_(women%27s_cricket)" title="The Blaze (women's cricket)">The Blaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Storm" title="Western Storm">Western Storm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The Hundred Teams (8)<br />(Men and Women)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Phoenix" title="Birmingham Phoenix">Birmingham Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Spirit" title="London Spirit">London Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Originals" title="Manchester Originals">Manchester Originals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Superchargers" title="Northern Superchargers">Northern Superchargers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oval_Invincibles" title="Oval Invincibles">Oval Invincibles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Brave" title="Southern Brave">Southern Brave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Rockets" title="Trent Rockets">Trent Rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Fire" title="Welsh Fire">Welsh Fire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket" title="National Counties of English and Welsh cricket">Men's National Counties</a> (21)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Bedfordshire County Cricket Club">Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Berkshire County Cricket Club">Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club">Cambridgeshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Cheshire County Cricket Club">Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_County_Cricket_Club" title="Cornwall County Cricket Club">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumbria_County_Cricket_Club" title="Cumbria County Cricket Club">Cumbria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_County_Cricket_Club" title="Devon County Cricket Club">Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_County_Cricket_Club" title="Dorset County Cricket Club">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Herefordshire County Cricket Club">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Hertfordshire County Cricket Club">Hertfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdonshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club">Huntingdonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Lincolnshire County Cricket Club">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County_Cricket_Club" title="Norfolk County Cricket Club">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Cricket_Club" title="Northumberland County Cricket Club">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Oxfordshire County Cricket Club">Oxfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Shropshire County Cricket Club">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Staffordshire County Cricket Club">Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club" title="Suffolk County Cricket Club">Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_National_County_Cricket_Club" title="Wales National County Cricket Club">Wales National County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Wiltshire County Cricket Club">Wiltshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's Counties (34)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berkshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Berkshire Women cricket team">Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Buckinghamshire Women cricket team">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Cambridgeshire Women cricket team">Cambridgeshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Women_cricket_team" title="Cornwall Women cricket team">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumbria_Women_cricket_team" title="Cumbria Women cricket team">Cumbria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Derbyshire Women cricket team">Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_Women_cricket_team" title="Devon Women cricket team">Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Women_cricket_team" title="Dorset Women cricket team">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_Women_cricket_team" title="Essex Women cricket team">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Women_cricket_team" title="Gloucestershire Women cricket team">Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Hampshire Women cricket team">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Hertfordshire Women cricket team">Hertfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdonshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Huntingdonshire Women cricket team">Huntingdonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Women_cricket_team" title="Kent Women cricket team">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Women_cricket_team" title="Lancashire Women cricket team">Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_Women_cricket_team" title="Leicestershire Women cricket team">Leicestershire and Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Lincolnshire Women cricket team">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Women_cricket_team" title="Middlesex Women cricket team">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Women_cricket_team" title="Norfolk Women cricket team">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Northamptonshire Women cricket team">Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Warriors" title="North East Warriors">North East Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Nottinghamshire Women cricket team">Nottinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Oxfordshire Women cricket team">Oxfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Shropshire Women cricket team">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Women_cricket_team" title="Somerset Women cricket team">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Staffordshire Women cricket team">Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Women_cricket_team" title="Suffolk Women cricket team">Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrey_Women_cricket_team" title="Surrey Women cricket team">Surrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex_Women_cricket_team" title="Sussex Women cricket team">Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_women%27s_national_cricket_team" title="Wales women's national cricket team">Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwickshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Warwickshire Women cricket team">Warwickshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Wiltshire Women cricket team">Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_Women_cricket_team" title="Worcestershire Women cricket team">Worcestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Women_cricket_team" title="Yorkshire Women cricket team">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Men's First-Class Teams (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club" title="Marylebone Cricket Club">Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MCC Universities (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club" title="Cambridge University Cricket Club">Cambridge UCCE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_MCC_University" title="Cardiff MCC University">Cardiff UCCE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_MCC_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Durham MCC University">Durham UCCE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds/Bradford_MCC_University" title="Leeds/Bradford MCC University">Leeds/Bradford UCCE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_MCC_University" title="Loughborough MCC University">Loughborough UCCE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club" title="Oxford University Cricket Club">Oxford UCCE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Championship" title="County Championship">County Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One-Day_Cup_(England)" title="One-Day Cup (England)">One-Day Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_Day_Cup_(women%27s)" title="One Day Cup (women's)">women's</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T20_Blast" title="T20 Blast">T20 Blast</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T20_Blast_(women%27s)" title="T20 Blast (women's)">women's</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hundred_(cricket)" title="The Hundred (cricket)">The Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Twenty20_Cup" title="Women's Twenty20 Cup">Women's Twenty20 Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct Major Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ECB_40" title="ECB 40">ECB 40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro40" title="Pro40">National League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup" title="Benson & Hedges Cup">Benson & Hedges Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Edwards_Cup" title="Charlotte Edwards Cup">Charlotte Edwards Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friends_Provident_Trophy" title="Friends Provident Trophy">Friends Provident Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Willis_Trophy" title="Bob Willis Trophy">Bob Willis Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachael_Heyhoe_Flint_Trophy" title="Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy">Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_County_Championship" title="Women's County Championship">Women's County Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Cricket_Super_League" title="Women's Cricket Super League">Women's Cricket Super League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Counties_Cricket_Championship" title="National Counties Cricket Championship">National Counties Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCCA_Knockout_Trophy" title="NCCA Knockout Trophy">NCCA Knockout Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Counties_T20&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Counties T20 (page does not exist)">National Counties T20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_XI_Championship" title="Second XI Championship">Second XI 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