DIRECTV Free "Cricket Ticket" Preview

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Man,I am excited. On Apr. 17 at 10:30am I get to watch the Kolkata Knight Riders versus the Rajasthan Royals. On Apr. 18,it's the Delhi Daredevils versus the Deccan Chargers. I thought there were more "free preview" cricket matches,but I guess 2 is enough(especially when the matches seem to last 4 &1/2 hours each).

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Don't ask me if I even know who these teams are,I am just as confused as you are.

 

[jcrandall]

IIRC you need a worlddirect dish for Cricket on the 95 satellite? The preview is of a $299 package FYI.

I don't know how long cricket takes, the guide usually adds time, hockey/baseball/basketball packages allow 6 hours for the game.

 

[tfultz]

That's actually a pretty nice preview window because the Cricket ticket is $$$$ . I'm not a big cricket watcher but the IPL is rapidly growing and the world wide rights are way up there ($1 billion over 10 years) much to the dismay of the Brits

In case anyone is interested.

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[Bodo Fenrirsson]

IIRC you need a worlddirect dish for Cricket on the 95 satellite? The preview is of a $299 package FYI.

I don't know how long cricket takes, the guide usually adds time, hockey/baseball/basketball packages allow 6 hours for the game.

I wondered about that,Cricket Ticket being on 95 satellite. They are showing the preview on 101 channel. I personally cannot imagine paying the same amount of money as NFL Sunday Ticket for a sport I don't understand & a test match could last 3 days. I watched a match on TV in Berlin with a British nurse trying to explain the rules to me. I still don't understand,but I'll try to watch some of it anyway.

 

[Araxen]

Cricket is actually pretty easy to understand. Just need to read up on it via wikipedia and there are some youtube video's that will explain the game too. I found the hardest part to learn is the terminology used and there is a wikipedia article for that too. T20 Cricket is very fun to watch while Test Cricket makes for a very long day.

It's too bad CricketTicket is located on the 95 Sat.

 

[Tony1097]

This says there will be four (not two) IPL games available on the 101, including the 3rd place game and the final. The dates are April 17,18,24 & 25. DIRECTV: See the Indian Premier League FREE on The 101 Network

 

[Araxen]

No way I'd plunk down $300 for this. The commercials are out of control during these games.