Bushfire Cricket Bash 2020: When And Where To Watch, Live Streaming, Telecast Details, Teams & Everything You Need To Know

Bushfire Cricket Bash 202o: When And Where To Watch, Live Streaming, Telecast Details, Teams & Everything You Need To Know; Well, it’s time for all the cricketing fans across the world to watch out their idols and heroes once again on the field with their cricketing gears. In a bid to raise funds for the Bushfire victims in Australia, the legends of the game took their time to play the charity match.

The Bushfire Bash has grabbed all the attention as cricket fans around the globe are keen to see their favourite players – now legends – paid once more. The match is to raise funds for communities affected by the devastating bushfires in Australia.

Several former cricket superstars from all over the world have pledged their support to the noble cause and the likes of Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Brian Lara, Yuvraj Singh, Wasim Akram are going to play in the 10-over per side charity game.

Ponting and Gilchrist will be leading the two teams.

Meanwhile, all the funds raised from these games will go to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.

Previously, the Bushfire relief game was scheduled to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), but due to heavy rain forecast they match was shifted to Melbourne.

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Bushfire Cricket Match 2020 – Details

10-over Game: 9th February 2020 (Saturday)

Venue: Junction Oval, Melbourne

Time: 09:45 AM (IST), 03:15 PM (Australia), & 04:15 AM (GMT)

Playing Conditions:

No batsmen can be dismissed on the first ball they play.

No fixed quota of overs for the bowlers.

The powerplay phase will constitute of five overs per innings.

Captains will have the option of substituting the players whenever they desire.

Networks covering the Bushfire Bash are:

India – Sony Pictures Sports Network will telecast the Bushfire game in India and other subcontinent nations on its channel Sony Six and Sony Ten, alongside OTT platform SonyLIV.

Australia: Foxtel, Channel 7, Kayo Sports. Free streaming via cricket.com.au and the Cricket Australia Live app. Radio coverage on ABC

Afghanistan: Sony Liv App & Cricket Australia FB page

Bangladesh: Sony Ten

Sri Lanka: Ten Sports

England: BT Sport

Ireland: BT Sport

Pakistan: Sony Network

New Zealand: Sky Sports Nz

Canada: ATN

United States of America: Willow Cricket

Fiji: Fiji TV

South Africa: Super Sports 6

Netherlands: SportsMax

Caribbean Islands (West Indies): Flow Sports

Bermuda: SportsMax

American Samoa, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: WillowTV

Rest of World: Cricket Australia Facebook Page

Squads:

Gilchrist XI: Adam Gilchrist (C & WK), Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Yuvraj Singh, Alex Blackwell, Andrew Symonds, Courtney Walsh, Nick Riewoldt, Peter Siddle and Fawad Ahmed.

Coach: Tim Paine

Ponting XI: Ricky Ponting (C), Brad Haddin (WK), Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Elyse Villani, Brian Lara, Phoebe Litchfield, Brett Lee, Wasim Akram, Dan Christian and Luke Hodge

Coach: Sachin Tendulkar