Cricket AM

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Cricket AM is a Saturday-morning cricket-based television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports 1. It began broadcasting in May 2006, and is largely based on its successful soccer-related counterpart Soccer AM, as a replacement during the soccer off-season. The show lasts for 90 minutes and is presented by Simon Thomas and Anita Rani.

The show features a range of regular cricket-related programming features. Studio guests include past and present cricketers, and musicians with an interest in cricket. Aside from results, previews and commentary on ongoing cricket, there are a number of regular studio features on the show, including Ready Steady Freddie, a segment featuring prominent England all-rounder Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff competing against professionals in a number of different sports. Freddie has competed against Ricky Hatton at boxing, Joey Barton at football, and has played table tennis, tenpin bowling, archery, baseball, basketball and darts against world champion Phil "The Power" Taylor, with mixed success! Another regular feature has two animated characters ("Willow and "Stumpy") explaining unusual rules or jargon.

The show mirrors Soccer AM very closely in many regards; the Luther Blissett Stand is renamed as the Gary Pratt cricket pavilion, filled by the members of a cricket team, who compete in a bowl-out in the outdoor car park at the end of the show. Throw Time, a feature in which county cricket teams are visited and contested to throw a ball at the stumps with their "wrong" hand, closely resembles Soccer AM's Crossbar Challenge.

Soccer AM
Soccer AM
Spin-offs: All-Sports Show | Cricket AM
Presenters: Helen Chamberlain | Tim Lovejoy
Channel: Sky Sports 1
Other: List of guests
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