I wholeheartedly agree with Nick on this one, even though I have Sky Sports and therefore can see the games. Channel 4 revolutionised cricket coverage in this country, and on a budget far less than that of the Murdoch empire. In Mark Nicholas they had a very slick presenter, and with Benaud's wisdom complementing an array of young commentators, the coverage was light years better than the staid old BBC broadcasts - when you factor in innovations such as the snickometer, the LBW tramlines, the fantastic "vanishing" front pad and so on, it made for excellent coverage.

Having said all that, SKY do provide brilliant coverage - if you don't mind ad breaks every 5 minutes! Looking forward to the South Africa series kicking off this Friday - if you don't have Sky, you can listen on Talksport!

Getting back to the Sky coverage, I'm sure there are loads of TSJers who fondly remember the spoof Richie Benaud tapes of Channel 9, with the Bill Lawrie-Tony Greig niggling aggro act, the funny names (SomeJerk RammedMaCar, Wasi Acrim, etc). The Sky coverage of the Aussie test matches feeds from Channel 9 - and they're all there! Bill and Tony, Ian Chappell, Richie ... Merv, Merv, Merv!

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