Richie, Classic Catches and more: Why Channel 9 was one of its kind

#2 Channel Nine intro theme

Beginning with the trumpets of the classic Nine WWOS intro that played over the revitalizing montage of action between the two sides who would be taking on each other to kick off the Australian cricketing summer after months and months of baiting the interest and patience with the build-up to the contest, the coverage had so many elements to capture the imagination of even the more partisan young teens over India even on days their country was not in action.

The opening intro, with the constant overlay of trumpets, the ominous drumbeats resembling those of warfare, an indication of how intensely fought cricket in Australia used to be, remained the two persistent units and while the music never changed with time, the accompanying instruments went from sounds of heavy metal in the 1980s to rock guitars in the 1990s and with the evolution of a new millennium altogether, the 2000s saw electric guitars and later strands of EDM built into it to always resonate with the day and age of the broadcast.

To this day, the "Richies" in the Bay 37 of the Sydney Cricket Ground are heard belting out the unfailing Nine intro on their trumpets, a melody that will always reverberate in every cricket tragic's ears.