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Seven secures broadcast rights for Australia's tour of Sri Lanka
Australia's tour of Sri Lanka will be the first non-Ashes men's Test to be shown on free-to-air TV since 1998
The Seven Network has stepped in to secure the rights for Australia's Qantas tour of Sri Lanka just 12 days before the first Test begins.
Australian cricket fans risked being plunged into a television black hole for the two Tests and two ODIs after no network acquired the rights.
But Seven, which broadcasts home Tests, women's internationals and the Big Bash League, will take on the entire tour via their free-to-air stations and via the 7plus app.
“What this summer has shown us is that Australians absolutely love their cricket, and we can't wait to see even more action as Australia takes on Sri Lanka,” said Seven's head of cricket Joel Starcevic.
Every men's Test tour has been broadcast to Australia for the past thirty years.
The last Test not shown in Australia was during the 1994 tour of Pakistan.
But this will be the first non-Ashes men's overseas Test tour to be shown on free-to-air television in Australia since Mark Taylor's team played South Africa in 1997, when Seven also had the rights.
Foxtel has had a stranglehold on the rights to Australia's overseas matches since broadcasting tours of India and Pakistan in 1998.
The pay-TV network aired Australia's most recent Test series in Sri Lanka in 2022.
However, Foxtel has not regularly broadcast Test series from Sri Lanka, which does not involve Australia, and therefore does not have a long-term agreement with cricket's governing body in the subcontinent.
Foxtel recently agreed to a sale to British sports streaming platform DAZN, but that is yet to close in the first six months of 2025.
Amazon has acquired the rights to ICC events in the 2024-27 cycle, including this year's World Test Championship final, but the streaming giant's Australian arm is yet to dip its toe into bilateral series.
The first Test starts on January 29 in Galle and the second match starts on February 6.
Sri Lanka Cricket also announced earlier this week that a second ODI had been added to the tour schedule, both to be played in Colombo on February 12 and 14.
The two ODIs will form a crucial part of Australia's final preparations for next month's ICC Men's Champions Trophy, a tournament for which Sri Lanka have failed to qualify as they are outside the top eight men's 50-over teams.
Qantas tour of Sri Lanka
Australia Test Squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Travis Head (vc), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Nathan McSweeney, Todd Murphy, Mitchell Starc , Beau Webster
First test: January 29 – February 2, Galle (3:30 PM AEDT)
Second test: February 6-10, Galle (3:30pm AEDT)
First ODI: February 12, Colombo (3:30 PM AEDT)
Second ODI: February 14, Colombo (3:30 PM AEDT)
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