Broadcast snub could be sign of the times

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LONDON - SEPTEMBER 12: A Channel 4 cameraman follows proceedings in their last test match before coverage switches to Sky during day five of the fifth npower Ashes Test match between England and Australia at the Brit Oval on September 12, 2005 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

THERE was a time when you did not expect to see every cricket match your country played away from home, writes RICHARD EDWARDS.
But given the huge options available to viewers in the modern era, it appeared those days had been well and truly consigned to history.
So you can imagine the collective head scratching in Australia as diehard cricket lovers Down Under reached for the remote and attempted to watch the country’s first T20 international against Bangladesh last week.
The search would have been in vain as, for the first time since the Aussies toured Pakistan in 1994, there was no broad...

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