The Australian first-class competition is the toughest cricket outside the Test
arena," according to West Indian great Sir Garfield Sobers.
Indian fans will have a great opportunity to see action from one of the domestic
cricket season in Australia, on ESPN STAR Sports, which will showcase their
key matches on 'STAR Cricket' channel.
The channel will show 27 domestic one-day matches and 5 domestic
Twenty20 matches in addition to the live telecast of the finals of the Pura
Cup, to be played by the likes of Glenn McGrath and Ricky Ponting.
"Australia has been a dominating force in the world of cricket over the
past decade and this is because they have been able to produce a stream of international
quality cricketers based on a professional and challenging domestic cricket
set-up," said former Indian captain Ravi Shastri.
"It will be good to see live action from the Australian domestic season
for the first time and I feel this will give Indian cricket lovers a better
insight into their vast range of talent through some high quality cricketing
action," he was quoted as saying by an ESPN STAR Sports release.
"This is also a good opportunity for aspiring young cricketers in the
country to watch and sharpen their skills from the high quality cricket on display,"
he added.
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