England's 2010-11 tour - taking in all the Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20 games - will be the sixth consecutive trip to Australia shown live on Sky Sports, and is part of an agreement which gives the broadcaster the rights to all Australian international cricket on home soil from 2009 until September 2012.
And the deal means Sky Sports is now the place to watch the next three Ashes series live - starting with all five npower Tests in England this year and taking you through to the summer of 2013.
Vic Wakeling, managing director for Sky Sports said: "We believe there is growing interest in all forms of cricket, but the priority for the English public remains the Ashes which is why we are delighted to be covering the next three series, through to and including the series planned for the summer of 2013."
Also included in the deal are Australia's home series against Pakistan and West Indies in 2009-10, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (2010-11) and New Zealand and India (2011-12).
Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said: "Cricket Australia is delighted to have finalised the deal with Sky Sports, an organisation that has a long and illustrious history of supplying high quality content to its viewers.
"It is important that Australian cricket is seen by as many fans as possible around the world and the agreement with Sky Sports will help us to achieve this aim."
Sky, which became the first broadcaster to provide multi-platform coverage of an England cricket tour with the 2006-2007 Ashes series, has also been awarded mobile and online rights, providing live coverage for subscribers to Sky Mobile TV available on 3G handsets on Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile and Skyplayer accessible via skysports.com.
The deal bolsters an already unrivalled cricket calendar on Sky Sports which takes in live coverage of matches from South Africa, New Zealand, India and West Indies
And the deal means Sky Sports is now the place to watch the next three Ashes series live - starting with all five npower Tests in England this year and taking you through to the summer of 2013.
Vic Wakeling, managing director for Sky Sports said: "We believe there is growing interest in all forms of cricket, but the priority for the English public remains the Ashes which is why we are delighted to be covering the next three series, through to and including the series planned for the summer of 2013."
Also included in the deal are Australia's home series against Pakistan and West Indies in 2009-10, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (2010-11) and New Zealand and India (2011-12).
Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said: "Cricket Australia is delighted to have finalised the deal with Sky Sports, an organisation that has a long and illustrious history of supplying high quality content to its viewers.
"It is important that Australian cricket is seen by as many fans as possible around the world and the agreement with Sky Sports will help us to achieve this aim."
Sky, which became the first broadcaster to provide multi-platform coverage of an England cricket tour with the 2006-2007 Ashes series, has also been awarded mobile and online rights, providing live coverage for subscribers to Sky Mobile TV available on 3G handsets on Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile and Skyplayer accessible via skysports.com.
The deal bolsters an already unrivalled cricket calendar on Sky Sports which takes in live coverage of matches from South Africa, New Zealand, India and West Indies
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