Brian Lara joins Triple M’s cricket commentary team

As the summer of cricket draws near – Triple M has announced that West Indian legend Brian Lara is joining its all-star commentary team.

In a coup for the network, Lara will be part of the Triple M Cricket team for the two Tests against the West Indies in Perth and Adelaide.

Lara – who scored almost 12,000 test runs over his 131 match career – joins the line up which includes former Aussie captain Mark Taylor, as well as Mark Waugh, Greg Blewett, Callum Ferguson, Lord Ian Botham and Isabelle Westbury.

Former South African test bowler Morne Morkel will provide his insights for the tests against the Proteas in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Fellow quick Mitch Johnson will be in the commentary box in Perth when Australia faces the West Indies.

Current Australian T20 captain Aaron Finch will pad up again for Triple M Cricket – joining the call team for the season-opening One Day Internationals against England, commencing on Thursday 17 November in Adelaide.

Triple M Cricket has also assembled a solid collection of ball-by-ball callers – including 2022 ACRA winner James Brayshaw, Mark Howard, Dan Ginnane, Gus Worland, Jack Heverin and Chris Dittmar.

Candice Warner will also give the Triple M fan base an insight to life on the road with the Australian cricket team.

LiSTNR will stream every cricket game Australia wide. Along with Triple M’s FM broadcast in the five capital cities, cricket fans will be able to download the LiSTNR app and hear the cricket calls wherever they play, work and holiday right across Australia this summer.

SCA Head of Sports Content Ewan Giles says “Triple M Cricket was the smash hit during last year’s Ashes series on Australian soil and the network’s expert commentary team pioneered a new soundtrack to summer across Australia, introducing cricket to commercial FM radio and available to stream on LiSTNR.”

“We’re excited to bring listeners an even bigger and better cricket commentary team this season as we call all the balls for what is shaping up to be a huge Summer of Cricket.”

Mark Taylor says “I’m absolutely delighted to be part of the Triple M team for the upcoming Summer of Cricket. Working alongside the likes of Ian Botham, Big Merv, Hadds, Blewy and JB will be great fun and calling what will be a great series is the ideal way to enjoy Summer.”

James Brayshaw says “One of Australia’s greatest ever Test captains and one of cricket’s greatest ever match winners together on Triple M cricket. Literally cricket royalty … how good!”

Triple M Metro Stations and LiSTNR will cover the following cricket matches:

17 November – ODI (One Day International) vs. England, Adelaide Oval 2pm AEDT

19 November – ODI vs. England, SCG, 2pm AEDT

22 November – ODI vs. England, MCG, 2pm AEDT

30 November – 4 December – 1st Test vs. West Indies, Optus Stadium (Perth), 1pm AEDT

8 December – 12 December – 2nd Test vs. West Indies, Adelaide Oval, 2:30pm AEDT

17 December – 21 December – 1st vs. South Africa, Gabba (Brisbane), 10:30am AEDT

26 December – 30 December – 2nd Test vs. South Africa, MCG, 10am AEDT

4 January – 8 January – 3rd Test vs. South Africa, SCG, 10am AEDT