Seven announces Aussie first as our No.1 team fights off challengers

by Admin
September 17, 2024

It’s time for the nation’s most decorated team, the Australian women’s cricket team, to launch the greatest summer of cricket yet on the Seven Network this Thursday when they take on New Zealand in the first of three blockbuster T20 matches in Queensland.

With an all-star line-up captained by Alyssa Healy, who will lead the team out onto Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay on Thursday, the Aussies will be looking to solidify their placing as the undisputed No.1 team in the world ahead of a huge summer on home soil.

Over the next week on Seven, they will battle for world supremacy in a three-match T20 international series against New Zealand, all broadcast live and free on Seven and for the first time, 7plus.

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The live and free action begins at 6.50pm AEST Thursday on 7mate and 7plus, with the opening match of the T20I series, and kicks off the start of a sensational 2024-25 summer of cricket on Seven and 7plus:

• Sunday, October 27 to Sunday, December 1 – WBBL

• Friday November 22 – Tuesday, January 7 – Border-Gavaskar Trophy

• Thursday, December 5 – Wednesday, December 11 – Australia Women v India Women International Series

• Sunday, 15 December to Monday, January 27, 2025 – BBL

• Sunday, January 12 to Sunday, February 2, 2025 – Women’s Ashes Series

The Aussies will be looking to solidify their placing as the undisputed No.1 team in the world, Credit: Seven

Seven’s cricket coverage for the women’s international and WBBL summer will feature Lisa Sthalekar, Emma Freedman, Holly Ferling, Erin Holland, Elyse Villani, Brad Hodge, Jason Richardson, Andy Maher, Alister Nicholson, Kirby Short, Katey Martin and Trent Copeland live from the ground for every match in the series.

In a coup for Australian cricket fans, Seven has also announced that Australian fast bowler, Mitch Starc will be behind the microphone throughout the Women’s Ashes Series.

Director of Network Sport, Chris Jones, said: “What better way to kick off an incredible summer of cricket – the first to ever be streamed for free in Australia – than with our nation’s most successful sports team: the Australian women’s cricket team.

“For the first time, as we embark on the best summer of cricket yet, Australians can stream women’s and men’s international and domestic cricket, live and free on 7plus. The timing could not be better.

“On paper, this summer is the best we’ve ever seen since broadcasting the cricket live and free on Seven. With the heavyweight championship of the world – the five-series Test between Australia and India – paired with the WBBL and BBL with more clear air than ever before, and a Women’s Ashes Series, it’s going to be an incredible summer, and it all starts this week live and free on Seven and 7plus.”

Seven Network Head of Cricket, Joel Starcevic said: “This year’s women’s cricket line-up is one of the strongest ever seen on home soil, and we cannot wait to deliver all the action to Australians live and free on Seven and 7plus.”

“Once again, we’ve assembled a talent-stacked crop of cricket’s best voices to complement what looks to be an unbelievable summer of women’s international and domestic cricket, culminating in a home Ashes Series. It doesn’t get better than that!”

Cricket fans can tune into 7plus for extra bonus cricket content including The Grade Cricketer’s latest throwdowns with the Australian men’s and women’s cricket teams, every season of Seven’s cricket quiz show Stumped, along with interviews, bonus player access and features on demand.

Seven’s Australia v New Zealand Women’s T20I Series broadcast marks the beginning of a new era on Seven, where Australians can stream Seven’s cricket coverage live and free on 7plus, for the first time.