Sky Sports has announced that it will broadcast live TV coverage of the England Roses’ netball series against South Africa, with all three Tests also being streamed online for free live via its YouTube channel.
The tour will mark England’s first meetings with the Proteas since their duel for bronze at the Netball World Cup and is the first televised series for a new-look England under new head coach Jess Thirlby.
Her squad, captained by Natalie Haythornthwaite, contains some fresher faces as she looks to expose a greater pool of players to the international arena at the start of this new four-year cycle.
All three matches will be shown live on Sky Sports Mix and will be streamed on the Sky Sports YouTube channel, with Di Dougherty presenting the coverage for each match, while Caroline Barker will provide match commentary and report live directly from South Africa.
England’s Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning captain Ama Agbeze will provide her insights for the opening Test on Friday, 29 November, alongside another former England captain Pamela Cookey.
After standing down as head coach following the Netball World Cup in Liverpool this summer, Tracey Neville joins the Sky Sports presentation team for the second Test on Saturday, 30 November.
She will provide her expertise on all aspects of the Roses programme, including insights about starting an international cycle, with defender Eboni Usoro-Brown alongside her.
Cookey will return on Sunday, 1 December, alongside Serena Guthrie to deliver their analysis of the third and final Test of the series.
Coverage for each of the matches will start half-an-hour before the first Centre Pass and the stream on Sky Sports’ YouTube channel will be available across the world.
Across all Sky Sports platforms, and on the Sky Netball Twitter and Instagram channels, fans will be kept up to date with all of the news leading into the series and go behind the scenes with both teams in South Africa.
Throughout Test week, Sky Sports’ features will look at the nuances of this series, with reports of all three matches being followed by in-depth analysis and reaction.
The first Test from the Velodrome in Cape Town will be shown on Friday, 29 November, live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports YouTube channel from 4.30pm.
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FRIDAY 29th NOVEMBER
South Africa v England
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17:00 |
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SATURDAY 30th NOVEMBER
South Africa v England
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13:00 |
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SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER
South Africa v England
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11:00 |
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