The deal includes the two Tests in Galle and the pair of ODIs which provide preparation for the Champions Trophy

Brisbane Heat spinner Matthew Kuhnemann is in major danger of missing Australia’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka after suffering a compound dislocation of his right thumb during a Big Bash match on Thursday evening.

Channel Seven has bought the rights for the Australian Test series in Sri Lanka beginning later this month. It will be the first time a non-Ashes or World Cup tour has been shown on Australian free to air television this century. Fox has generally held the rights for most Australian tours.

Cricket fans in Australia will be able to watch every ball of the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport.

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The Seven Network has stepped in to secure the rights for Australia's Qantas Tour of Sri Lanka just 12 days before the first Test begins. Australian cricket fans were at risk of being plunged into a television black hole for the two Tests and two ODIs after no network had acquired the rights.

Australia’s free-to-air Seven Network has struck a last-minute exclusive broadcast deal for the Australian men’s cricket team’s upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. Each of the tour’s four fixtures - two tests,