The inuagural final of the competition is taking place over the next five days.

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Sunset+Vine is working with ICCTV to provide host broadcast services for the World Test Championship Final.

The match, between India and New Zealand, is being hosted in a bio-secure bubble at Southampton from 18 June, and a team of over 100 people will be required to stay in the bubble for production. It is a five-day test with a reserve day for time lost to the weather - despite early plans for it to be a ’timeless’ test that doesn’t end before a result is found. If it is a draw, both teams will win the trophy. In the UK, it will be aired by Sky Sports. 

Along with ICCTV, Sunset+Vine will deliver a world feed service available to rights holders worldwide, and an England language world feed programme created by the pair’s editorial teams.

In addition to the live match, this includes a 30-minute pre-game show, lunch and tea programmes, and a post-game round-up. Sunset+Vine will also provide a 60-minute official film after the match is completed.

34 cameras, including a drone, buggycam, and spidercam will be used in the production, as well as analysis through Hawk-Eye, CricViz, and Player Tracking.

Sunset+Vine head of cricket, Huw Bevan, said: “This is a hugely-exciting tournament and our team at Sunset+Vine along with our colleagues at ICCTV have been planning the production for many months. We will bring the same hallmark qualities of editorial flair and authenticity to the production that we apply to all of our sports productions as we tell the story of the world’s best cricketing nations coming together to fight for the title.”

Jeff Foulser, Sunset+Vine chairman, added: “We innovated with the coverage of the sport on Channel 4 in the UK when we helped to introduce Hawk-Eye, and we have developed our coverage to the point where many of the world’s broadcasters now take our ready-to-air coverage and put it straight to air which is exciting at moments like the Super Over of 2019 when England won a thrilling World Cup.”

This coverage comes as part of Sunset+Vine’s role as the ICC’s production services partner. The four-year deal also covers events such as the Men’s and Women’s Cricket World Cups, T20 World Cups and Under 19s World Cups.