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ESPN-Star Sports has begun airing a series of six curtain raisers
to herald the Electrolux Wisden International Awards to be held
on October 30 in Mumbai.
The shows will look back on the performances of all international
teams over the past year which included the World Cup, the Ashes,
India's tour to New Zealand and South Africa's series versus England.
The series will host star cricketers like Rahul Dravid, Steve
Waugh and Ricky Ponting. Other cricketing greats like former England
captain Michael Atherton, former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop
and former Zimbabwe fast bowler Henry Olonga will also be hosted
by Channel-4's Mark Nicholas.
There will also be exclusive interviews with Australian Test Captain
Steve Waugh and One-Day captain Ricky Ponting. The duo will offer
rare insight into the reasons for Australia's phenomenal success
as well as take a look at the plans being put in place to maintain
their pre-eminence on the world stage. The first in this series
was aired on Star Sports yesterday.
The series will end on October 22 with a look at India's year in
international cricket through exclusive interviews with captain
Sourav Ganguly and coach John Wright.
The Electrolux Wisden International Awards will consider players'
performances between September 1, 2002 and August 31, 2003. Among
the awards to be given away are Wisden Test Batting, Performance
of the Year, Wisden Test Bowling Performance of the Year, Wisden
ODI performance of the Year, Wisden Young Cricketer of the Year,
Electrolux International Cricketer of the Year & Electrolux
Indian Cricketer of the Year (People's choice).
The shows are scheduled as below:
Show 1
September 17, 9.30 pm Star Sports
September 18, 8.30 pm, ESPN
September 19, 8.30 am, Star Sports
Show 2
September 24, 9.30 pm, Star Sports
September 25, 8.30 pm, ESPN
September 27, 10 am, Star Sports
Show 3
October 1, 9.30 pm, Star Sports
October 2, 8.30 pm, ESPN
October 4, 10.30 am, Star Sports
Show 4
October 8, 10.30 pm, Star Sports
October 9, 8.30 pm, ESPN
October 11, 9.25 am, Star Sports
Show 5
October 15, 9.30 pm, Star Sports
October 16, 8.30 pm, ESPN
October 18, 10.30 am, Star Sports
Show 6
October 22, 9.30 pm, Star Sports
October 23, 8.30 pm, ESPN
October 25, 11am, Star Sports.
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