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Sports broadcast shockers: The very best (or worst) of the bunch

14th January, 2015
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14th January, 2015
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Network Ten’s coverage of the Big Bash League has been lauded by most – if not by all – of those who have critiqued the network’s broadcast of the game’s shortest format.

Now deep into the second season of being televised free-to-air, Ten have introduced a couple of fun, flashy gizmos to help (or at least try to) explain the game to a wider audience.

In theory, they serve a purpose.

However in practice, things do not always go to plan.

In last night’s Sixers versus the Strikers clash, Damien Fleming introduced Brit David Lloyd to ‘Live Field’ – a graphic doing it’s very best to confuse even the hardiest of cricket lovers in Bumble.

I fret to consider what new viewers, perhaps those still trying to pick up the basics of the game, were thinking.Perhaps it is Fleming himself who woke up this morning thinking “Did that really happen?”

I will wave some judgement over Flem though, because it would appear that setting a digital field is by no means an easy task.

Cast your mind back to when the late great Tony Greig had an absolute shocker during the 2010/11 Ashes series.

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We’re still trying to work out what that guy was doing behind the other fellah, Rich.

Sometimes though, there is no technology to blame – yes, broadcasters make howlers much alike those often made by the sport’s participants themselves.

Gerard Healy of Fox Footy knows all about that.

He had a day to forget when getting his wires crossed, and if you didn’t know any better you could have been forgiven for thinking he was commissioning for the Suns to play out of Alexandria Bay beach.

Saying too much, or just simply saying the wrong thing happens to the very best of us. Just thank your lucky stars that not all of us have gone through this on live television, though.

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Have you spotted any tech shockers, or heard a naughty slip of the tongue? Share the very best in the comments below.

PS: The less said about Gus the Goose, the better.

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