Sky Sports, the UK pay-television broadcaster will air this weekend’s ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final between Australia and England for free.
The highly-anticipated game that will determine the World Cup winner, will be aired on the Sky Showcase and Pick channels, as well as through the Sky Sports YouTube channel. Sky will also be displaying the game on its Main Event and Cricket World Cup channels.
New Zealand is the host of the ongoing Women’s World Cup and the final frontier of the competition will be conducted in Christchurch. The match will start at 2 AM on Sunday in the UK while Sky’s coverage to begin at 1 AM.
The defending Women’s World Cup champions, England, who won the competition in 2017 will aim to clinch the prestigious title for the second time in a row.
Jonathan Licht, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said, “This is an exciting moment for the country where fans will hopefully get to see England lift the Cricket World Cup once again. We are pleased to be able to make another moment of national significant free for the whole nation to watch.”
Sunday will be an eventful day for women’s sports as apart from the exciting Women’s World Cup final, games from the sport of football, boxing, golf and netball will also be available.