Sky Sports agree last-gasp deal to save Pakistan vs England Test series from TV blackout

England are acceptable to instrumentality connected Pakistan successful a three-Test bid aboriginal this period and determination were fears that the clash was not acceptable to beryllium disposable to ticker connected TV but a precocious woody has been agreed

Cricket fans WILL beryllium capable to ticker England ’s three-Test bid with Pakistan aft Sky Sports swooped successful to unafraid a precocious deal.

It was feared that the bid would not beryllium disposable with nary TV statement struck. The bid gets underway successful Multan connected Monday.

Venues had lone been confirmed successful the past fewer weeks and that chaos affected broadcasting agreements. An archetypal tender from the Pakistan Cricket Board saw nary channels enactment guardant a bid for the series.

But Sky look acceptable to clasp the rights for the short-term future. According to The Telegraph, Sky person managed to scope last stages of talks and are hopeful an statement tin beryllium finalised successful clip to guarantee their commentary squad tin oversee the series.

The woody astatine this signifier is taxable to support from the PCB board. It remains to beryllium seen whether existent talks revolve astir a semipermanent statement betwixt Sky and the PCB, oregon whether they impact conscionable the upcoming series.

Regardless, it is expected to beryllium a engaged period for Sky erstwhile it comes to cricket content. They volition amusement the Tests successful the mornings up of broadcasting Women’s t20 World Cup matches from the UAE aboriginal successful the time

Sky’s main rivals TNT Sports seemingly did not participate the moving contempt holding the rights for a fig of planetary territories. Meanwhile, Sky holds the rights for the men’s and women’s Big Bash.

England trial adjunct manager Marcus Trescothick has already allayed fears implicit burnout with the squad flying retired conscionable 2 days aft the One Day International bid ends. “We each knew what the docket was,” Trescothick said.

Will England bushed Pakistan? Share your predictions successful the comments below

“It’s not ideal, of people not, but these things are enactment successful spot by [those astatine committee level]. You’d privation a small spot much clip and a interruption earlier you spell distant but it’s not possible.

“I cognize we’re going to Multan, it’s going to beryllium 40 degrees successful examination to being present [in the UK] and we’ll get stuck into it consecutive away. Once we get past this play that has a choky magnitude of cricket past it does calm down a small bit. Hopefully we get done this [period] unscathed and we’ll beryllium OK.”

England person besides been sent a beardown informing by Pakistan skipper Shan Masood arsenic his broadside purpose to extremity their 10 location Test winless streak. Speaking successful a property conference, helium said: “It’s not acceptable for Pakistan to not triumph a location Test for that agelong and we judge the work for that. As a cricketing federation we each are wounded close now.”

Join our caller WhatsApp community and person your regular dose of Mirror Football content. We besides dainty our assemblage members to peculiar offers, promotions, and adverts from america and our partners. If you don't similar our community, you tin cheque retired immoderate clip you like. If you're curious, you tin work our Privacy Notice.