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ECB provides makeweight to ensure Sky coverage of England’s Bangladesh tour

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The England and Wales Cricket Board stepped in at the last minute with a makeweight to the fee offered by Sky Sports to ensure England’s current white-ball tour of Bangladesh was shown on Sky as well as on the ECB's own digital channels.

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