Wasim Akram, Ramiz Raja in stellar line up of commentators

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By Web Desk
May 17, 2019

LONDON: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a stellar line up of commentators that also include Pakistan’s Wasim Akram and Ramiz Raja.

According to the ICC statement, former Australian captain Michael Clarke will be making his ICC TV commentary debut alongside some of the game’s most respected broadcasters including Nasser Hussain (England), Ian Bishop (West Indies), Sourav Ganguly (India), Melanie Jones (Australia), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Michael Atherton (England), Alison Mitchell (English sports broadcaster), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Graeme Smith (South Africa) and Wasim Akram (Pakistan).

Other big names who will commentate through the tournament include Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Michael Slater (Australia), Mark Nicholas (England), Michael Holding (West Indies), Isa Guha (Broadcaster and former cricketer), Pommie Mbangwa (Zimbabwe), Sanjay Manjrekar (India), Harsha Bhogle (India), Simon Doull (New Zealand), Ian Smith (New Zealand), Ramiz Raja (Pakistan), Athar Ali Khan (Bangladesh) and Ian Ward (England).

Pakistani legend Wasim Akram said: “The upcoming Cricket World Cup has the same format as in 1992. It is the best format as teams get more chances and I reckon all teams will have an equal chance to qualify for the semi-finals”.

“A World Cup comes every four years so players wait for it and do their best to give a memorable performance. I hope we are going to see some stiff competition with the edge of the seat thrillers, high skills and unmatched moments with the best players of the world on show.”

Coverage plan:

ICC TV will produce live coverage of all 48 matches being played over 46 days, as well as full live coverage of all ten warm-up matches for the first time.

Viewers will be treated to state-of-the-art coverage which will include a minimum of 32 cameras at every game, including eight ultra-motion Hawk-Eye cameras, front and reverse view stump cameras and Spidercam.

For the first time at a Cricket World Cup, the broadcast will produce 360° replays, provided by Piero which allows multiple camera feeds to be stitched together to create stunning video that helps provide in-depth analysis of big moments in the game.

The coverage will also be complemented with a variety of analytical and visual enhancements including the use of Player Tracking. Broadcast tools such as Hawk-Eye will be supplemented by an in-depth cricket data analytics system to be provided by analytics app CricViz.

The drone camera provided by Batcam will also provide stunning visuals of all venues across England and Wales. There will be a roving Buggy Cam as well, for a ground level view of proceedings.

ICC TV is supported by production services partner Sunset+Vine and equipment services partner NEP Broadcast Solutions. Whilst sports graphics specialists Alston Elliott have developed a contemporary-styled graphics package to visualize the ever-crucial scores and statistics throughout the coverage.

Aarti Dabas, Head of Media Rights, Broadcast and Digital said: “I am excited to welcome such a talented team of broadcasters to ICC TV, they will bring to life the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup for more than a billion fans around the world.

“Our focus for this event has been on bringing fans closer to cricket than ever before and our comprehensive host broadcast plan delivers this. Fans can enjoy unique insights from our commentators supplemented by unprecedented analytics focus making this the most engaging World Cup broadcast production to date.”

ICC TV has also made arrangements to produce a host of additional content off the field of play, to be distributed to its broadcast partners and other media rights partners via the ICC TV Content Delivery Service. This content will include daily player profiles, team features, match previews, venue features and other behind the scenes content, getting fans up close and personal with all the action around the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

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