ICC Cricket Week: Television Coverage

ICC has assigned Trans World International to produce the television programming for Cricket Week. The package includes live coverage of the Asia v The Rest of the World match in Dhaka and a variety of programs to introduce cricket to new audiences around the world, as well as providing entertainment for those familiar with the game.

The package of programs includes:

THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET - provides an insight into the lore of the game features, its history, and brings together a collection of inspirational stories illustrating the power of cricket to change lives, as seen in Soweto and through the Sir Frank Worrell Blood Clinic in Calcutta.

CRICKET SPORTRAITS - profiles of some of the all-time cricketing greats including Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Viv Richards, Ian Botham, Martin Crowe, Graeme Pollock, Imran Khan and Sachin Tendulkar.

THE CRICKET QUIZ - teams representing the 12 nations that took part in the 1999 World Cup finals, in an entertaining test of cricketing knowledge. David Gower asks the questions, Dickie Bird officiates, and Malcolm Ashton, England's overseas scorer, keeps the scoreboard up-to-date.

CRICKET AROUND THE WORLD - a look at cricket as it is played in the five major regions of the cricketing world - Africa, The Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific and Europe.

CRICKET CLASSICS - recaptures some of the finest moments and matches of the twentieth century, with 6 programs featuring 12 classic matches, one on great catches and another on great partnerships.

STARS OF THE FUTURE - takes a look at some of today's finest young cricketers from all over the world, as they contest the 2000 Under 19 World Cup, held in Sri Lanka in January. Tomorrow's potential greats playing against new talent from emerging countries.

THE ALL-STARS XI - features a panel of legendary cricketing figures, under the chairmanship of former Test cricketer Ravi Shastri, specially convened to select a 'best ever' team consisting of the finest One-day cricketers the world has seen since 1975.

At the time of going to press, the following networks are scheduled to screen some or all of the Cricket Week programs: Asianet, Astro Malaysia, Bangladesh TV, Channel 4 UK, Doordarshan, ESPN, ESS, ETV, Fox Sports, M-Net, Nepal TV, Pakistan TV, Sky TV, Sony TV, Sri Lanka RC, TCS Singapore, Video Sound US, Zee TV.