Wimbledon, F1, Cricket Create Headache for Fans—and Broadcasters
- Men’s tennis final, cricket and Formula 1 clash on Sunday
- Motor racing champ Hamilton says fans won’t know what to watch
Eoin Morgan and Joe Root celebrate victory at close of play during the 2019 Cricket World Cup second semi-final.
Photographer: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images
Three of Britain’s biggest sporting events of the year clash on Sunday, creating a headache for fans and television networks and annoying one of the richest people in world sports.
England’s national cricket team is playing its first World Cup final in 27 years, with coverage starting at 9 a.m. on Channel 4. The match, against New Zealand, could be boiling up just as Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic do battle for the men’s title at Wimbledon -- scheduled for 2 p.m. on the BBC, also free-to-air. Meanwhile, coverage of the British Grand Prix starts on Channel 4 at 1:15 p.m., pushing the cricket to the More 4 channel until after the race. Not forgetting cycling’s Tour de France on ITV.