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Sky Sports' coverage of England's Ashes triumph wins BAFTA

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Here's the best of the 2015 summer of cricket on Sky Sports.

Sky Sports' coverage of last summer's Investec Ashes Series has been rewarded with a BAFTA at a ceremony in London.

Sky's cricket team collected the prize at the Royal Opera House after winning the Sport category, beating competition from BBC's FA Cup final and Six Nations final day coverage, and Channel 4 for their Grand National coverage.

Head of cricket Bryan Henderson said: "It is just incredible to receive a BAFTA on behalf of an amazing production team.

"Huge thanks to the ECB and the England cricket team for their amazing Ashes performance. However, this award is dedicated to the many departments at Sky that do so much to support sport."

Barney Francis, Sky Sports' Managing Director, added: "Another awards night and another great win for Sky Sports. This is a great effort from all involved right across the business."

England captain Alastair Cook lifts the Ashes Urn during day four of the Fifth Investec Ashes Test at The Kia Oval, London
Image: England captain Alastair Cook lifts the Ashes Urn at The Kia Oval

Sky Cricket had previously won three awards at the Sports Journalism Awards in February, where Ian Ward was named Best Broadcast Sports Presenter.

The Ashes won the award for Television Live Sports Broadcast as well as Multi-Media Sports Package for innovations in the multi-platform package.

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Sky Cricket also won a Broadcast Award for its coverage of the 2015 Ashes, with Sky's digital content really impressing the judges - as well as a live match blog, Sky carried regular columns from Joe Root, Mitchell Johnson and Steve Smith, while social media users clocked up 3.6 million views of near-live videos.

"Multiplatform, innovative coverage, which blended high TV production values with cutting-edge use of social and digital media," said one Broadcast Awards judge.

Live Test Cricket

Sky's cricket coverage continues throughout the summer, with England taking on Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Test, one-day and Twenty20 series.

Additionally Sky will show a huge range of games from the Specsavers County Championship, the NatWest T20 Blast, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the Indian Premier League.

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Sky Sports has a feast of cricket for you this summer, with Sri Lanka and Pakistan's tours of England, plus ample county action

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