Summer of Cricket on Seven

15th November 2024

Summer of Cricket on Seven heats up

Border-Gavaskar Trophy headlines a huge Summer of Cricket on Seven and 7plus

Cricket’s #1 commentary team is primed and ready as the Seven Network’s Summer of Cricket heats up with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy arriving on home-soil next Friday, 22 November live and free on Seven and – for the first time – streaming live and free on 7plus Sport.

With an unbeatable lineup of new signings to the Seven cricket commentary team for the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Big Bash League, Australia v India Women’s One Day International Series and the Women’s Ashes Series, Seven has brought together the biggest and best names in world cricket, led by the most famous name in Indian cricket, Sunil Gavaskar.

Returning to cricket’s #1 commentary team for the Test Series named in his honour, Gavaskar will feature in all five Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Joining him throughout the Series will be a who’s who of Australian cricket greats, including cricket’s most astute caller Ricky Ponting, former Australian coach Justin Langer, and fellow Australian champion batsman Matthew Hayden.

Also returning to Seven’s unbeatable cricket line-up is former Australian ODI and T20I captain Aaron Finch, who will feature on the first two Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth and Adelaide and the 2024-25 Big Bash League (BBL) season.

Current Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc will join the commentary team for Seven's Women’s Ashes coverage for white ball matches, starting at North Sydney Oval on 12 January on Seven and 7plus Sport, while former English cricketer and current media star, Alexandra Hartley joins cricket’s #1 commentary team for the entire Ashes Series.    

Rounding out Seven’s new signings is Rachel Khawaja, who will join Seven’s Australia v India Test Series coverage, connecting viewers with the people closest to the Australian cricket teams’ players – their families.

A procession of former on-field stars will also return to Seven’s cricket team as expert commentators (alongside Ponting, Langer, Hayden, Gavaskar, Finch and Hartley) including Greg Blewett, Lisa Sthalekar, Trent Copeland, Callum Ferguson, Holly Ferling, Damien Fleming, Brad Hodge, Simon Katich, Katey Martin, Kirby Short and Elyse Villani.

Leading Seven sport presenters James Brayshaw and Mel McLaughlin will also return to Seven’s coverage, alongside resident callers Alister Nicholson, Tim Lane, Alison Mitchell, Andy Maher and Jason Richardson, with hosts Erin Holland and Emma Freedman joining them from boundary side.

It all starts on Friday, 22 November when India face Australia at Perth Stadium for the West Test from 12.30pm AEDT live and free on Channel 7 & 7plus Sport.

SEVEN’S SUMMER OF CRICKET

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 

Starts Friday, 22 November