England’s limited-overs tour of Bangladesh in 2023 will be shown live on Sky Sports from Wednesday, with three ODIs and three T20Is scheduled.
Sky Sports has agreed a deal to show England’s six-match white-ball tour of Bangladesh, starting tomorrow morning.
The deal features three ODIs and three T20s Sky Sportsand as part of the deal, the tour will also be shown for free on ECB platforms.
The deal further confirms Sky’s position as the home of cricket in the UK and Ireland. 2023 is a huge year for cricket Sky Sports.
After the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, 2023 onwards Sky Sports will see the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, five men’s Ashes Tests and the multi-format women’s Ashes, including a five-day Test match, England men hosting South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand, England women vs Sri Lanka, The Hundred, The Vitality Blast and many more.
The tour of Bangladesh is England’s first in the country since 2016 and begins with the opening ODI on Wednesday, March 1 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 5.30 am (game starts at 6am).
The second ODI takes place on Friday, March 3, also at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, with the match again live Sky Sports Cricket at 6 a.m.
The third and final Bangladesh vs England ODI will be played on Monday, March 6, at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, live on Sky Sports Cricket at 6 a.m.
The ODI series is part of England’s preparations for the next Cricket World Cup in India, which starts in October.
England’s inaugural T20 International in Bangladesh will take place on Thursday, March 9, at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, live on Sky Sports Cricket at 9 a.m.
The second T20 is on Sunday, March 12, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, again live on Sky Sports Cricket at 9 a.m.
While the third and final Bangladesh vs England T20 will be played on Tuesday, March 14, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, live on Sky Sports Cricket at 9 a.m.
ODI team: Jos Buttler, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
T20 squad: Jos Buttler, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
England tour schedule to Bangladesh:
1st ODI: Wednesday March 1 – Dhaka (live on Sky Sports Cricket and Main Event from 5.30am, play starts at 6am GMT).
2nd ODI: Friday March 3 – Dhaka (live on Sky Sports from 5.30am, kick-off 6am).
3rd ODI: Monday March 6 – Chattogram (live on Sky Sports from 5.30am, kick-off 6am).
1st T20I: Thursday March 9 – Chattogram (live on Sky Sports from 8.30am, kick-off 9am).
2nd T20I: Sunday March 12 – Dhaka (live on Sky Sports from 8.30am, kick-off 9am).
3rd T20I: Tuesday March 14 – Dhaka (live on Sky Sports from 8.30am, kick-off 9am).