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Retro-Cable'94 · 28-05-2011, 21:29

Channel 4 Cricket from '99 - '05 will always be my favourite time to watch live English test-match Cricket on the telly, just the fact alone it was available to more or less the whole country by being broadcast on free-to-air terrestrial television is what made it so special, by the end of the 90's the BBC's coverage of Cricket was getting tired, it didn't appeal to a younger audience as much as CH 4 & the visual quality was terrible, it was like watching an old black & white sports match with just a tiny bit of colour output, Channel 4/Sunset + Vine invented snick-o-meter, hawkeye, split-screen, red zone etc, as well as Simon Hughes as the Analyst giving us a real insight in to a days play.

28-05-2011, 21:29	#25
Retro-Cable'94 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 21	Re: Was the Cricket highlights on Channel 5 broadcast in true 720p/1080i HD? Channel 4 Cricket from '99 - '05 will always be my favourite time to watch live English test-match Cricket on the telly, just the fact alone it was available to more or less the whole country by being broadcast on free-to-air terrestrial television is what made it so special, by the end of the 90's the BBC's coverage of Cricket was getting tired, it didn't appeal to a younger audience as much as CH 4 & the visual quality was terrible, it was like watching an old black & white sports match with just a tiny bit of colour output, Channel 4/Sunset + Vine invented snick-o-meter, hawkeye, split-screen, red zone etc, as well as Simon Hughes as the Analyst giving us a real insight in to a days play.