British pay-TV service Sky Sports has confirmed a renewal of its rights deal to show international cricket from Sri Lanka.
The deal, signed between Sky and Sri Lankan cricket international rights holder Taj TV, includes the England cricket team’s trips to Sri Lanka this November, and then in 2018.
The deal is the eighth rights announcement made by Sky Sports in the last three weeks and follows confirmation that the broadcaster has signed a three-year deal to show Indian Premier League (IPL) from next year.
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“Sky Sports is the home of televised cricket and the home of the England cricket team and this deal strengthens our schedule even further,” said Sky Sports managing director Barney Francis.
“We’ll offer two fascinating tours to Sri Lanka as part of an unprecedented offering of over 380 scheduled live days of England cricket over the next seven years.”
“We are delighted to have a strong relationship with Sky and it always makes for exciting viewing when England are in Asia,” added Taj TV’s Ten Sports chief executive Rajesh Sethi.
England’s tour of Sri Lanka this November comprises five One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 games. The 2018 tour is set to include three Test matches, five One Day Internationals and a Twenty20 game.
