{"id":3080,"date":"2015-02-08T14:20:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T04:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2015-02-08T14:32:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T04:32:59","slug":"no-local-broadcaster-of-australia-v-india-world-cup-warm-up-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/?p=3080","title":{"rendered":"No Australian TV broadcaster for Australia v India World Cup warm-up match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the 2015 World Cup is only 6 days away, Australian fans have been dealt a blow with no Australian TV broadcaster covering the first World Cup warm-up match between co-hosts Australia and defending champions India.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>FOUR! What a start from Warner first ball! No TV coverage in Aus unfortunately so follow the match live here: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/x8iV1aWmQz\">http:\/\/t.co\/x8iV1aWmQz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CWC15?src=hash\">#CWC15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>? cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketAus\/status\/564265453497753600\">February 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The day-night fixture is being played in front of a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saca.com.au\/Article\/NewsDetail.aspx?p=338&amp;id=2369\">reported<\/a><\/span> sold out Adelaide Oval, but Australian fans will have to settle for live radio coverage only?on?<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radio\/stations\/grandstand\/live?play=true\">ABC Grandstand<\/a><\/span>?(which is fantastic by the way) and live scores on?<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricket.com.au\/news\/match-report\/australia-india-cricket-world-cup-warm-up-live-coverage-adelaide-oval\/2015-02-08\">cricket.com.au<\/a><\/span>. Neither the Nine Network nor Fox Sports (both official World Cup broadcasters) are broadcasting the match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nAustralia is taking on India in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CWC15?src=hash\">#CWC15<\/a> warm-up match at the Adelaide Oval. Listen live here: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jrYdbLq4zy\">http:\/\/t.co\/jrYdbLq4zy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cricket?src=hash\">#cricket<\/a> ? ABC Grandstand (@abcgrandstand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcgrandstand\/status\/564268097738010624\">February 8, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For those wondering if there are any TV broadcasters covering the match, there is in India, with the World Cup Cricket host broadcaster Star Sports, broadcasting the match?live on TV and online. However it appears that the online stream is not available in Australia (presumably the stream is geo-blocked).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>India are asked to field first by Australia in their warm-up game. Watch the Free stream here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/hNvmqFJDhC\">http:\/\/t.co\/hNvmqFJDhC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AUSvIND?src=hash\">#AUSvIND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CWC15?src=hash\">#CWC15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>? STAR Sports (@StarSportsIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarSportsIndia\/status\/564263188800491521\">February 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a great shame that there is no Australian TV coverage of this crucial warm-up match. Australian television coverage would have helped build anticipation to the opening matches next weekend, by ensuring cricket remained at the top of the sports news cycle. In recent weeks sports news in Australia has focussed on international sports events, such as the?Asian Cup and Australian Open tennis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup matches begin on February 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saca.com.au\/Article\/NewsDetail.aspx?p=338&amp;id=2369\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">India v Australia warm-up sold out<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the 2015 World Cup is only 6 days away, Australian fans have been dealt a blow with no Australian TV broadcaster covering the first World Cup warm-up match between co-hosts Australia and defending champions India. FOUR! What a start from Warner first ball! No TV coverage in Aus unfortunately so follow the match live&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/?p=3080\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No Australian TV broadcaster for Australia v India World Cup warm-up match<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[39,7,3],"tags":[662,1207,933,1206,1208,1297,1209,1106,481],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/EyeTVSnapshot1.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p25SQa-NG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3091,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions\/3091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}