Cricket Australia shakes up the Summer

Not until 2020.

Night tests are easier to hide ball tampering. I am a bit of a traditionalist and and believe the tests should be played during the day. Nearly all ODI and T20 are day night night and to me that's enough.

Tennis is going to Ch 9.

really? I'd whack aus v sri lanka on 7mate and put the tennis finals on 7. I know which one more casuals will be wanting to watch

I think that was the pitch, that game was dreadful. Nothing for the bowlers so they had to bowl to contain and the pitch was that slow the batsmen couldn't play their shots with confidence. Made for a turgid boring test. Smith reckoned he could have batted for a week in his last dig.

I thought India was very competitive when they were here in South Africa. But thought a triangular series between us (south Africa) and India and Australia Would've made better viewing building up to next year and launch the new television deal. You know getting the big boys out with a measuring stick...

India had moments during that series but lost the first test despite bowling South Africa out for 130 in their 2nd innings. They were 135 runs short in the second test despite an Indian-friendly pitch and the brilliance of Kohli. India did win the third test with plenty of help from a South African collapse of epic proportions, although the series was dead and buried by that stage. If India's bowling attack is as good as you claim, how can you justify the pitches provided for the test series against Australia last year. The first test pitch on day one was effectively like a day 8 pitch, because the grass had been scraped off it prior to the start of the test. it was so poor that O'Keefe, who barely turns the ball, was virtually unplayable. Nobody expects fast and bouncy pitches in India, but I am sure that India does have grass growing there. I actually rate the Indian quicks and think they can be effective on most surfaces. It is a shame the BCCI obviously doesn't agree with me. I look forward to see the Indian quicks on the English seamers later this year.

Fair enough. Others have made it a flat out assertion, it's probably both boards favoured option.

India just recently played 3 tests on juicy SA pitches. Competitive through out. Those days are long gone - India can give it back as good as it gets with the bowling attack right now

Cretin said, "First SEVEN internationals behind the pay tv firewall. Cricket is going down the Super Rugby, NBL basketball route of dollars before eyeballs." 100% correct mate. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Crowds, TV Ratings surge when T20 cricket was taken from Fox and shown on Ch 10?

Agree, this is a bad move. Fox may get a few more subscriptions with this, but I won't be one of them. Overall, total viewers of international limited over cricket will decline. How can this be good for the game?

He is kind of right though. Last summer we played the Ashes and how many people even bothered to show up on days 3, 4 and 5. I guess our team playing on the worst pitch ever provided in Australia had something to do with it, but still the attendance over that test was poor.

That what makes it so frustrating like India are so dominate for the fact they have different home conditions that accomdate them perfectly and contrast with so many away teams. Whenever they travel against decent opponents they get dominated. Never heard Australia complaining about the Indian conditions. India are under a false illusion SA deserves No.1 spot.1

I thought that very strange too that the T20 is first

Hence I said 'if.' I really hope they don't.

CA can't bite the hand that feeds it? India run world cricket and can do whatever they like. They know that even Australia and England rely heavily on the revenue from Indian tours, so India can make threats like we won't come if we play in Brisbane knowing that they'll eventually get there way..

I think there is a mistake. I doubt 1st test starts 9-Dec & 2nd test begins later in the week on 14-Dec.

Slightly pedantic point, but for the womens internationals, I suspect that should read Fox Sports rather than Fox Footy. I'd be surprised if they're on 504, especaiiy the game on AFL Grand Final day. An interesting piece of scheduling is that the Gabba Test is a day-night Test, on the same weekend as the Australian Open womens and mens finals. With Ch 7 having the rights to both the cricket and the tennis in the upcoming summer, it's going to be quite a juggling act. I suspect it'll be the tennis that gets shafted to 7Mate with the cricket staying on the main channel.

Yea well you get what I mean.

First SEVEN internationals behind the pay tv firewall. Cricket is going down the Super Rugby, NBL basketball route of dollars before eyeballs. This will end with James Sutherland and his bum chums getting out with a shed load of money, but the sport of cricket irrevocably damaged. Well done greedy a$$holes!