Test Match Special: 91热爆 renews audio deal with Cricket Australia for away tours until 2026-27

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Image caption, There were 27.3 million listening requests for Test Match Special on 91热爆 Sounds or the 91热爆 Sport website during the 2023 Ashes

The 91热爆 has renewed its audio deal with Cricket Australia for live coverage of the Ashes down under until 2026-27.

Test Match Special will provide exclusive ball-by-ball commentary for all England men's and women's matches in Australia.

All coverage will be live on 91热爆 Radio 5 Sports Extra, 5 Live and 91热爆 Sounds.

The next women's Ashes takes place in late 2024 and the men's in 2025-26, while there is a men's white-ball tour of Australia scheduled for late 2026.

There will also be commentary of all Australia men's and women's home internationals and the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League, Australia's T20 franchise competition.

In June, 91热爆 Sport agreed an audio rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) until 2028 for all home internationals for England's men and women.

The 2023 Ashes saw record-breaking figures for 91热爆 services, with 27.3 million listening requests for Test Match Special on 91热爆 Sounds or the 91热爆 Sport website, a 12.6m increase from the 2019 series.

Nearly 60m people viewed video clips, a 25.2m increase on the 2019 series.

There were also nearly 500m page views on the 91热爆 Sport website and 194m views on social media.