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Highlights are on the BBC and Channel 5

As with many sports, the rights to cover most major cricket internationals have been snapped up by Sky Sports. 

So if you want to watch every ball, you'll need to subscribe either to Sky or to Virgin Media. Highlights appear on C5.

International matches at home are a different story. Because the Ashes with Australia is a Group A fixture and the ICC World Cup and Champions Trophy are Group B, these matches will be shown on the BBC.

Cricket: International matches
TV source The Ashes ICC World Cupb ICC Champions Trophy One day internationals
a
Overseas test matches
Sky logo
Sky
BBC highlights BBC highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
BBC highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
C5 highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
C5 highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
Sky logo
Freesat
BBC highlights BBC highlights BBC highlights C5 highlights C5 highlights
Virgin Media logo
Virgin Media
BBC highlights BBC highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
BBC highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
C5 highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
C5 highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
Freeview logo
Freeview
BBC highlights BBC highlights BBC highlights C5 highlights C5 highlights
TopUp TV logo
Top-up TV Anytime
BBC highlights BBC highlights BBC highlights C5 highlights C5 highlights
Tiscali logo (small)
Tiscali
BBC highlights BBC highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
BBC highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
C5 highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
C5 highlights
and live on
Sky Sports
BT Vision logo
BT Vision
BBC highlights BBC highlights BBC highlights C5 highlights C5 highlights

Table notes

  1. Live broadcasts from Sky Sports until 2010
  2. Full coverage Sky Sports. Free-to-air (Group B) - BBC showing highlights in 2007

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