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The Ashes 2017/18

BT bought the live rights and highlights rights from cricket Australia. Seen a lot of people hammering the ECB about this but they have zero say in the matter.

I believe if you have the BT sport app or go on their website you can see some highlights on there.

Good start by England here. If they can get rid of smith then you really feel you can roll the rest of the team over.
 
When will England learn? Losing 6 wickets for 50 runs is shocking.

Lets hope our bowlers can make a difference.
 
I thnk the England boys are doing ok, reasonable first innnings score, and then had the Aussies on the ropes at 76-4. Admittedly at stumps the Aussies had fought back and not lost any further wickets, but it leaves the game very nicely poised.

I think BT Sport are doing a fine job, and giving it back to Sky what Sky did to the rest of us a few years ago. Of course I would rather it be on free to air, but Sky launched this ship years ago so tough luck on them when they are beaten at their own game.
 
Pretty decent day - on a ground where the Aussies are near unbeatable England still have a good lead going into day 3 , one more wicket would have been perfect but hopefully got one early then into the tail. Still getting a draw is a great result
 
Bunkermagnet said:
I think BT Sport are doing a fine job, and giving it back to Sky what Sky did to the rest of us a few years ago. Of course I would rather it be on free to air, but Sky launched this ship years ago so tough luck on them when they are beaten at their own game.
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I can't disagree with that general point of view. But at least when it was on Sky, you could view highlights on terrestrial TV at the end of the day. (Channel 5) As things are now, as far as I can see, you literally cannot see any highlights anywhere else other than BT Sport.

Annoyingly I'm in a contract for my landline phone and Broadband through other companies, so I have no real options to get BT Sport unless I pay the (ridiculous) fees through Sky only. It wouldn't be worth it for me to pay those fees, since I wouldn't be getting up in the night to watch it. I'd just be happy with some daily highlights!

But on the cricket itself, reasonable day for England. Annoying that the convicts steadied their ship towards the end of the day though. Would be nice if we could have struck some late blows.
 
Before Sky no one showed away tests at all. its all very well nicking the Ashes, but what about.. the other away tests, are BT also going to be showing, Bangladesh, New Zealand or the WI for instance???
 
Thank cricket may be there next target. They are now the go to station for rugby so adding more cricket may be the next step. Maybe Sky has been too focused on football and has taken their eye off the ball with some other sports.
 
BT have bought all the rights to Australia home games. Each nation sells there own rights. This is how they have got the ashes and no other England games. During the summer BT was showing Australia v South Africa.

I am quite enjoying BT taking lots of sports away from sky. It makes you wonder what they may go for next.
 
jammag said:
BT have bought all the rights to Australia home games. Each nation sells there own rights. This is how they have got the ashes and no other England games. During the summer BT was showing Australia v South Africa.

I am quite enjoying BT taking lots of sports away from sky. It makes you wonder what they may go for next.
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Read somewhere they have next years Masters......
 
jammag said:
BT have bought all the rights to Australia home games. Each nation sells there own rights. This is how they have got the ashes and no other England games. During the summer BT was showing Australia v South Africa.

I am quite enjoying BT taking lots of sports away from sky. It makes you wonder what they may go for next.
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The only downside is the extra monthly cost for BT sports, I can’t see Skysports dropping their prices when they’re offering less live coverage of certain sports.
 
Blue in Munich said:
And all the good work rapidly being undone. Never mind 300, 30's looking a struggle at the moment :angry:
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Frustrating isn’t it? Seems like it’s same old England again. I’d dared to hope for the first two days that we’d get something from this test. My hopes are rapidly deteriorating.
 
Very frustrating day for England although credit to them for it wiltering and being 4-5 down over night. Really need a 250 lead to make us competitive on the final day. Hopefully someone puts there hand up tomorrow and bats all day.

Think it's starting to show how our team lacks pace and a proper spinner. Stokes or wood could've ben ideal on this wicket bowling 90mph. Ali doesn't look quite right to me and I noticed lots of tape on his spinning hand which can't help him. Maybe should've played crane or had another spinner with them in the squad.
 
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