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(April 2006)

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MR
mromega
In Sky's biggest ever season of live cricket they have introduced a whole new graphics look for it.

IMHO it's awesome..

First batch...

http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_1.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_2.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_3.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_4.jpg
MR
mromega
And the rest...

http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_5.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_6.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_7.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_8.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_9.jpg
http://www.mromega.co.uk/images/skycricket2006_10.jpg
AN
Ant
Brilliant package. Glad to see they've made the effort.
HA
harshy Founding member
I agree, it really is brilliant to watch, I wonder if this this is the preview to next season's football graphics too?

It must be the first time in Sky Sports history, there are using three offical aston sets as the footie, rugby seem to use one set, the golf the older one and now the cricket with it's new graphics.
FU
fusionlad Founding member
Yes, I echo the 3 previous posters.

Am I right in thinking it's the first time in a few years that they've started using the little 'run box', so the main cam is showing the fielders trying to catch the ball, while in the little box, we can watch to see how many runs they are making? Haven't seen that for a long while.

They stopped using it on a lot of golf coverage too I noticed.
AN
all new Phil
Brilliant... much neater than the football graphics (which I think have become a bit irritating with their flashy over-the-top animation). Let's hope these extend to the rest of their output.
IS
Inspector Sands
That diagonal line motif is familiar:
http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/southeast/LDNtitles05b.jpg
Albeit the other way round
MA
Matrix
Indeed. Very nice package, much neater than the football ones. Looks like it works (although I've not seen it animate) very well.

Nice to see effort in these things.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
That "run box" reminds me of the first ever use of picture in picture, for exactly the same reason, by the BBC, back in the late fifties.

Does the background in that shot of the commentators look just a little bit "ITV local news"?
AP
Aphrodite007
Really nice graphics. Perhaps they've decided to put in a bit more effort now they have the full Test contract.
HA
harshy Founding member
Aphrodite007 posted:
Really nice graphics. Perhaps they've decided to put in a bit more effort now they have the full Test contract.


Last years efforts weren't anything spectactular, but they have gone for it this year, all astons animate off with sound effects as well which is really good in my book, the runs box I think is too small though, needs to be bigger, and I think these graphics should spread to the rest of the Sky Sports Network.
DU
Dunedin
Thanks for posting the caps- very interesting.

Good to see they're making some effort ahead of having a summer of tests for the first time.

I like the diagonal theme.

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