
S5E1: A Brief History of Cricket Commentary
Historychatter Podcast
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The History of Cricket in Australia
Radio had just arrived in Australia. The first broadcast as I said occurred just a year earlier. During the ashes Sydney radio station 2BL began to offer live updates from the grounds at 15 minute intervals. So essentially commentators offered summaries of what had occurred since the last update. One year later in December 1925 cricket broadcasting was truly born. Now the ABC boasted of 8 city and 4 regional radio stations. Started just in time to provide live coverage of the infamous body line series. Or the most controversial series in the ashes history.
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