Lloyd, the former captain of West Indies, was part of a hastily put together commentary team Jack Thomas/Getty ImagesCricket fans in some parts of the world were left without any live radio coverage for the first part of the World Cup after the rights-holder, the Dubai-based Channel 2 group, failed to provide the in-ground commentary service for which they had been licensed. Channel 2 hold all global audio rights for ICC major events until 2023, including that year’s World Cup. The ICC sold the audio rights for their world feed — a service aimed to provide live, in-ground radio coverage for all ICC global tournaments to countries that do not have a separate exclusive deal — to the group, which then outsourced the production to a third party. However, that third-party organisation, Sports Flashes, failed to put in place a production and commentary…

Source: The Times June 06, 2019 23:03 UTC