24-08-2021, 10:48 PM
Well if you cast your mind back to late 2004 when it was announced that Channel 4's tenure as the main broadcaster for England's home cricket test matches would end the following year and from 2006 everything would be on Sky. Although the coverage was ground-breaking (and subsequently award-winning), C4 made significant losses on the coverage and ironically, the only year which they didn't make a loss was their swansong of the memorable 2005 Ashes series.