The Gardeners' World Blog

After seven weeks that, at times, have felt more like seven years, the Cricket World Cup is finally drawing to a close. So it’s time for some reflection on how the tournament has gone on the internet.

I think it’s fair to say that events of Sunday, March 18 made covering the 2007 Cricket World Cup a particular challenge. The appalling tragedy around Bob Woolmer’s death shocked everyone involved in the tournament. Players and spectators alike clearly found it difficult to focus on the cricket itself, when it was being played out to a backdrop of an investigation into the murder of one of the game’s leading coaches.

And the same applied to the media. Journalists and broadcasters are often accused of taking an amoral, some might even say callous, approach to their work – but in this instance those employed to cover the World Cup were deeply affected by what happened.

Digital viewers who have pressed the red button to access our interactive TV coverage over recent weekends may have noticed that we are now using our Multiscreen service on a much more regular basis.

This format allows us to offer a number of live sports, including any BBC ONE/TWO output, in one place and without the need for the viewer to exit the service in order to view another sport.

This weekend, for instance, satellite and cable viewers will be able to select from two live World Championship snooker tables, our Score programme, the Cricket World Cup final service and the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships from Amsterdam.