Fox Sports announces 24/7 channel covering ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup

Fox Sports has announced plans to introduce a dedicated 24/7 channel on Foxtel, covering the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup next month.

Every game of the tournament will be broadcast live and ad-break free during play across the bespoke Women’s World Cup channel, Fox Cricket, and other Fox Sports channels.

In addition to matches, the pop-up destination on Foxtel for cricket fans will also showcase replays, Fox Minis, highlights packages, and additional bespoke content captured throughout the tournament.

The tournament will consist of eight countries playing 31 games across 29 days in New Zealand, with on-site coverage led by Megan Barnard and Mel Jones.

On International Women’s Day – Tuesday, March 8 – the dedicated channel will broadcast Australia’s tournament clash against Pakistan live from 12.00pm AEDT, followed by a Fox Sports special of Australia’s unforgettable ICC Women’s T20 World Cup win at the MCG in 2020.

Fox Cricket general manager, Matt Weiss said: “No broadcaster in Australia delivers more coverage of Women’s sport than Foxtel Group and Fox Cricket has been a big part of that. We delivered every game of the WBBL season for the first time this summer, extended our Ashes coverage and now have a dedicated World Cup channel to give this event the coverage it deserves and fuelling the hunger for more cricket from our growing audiences.”

The introduction of the dedicated channel on Foxtel is a further win for cricket fans after Kayo recently announced it would make the tournament accessible for all Australians, with every match to be made available on Kayo Freebies, with no credit card details required to register and start streaming.