No more international cricket live on free-to-air TV as ECB fails to agree deal

BBC offer too low but it keeps 15 live Hundred matchesNo interest from Channel 4 or ITV in four games a yearThe England men’s and women’s cricket teams are set to return fully behind the Sky Sports paywall next season after an extension to the BBC rights deal in which the ­corporation opted out of showing live internationals.The Guardian has learned that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been unable to secure a free-to-air television deal for some of its teams’