Sanders welcomes step closer for terrestrial cricket

The long campaign to bring Test Cricket back to terrestrial television looks like coming to a successful conclusion as a review of TV sport is submitted to Ministers.

Since the 2005 Ashes win, test cricket has been shown on Sky Sports, restricting access to millions of fans.  Since then Adrian has been campaigning through his role on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee for cricket to return to the ‘crown jewel’ list of sports to be available on free-to-air TV.

Now the review conducted by former FA head David Davies is coming to a close, it seems more than likely that it will recommend cricket is put back on terrestrial and the proposals have the support of Government ministers.

Adrian commented: “While cricket might not appeal to everyone, the test matches are an important part of our sporting heritage and deserve to be accessible to everyone.”