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I can exclusively break the news that Wicket to Wicket will be the name of SABC3's brand-new weekly cricket magazine show that will be starting on Friday, 7 October at 18:30.
Wicket to Wicket on SABC3 will have analysis, highlights, interviews with cricket stars and profiles of interesting characters, players and people from the world of cricket. The show, only known to insiders with the working title of ''Cricket Magazine Show'' will definitely be called Wicket to Wicket, sources are telling TV with Thinus exclusively.
''SABC3 is very carefully positioning as the 'home of cricket' ,'' says Lefa Afrika, SABC3 programming manager, who only referred to it as the Cricket Magazine Show. ''Just like soccer, just like other sports on other channels, SABC3 in future and with this show, want to maintain the heartbeat of cricket for cricket fans throughout the year.''
The production team is going to try and present Wicket to Wicket from various cricket venues around South Africa, and possibly even the world. ''From Newlands and Wanderers and everywhere else,'' says Lefa Afrika. ''One of the important things we want to cover is cricket news. Cricket news on television isn't covered really well and not in real great depth. We would like to do justice to that.''
''There will also be a strong lifestyle element to the show as well, what the cricket players and people involved with this game are doing abd busy with, who's been seen and heard at matches.''
