Live coverage of cricket
PA’ •' Wellington . ’ Television .; New Zealand will show live coverage of some of the Benson and Hedges one-day ’ cricket series finals which will begin next week.- \ New Zealand’s win over India at Brisbane on Sunday clinched its place in the finals against Australia. TVNZ’s /head of sport, Mr Keith McEwen, said yesterday that arrangements hacl been made with Australia’s Channel 9network — Which holds the rights . —. for access tot-live cover of the five-final games. It had rejected taking live
cover earlier in the series, or of the three tests against Australia, because of what it J said were high fees charged : by Channel 9. - - • ' Mr McEwen would . not say how much , the one-day finals cover, would cost.': J Neither would he say how much of the finals would be . j.shown, although the contract allows for access to all the p1ay...., ■ . • ~-.T ; -/The first match is at Sydney on Thursday, January 29 (day-night), followed by Mel- ~ bourne on January 31 and .. February 1 (both day match- .. es), and Sydney on February 3 and 4 (day-night).
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