Sport Thought: Has television killed the game-day star?

By Jon Pierik
Updated January 20 2018 - 4:38pm, first published 2:06pm
Sport.
January 28 2015.

KFC T20 Big Bash League Final at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers. Ashton Turner of the Perth Scorchers fielding on the boundary.

Canberra Times photo by Matt Bedford
Sport. January 28 2015. KFC T20 Big Bash League Final at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers. Ashton Turner of the Perth Scorchers fielding on the boundary. Canberra Times photo by Matt Bedford

As forehands are whipped down the line or across court, and white cricket balls crunched into the stands, tennis and cricket administrators are preparing for a smash hit of their own.

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