Concurrently, the ECB announced that Channel 5 had gained the broadcast rights to highlights of all test, ODI and T20I cricket.
[6] This was subsequently extended by a further two years, until 2019, after which highlights and additional rights were transferred to the BBC.
Cricket on 5 initially took most of the personnel from Channel 4, keeping award-winning anchor Mark Nicholas along with analysts Simon Hughes and Geoffrey Boycott.
For the 2009 Ashes series, legendary Australian commentator, Richie Benaud joined the team.
[8] In June 2017 it was announced that BBC Sport had secured the rights to be the free-to-air partner of the ECB from 2020.