Sunset+Vine to produce DP World ILT20

Sunset+Vine has been named the broadcast production partner for the DP World International League T20 cricket competition.

The competition begins today, 13 January, in the UAE and sees six teams compete in a league at stadiums in Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi, before a playoff system and a final on 12 February in Dubai. The league allows nine of the eleven players in each team to come from overseas, far more than most other T20 competitions. 

In the UK, it is being broadcast by BT Sport, as well as on Zee TV.

Sunset+Vine will be providing all host broadcast services, including live coverage of the opening ceremony and all 34 matches, with two production teams being deployed to capture the matches themselves, as well as a 30-minute pre-game show and a 30-minute highlights show for each game. Both units will be delivering coverage with more than 30 cameras for all games including Spidercam, drone and buggy cameras, Hawk-Eye, real time player tracking and augmented reality graphics.

In addition, each content team will deliver reports, features, and interviews from within the six team camps throughout the tournament.

There will be English language commentary from Ian Bishop, Wasim Akram, Simon Doull, David Gower, David Lloyd, Waqar Younis, Natalie Germanos, Niall O’Brien, and Rohan Gavaskar. Sunset+Vine will also introduce special comments from a team of analysts from Cric Viz.

In addition, Sunset+Vine will work with global rights holder partner Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) on Hindi and Tamil language coverage for all 34 matches. Hindi and Tamil Language programming feeds will be delivered from the three venues with parallel 30-minute pre-game shows, live coverage with dedicated Hindi and Tamil match graphics, and Hindi and Tamil language commentary - provided by an additional 12 strong commentary line up.

Mubashshir Usmani, general secretary of Emirates Cricket, said: “The league is absolutely delighted to have Sunset+Vine on board as the broadcast production partner for the inaugural season of the DP World ILT20. Sunset+Vine has extensive experience in cricket broadcasting as they have worked on multiple World Cups and major competitions with the ICC. We are certain that Sunset+Vine will capture the exciting cricket on-field beautifully.”

Sunset+Vine chairman Jeff Foulser added: “We’re thrilled to be adding the DP World ILT20 to our cricket portfolio. The opportunity to create a strong broadcast identity for this high-quality League and their partners for the first three seasons is one that we relish.”