Cricket

The Caribbean Premier League is to take on full responsibility for the commercialisation of a new Twenty20 cricket tournament, planned for Guyana towards the end of this year

With England's tour of Pakistan starting in just six days, pay-television broadcaster Sky is expected to secure media rights in the UK for the three-Test series, SportBusiness understands

Sportfive has unveiled its first foray into cricket since the arrival of Seamus O’Brien to head up its Asia-Pacific business with the establishment of a ‘Masters’ T20 league featuring Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

The ECB has been roundly criticised for its media rights growth projections for The Hundred, contained in an ‘information memorandum’ recently sent to potential investors.

Disney Star is seeking $940m (€845m) in damages within its arbitration proceedings filed against Zee Entertainment over the sublicensing deal for International Cricket Council (ICC) rights, a regulatory f…

The Pakistan Cricket Board has ended its drawn-out process for a long-term domestic broadcast deal by selling its rights for around half of its reserve price.

Disney Star is attempting to reduce its $3bn (€2.7bn) rights fee obligations to the ICC, which itself is likely to see current BCCI secretary Jay Shah take over as chair, SportBusiness understands.

Media groups ARY and Tower Sports have together secured Pakistan Cricket Board domestic rights until the end of 2026, ending the PCB's search for a long-term broadcast agreement

The embattled IMG Arena has doubled down on cricket, striking an exclusive betting rights deal with Cricket South Africa in a rare piece of announced new business since the merger with the Endeavor-owned OpenBet.

The values of Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa media rights have grown in Pakistan through deals with Ten Sports and ARY, respectively, as the market continues its trend of slight growth, fuelled by pay-TV broadcast competition as well as the entrance of multiple digital players.

The International Cricket Council has drawn encouraging audience figures on its free direct-to-consumer OTT platform ICC.tv for the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, which concludes tomorrow (Saturday).

Spring Media has retained a solid flow of business for its broadcast production operations in a new deal with European Cricket League (ECL AG) that continues to include global rights distribution

The Pakistan Cricket Board has launched an invitation to tender for its international media rights, having struggled to strike long-term agreements in key territories since its previous deals expired at the end of 2023.

Stats Perform has regained exclusive betting data and streaming rights to ICC events in a four-year deal, having been replaced by rival Sportradar from 2021 to 2023.

Sports streaming service FuboTV has agreed a deal with Willow by Cricbuzz to offer streaming and on-demand cricket on its service ahead of next month's ICC men's T20 World Cup

Cricket Australia has filled a key void in its executive team, with the appointment of Ed Sanders as its chief commercial officer.