Cricket in Australia
Cricket has been played in Australia for over 210 years. The first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803 and a report in the Sydney Gazette on 8 January 1804 suggested that cricket was already well established in the infant colony. Intercolonial cricket in Australia started with a visit by cricketers from Victoria to Tasmania in February 1851. The match was played in Launceston on 11–12 February with Tasmania winning by 3 wickets.
Cricket in Australia
BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air Seven Network and Fox Sports. In 2013, Ten paid $100 million for BBL rights over five years, marking the channel's first foray into elite cricket coverage. Network Ten had previously covered the Big Bash League.