The broadcaster is close to renewing its four-year deal with Cricket Australia
BT Sport is reportedly set to be the UK broadcaster for the Ashes series this winter.
The broadcaster paid Cricket Australia £80 million for the rights to Australia’s home internationals and the Big Bash between 2016-21, and the Daily Mail claims that it is set to renew this agreement.
Before 2016, Sky Sports held the rights, and BT’s rival still has all home internationals, some away series, and shares the Hundred tournament with the BBC.
According to the unconfirmed report, while a deal is yet to be completed, figures at the ECB have been told to expect the tour to be shown on BT Sport.
However, this is still unconfirmed, and assumes that the tour will go ahead in the first place. There have been some doubts over the Australian government’s rule that disallows players’ families from joining them Down Under, with the England squad keen to have them there for Christmas and New Year.
England is currently playing World Test Championship runner up India at Lords, going into the final day with a chance of victory. The first match of the five-test series ended in a rain-affected draw.
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