Southern Cross Austereo’s Triple M and Cricket Australia have announced a new seven-year agreement that will see Triple M retain the cricket’s exclusive FM metro broadcast rights, digital audio, and metro DAB+ rights through to 2030/31.

Triple M and LiSTNR will broadcast all the Australian men’s internationals games played in Australia, including Tests, One Day Internationals and T20 internationals, and will also broadcast the three Australian women’s T20 international games against England for the first time.

All games will be broadcast on Triple M stations in the five metro cities, and will also be available on LiSTNR, with additional cricket content also available on LiSTNR podcasts.

The first match to be broadcast on will take place November 4, when the Australian men’s team takes on Pakistan in a One Day International at the MCG.

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SCA CEO, John Kelly, said: “We are absolutely delighted to extend and expand our partnership with Cricket Australia for the next seven seasons. This year, for the first time, Triple M adds women’s international cricket to its broadcast coverage as the Australian women’s team seeks to retain its number one world ranking.

“The summer of cricket is a well-established Aussie tradition and Triple M and LiSTNR will bring listeners the best cricket coverage, with the network’s trademark irreverent banter, to entertain, inform and inspire audiences over summer.”

Kate Ingber, Cricket Australia executive general manager, business and legal affairs, said: “We are delighted to extend and enhance our audio partnership with Southern Cross Austereo for a further seven years as we enter an exciting period for the game.

“Cricket is the sound of summer and we are fortunate to have partners who will provide such knowledgeable and passionate coverage.

“Thank you to everyone at Southern Cross Austereo for your tremendous support of cricket and for bringing cricket to millions of Australians.”

Triple M will announce its commentary team, “including cricket legends and the nation’s best cricket commentators”, before the season begins.