Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Culture, Media, and Sport Committee

Public interest in the recent Ashes test series served to heighten the anger about the removal of Test cricket from free-to-air television. This report looks at the contract between the ECB and Sky; the statutory framework behind the listing of sporting events; the reasons for excluding test cricket from the A list; and the gentleman's agreement, that had existed, that a substantial proportion of Test cricket would be maintained on free-to-air channels. Although the Committee supports the idea of free-to-air broadcasting they do not recommend re-listing in Group A. They recognise that the ECB is best qualified to judge the long-term interests of the game but that they must also balance the public interest.

Ashes to Ashes - the Death Knell for Live Test Match Cricket on Free-to-air Tv?; First Report of Session 2005-06; Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

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