What Does Willow TV Show?
Willow by Cricbuzz is a US and Canada cricket service: a TV channel and a stream. Its own about page is the catalogue. Where a board or the ICC has also named Willow, that row is stronger. Where only Willow’s catalogue line exists, we say so.
This is not a price list and not a live score page. Plan prices are on the cheapest way to watch cricket in the USA. How Willow compares with Sling and ESPN+ is on where to watch cricket in the USA. Check Willow before you pay.
The catalogue
| Cricket | What Willow says, and who else says it | Status, notes & source |
|---|---|---|
| ICC men’s and women’s events | Willow’s about page says every ICC men’s and women’s event. Cricbuzz reported a Times Internet deal for ICC men’s and women’s major events in the USA and Canada from 2024 to 2027. Cricbuzz is a Times Internet company. The ICC itself named Willow for the USA and Canada at both 2026 T20 World Cups. | ✓ Confirmed Willow ↗; Cricbuzz ↗; ICC men’s T20 World Cup broadcast release, 5 Feb 2026 ↗; ICC women’s release, 6 Jun 2026 ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| Asia Cup | On Willow’s about-page list only. No separate rights release opened. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed as Willow’s claim Willow about page ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| India, England, Australia, Pakistan and South Africa home Tests, ODIs and T20Is | On Willow’s about-page list. Cricket Australia also lists Willow/Cricbuzz for the US and Canada. We did not open an ECB, BCCI, PCB or CSA contract that names Willow. | ✓ Confirmed Australia Confirmed on CA’s partner list. The other four Confirmed only as Willow’s claim Willow ↗; Cricket Australia partners ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| IPL, MLC, The Hundred, SA20, BBL, PSL, CPL, WPL | All are on Willow’s about-page list. CA’s partner list covers Australian cricket, which includes the BBL, but it does not spell out the BBL on its own line. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed as Willow’s claim. Not a league-by-league contract check, except where CA’s US line applies Willow about page ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 (finished) | ICC said fans in the US and Canada could watch for free on Willow Sports across major FAST platforms, and also on Willow TV and via Cricbuzz. The tournament ended on 5 July 2026. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed for that tournament only. It does not mean Willow is free now. ICC, 6 Jun 2026 ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (finished) | ICC said Willow would show all 55 matches in the US and Canada, in English and Hindi on Willow’s own platforms, with USA matches free in the US and Canada and on Willow’s YouTube. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed for that tournament only ICC, 5 Feb 2026 ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
“And much more” on Willow’s page is not a list. Anything not named above is Listing pending.
Where you can open it
| Path | What it is | Status, notes & source |
|---|---|---|
| Willow by Cricbuzz app and website | Willow’s own stream. Willow says it plays on phone, tablet, laptop and TV devices including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung, Android TV, Chromecast and Google TV. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed as Willow’s description Willow about page ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| US pay-TV | Willow names DISH, Sling, Verizon Fios, Spectrum, Xfinity, Optimum, DIRECTV, DIRECTV Stream, Fubo and YouTube TV. Ask the provider whether Willow is in your package. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed as Willow’s provider list Willow about page ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| Sling | Sling’s cricket page puts Willow HD and Willow Xtra in Dakshin Flex. The page still talks about IPL 2025. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed that Sling names the channel Sling ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| Canada | The ICC deals and releases above name Canada with the USA. Willow’s about page is written for the US and Canada. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed for ICC events. The rest follows Willow’s own page. Same ICC and Willow sources · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
| Middle East and North Africa | Cricket Australia lists “Willow/Cricbuzz (US, Canada, Middle East/North Africa)” as a partner. Willow’s about page does not spell out a MENA package. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed only as CA’s partner credit for CA content Cricket Australia partners ↗ · Checked 29 Sep 2026 |
Willow does not replace the broadcaster in the UK, India or Australia. Rights are sold country by country.
Questions
Is Willow only the IPL?
No. Willow’s about page lists ICC events, several countries’ home internationals, and a set of T20 leagues that includes the IPL. Each row above shows whether anyone besides Willow has said it.
Does Willow show every England series?
Willow says all England home Tests, ODIs and T20Is. It does not say every England tour overseas. An away series can sit with a different US rights holder. Check the match.
Is Willow free?
Not as a normal subscription. The ICC said some 2026 World Cup matches were free on Willow in the US and Canada. Both of those tournaments are finished. See where to watch cricket for free.
Does ESPN+ carry the same matches?
We have not found a US cricket list for ESPN+. Do not treat it as a Willow substitute. Detail is on the USA hub.
When does the ICC deal end?
Cricbuzz reported a Times Internet deal for ICC events in the USA and Canada from 2024 to 2027. We have not opened a renewal past 2027.
Sources
- Willow by Cricbuzz, About ↗ — checked 29 Sep 2026
- Cricbuzz, Willow ICC rights through 2027 ↗ — checked 29 Sep 2026
- ICC, men’s T20 World Cup 2026 broadcast details, 5 February 2026 ↗ — checked 29 Sep 2026
- ICC, women’s T20 World Cup 2026 broadcast details, 6 June 2026 ↗ — checked 29 Sep 2026
- Cricket Australia, broadcast partners ↗ — checked 29 Sep 2026
- Sling TV cricket page ↗ — checked 29 Sep 2026