Comments on: Ashes to Ashes

Question: Ashes to Ashes

popcassady — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:43:16 -0800

Cricket. Ashes. Where?

So, the other night I had my iBook tuned to 5live, eagerly awaiting the first test, only to find that there's no Ashes coverage via the BBC's site. I can't find my LW radio, I haven't got a DAB receiver and, anyways, I'd rather see what was going on. No, I'm not giving my money to Sky.

Does anyone know of any live online Ashes coverage?

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:12:59 -0800

up for paying? http://www.cricketon.tv/

I'm not, so I hope we can find another source.

By: essexjan

essexjan — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:17:26 -0800

CricketWorld

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:20:18 -0800

http://www.cricketworld.com/radio/

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:20:56 -0800

uh.. as essexjam says...

By: matthewr

matthewr — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:24:30 -0800

Can you listen online to Radio 4 Long-wave (i.e. Test Match Special)?

By: afx237vi

afx237vi — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:26:21 -0800

Are you sure you can't listen to Five Live's online coverage? The BBC themselves say:

For the first time, UK users will be able to hear commentary on Ashes Tests in Australia online at bbc.co.uk/cricket.

Are you outside the UK at the moment?

By: essexjan

essexjan — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:29:02 -0800

And the ABC service is here.

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:34:55 -0800

BBC Five Live is useless for expats. They lock down all the coverage online. EPL, ChampsLeague etc..

By: popcassady

popcassady — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:26:48 -0800

I am in the UK. But here's the funny thing, I can usually get Champion's League, FA Cup etc... but no Ashes. Same goes for a friend of mine.

ABC brilliant! Hang on, this sounds like ours?

By: popcassady

popcassady — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:27:41 -0800

Not sure what I did to deserve the italics.

By: symphonik

symphonik — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:34:27 -0800

I honestly came in here thinking this was going to be a question from a loving bug owner wondering where he should bury his cricket's ashes.

I am glad that was not the case.

By: barnacles

barnacles — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:35:21 -0800

If all else fails, try Willow TV. It costs $20 a match, but you can watch it live with streaming video if you have the bandwidth. Enjoy!

By: tomw

tomw — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:00:51 -0800

I'm assuming this is from outside the UK. I listened to it last night online until I fell asleep. We were not good.

By: popcassady

popcassady — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:23:33 -0800

Rather annoyingly, I'm in Somerset. Must be something to do with my IP address -- same goes for a friend of mine, we're both with different ISPs though.

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:33:17 -0800

cricketstreamz.com.

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:34:23 -0800

Sorry, posted hastily. You hafta pay for video at crickestreamz.