Australian broadcasters broker late deal for World Twenty20

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Nine have sealed late rights deals for the upcoming World Twenty20 cricket tournament in India.

Fox Sports will broadcast all 35 matches from the competition, which starts tomorrow (Tuesday) and will run until April 3.

Nine will show live coverage of all matches featuring the Australia national team as well as the final.

Fox Sports will also broadcast at least 10 matches from the women's edition of the tournament.

There had been fears that the men’s tournament would not be available on Australian television following an impasse in negotiations with pay-television broadcaster Star India, which wanted to sell the rights as part of a package comprising other events rather than as a standalone property.