Radio test match special

The BBC may be cutting back on sports rights, but Test Match Special radio coverage of England's home cricket internationals has been secured until at least On Thursday, the BBC announced it has agreed a new six-year deal for radio rights to England's international cricket matches, including two home Ashes Test series against Australia and exclusive coverage of all other radio test match special Test and one-day matches during the period. The BBC has renewed its contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board, radio test match special, securing ball-by-ball commentary on the corporation's radio services until

Test Match Special also known as TMS is a British sports radio programme, originally, as its name implies, dealing exclusively with Test cricket matches, but currently covering any professional cricket. TMS provides ball-by-ball coverage of most Test cricket , One Day International , and Twenty20 matches and tournaments involving the England cricket team. BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match. However, Seymour de Lotbiniere , who was responsible for live sports coverage and who went on to become head of outside broadcasts at the BBC, realised that ball-by-ball commentary could make compelling radio. In the mids he got Howard Marshall to begin commentating on cricket, rather than only giving reports. From the mids to the s the amount of ball-by-ball commentary gradually increased, but it was not until TMS was launched in that every ball was covered for their British audience. Robert Hudson was responsible for the launch of TMS , writing to his Outside Broadcasts boss Charles Max-Muller in , proposing broadcasting full ball-by-ball coverage of Tests rather than only covering fixed periods, and suggesting using the BBC Third Programme later to become BBC Radio 3 frequencies, since at that time the Third Programme only broadcast in the evening.

Radio test match special

Insight and analysis from the Test Match Special team - including interviews with top players and special features. Kate Cross and Alex Hartley are busy in the franchises of India and Pakistan, including seeing some remarkable individual performances. Andy Zaltzman hosts the inaugural, and probably final, Test Match Special post series awards. Along with Jonathan Agnew, Mark Ramprakash and Deep Dasgupta, they debate and decide which players win awards such as 'player of the series', 'best batting innings of the series', and 'worst review of the series'. Plus, as Andy Zaltzman is hosting, there's a huge amount of stats that breaks the series down into numbers. They also discuss who might be dropped and who might come into the England side heading into the summer and their test series against The West Indies. Plus, Stephan speaks to artist Andy Brown who travels the world painting sporting events from inside the stadiums, having followed the test series across India. They dissect England's collapse, looking at the wicket of Ben Duckett, and hear from Ben Stokes as he reacts to the series defeat. Also, they look back on Jimmy Anderson's incredible career as the year-old becomes the first fast bowler to take test wickets. They discuss England's dismal display with the bat, having started so strong, and ask why England's batter recklessly throw away their wickets. England's batting coach Marcus Trescothick speaks to Stephan Shemilt about where it went wrong for the tourists. Plus, they look at Yashasvi Jasiswal's rise in this series, the performances of India's spinners, and the prospect of Jimmy Anderson reaching wickets in this final test.

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Test Match Special also known as TMS is a British sports radio programme, originally, as its name implies, dealing exclusively with Test cricket matches, but currently covering any professional cricket. TMS provides ball-by-ball coverage of most Test cricket , One Day International , and Twenty20 matches and tournaments involving the England cricket team. BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match. However, Seymour de Lotbiniere , who was responsible for live sports coverage and who went on to become head of outside broadcasts at the BBC, realised that ball-by-ball commentary could make compelling radio. In the mids he got Howard Marshall to begin commentating on cricket, rather than only giving reports. From the mids to the s the amount of ball-by-ball commentary gradually increased, but it was not until TMS was launched in that every ball was covered for their British audience. Robert Hudson was responsible for the launch of TMS , writing to his Outside Broadcasts boss Charles Max-Muller in , proposing broadcasting full ball-by-ball coverage of Tests rather than only covering fixed periods, and suggesting using the BBC Third Programme later to become BBC Radio 3 frequencies, since at that time the Third Programme only broadcast in the evening. The programme moved to Radio 3 FM that summer and the following summer the morning session was broadcast on Radio 5 , switching to Radio 3 for the afternoon session.

Radio test match special

The Test Match Special team will be on hand to guide us through the summer months with full radio coverage of The Ashes. Test Match Special is a sporting institution. The team have provided commentary on numerous iconic cricketing moments. Amid the jargon and technical talk of Test cricket, the TMS team weave in humour and anecdotes as the match meanders in the background. There are TMS staples, including long-time commentator Jonathan Agnew, but they also have guests during each series. England are looking to regain the urn after a brutal time down under a couple of years ago. Agnew primarily provides ball-by-ball commentary on TMS, and will often lead interviews and discussions during lunch and tea. A former England skipper, Cook still has a close relationship with many of the current England squad. Hartley has since become a staple of TMS coverage, and will be a feature throughout the Ashes summer. In May , Hartley announced she is taking an extended break from playing to focus on her mental health.

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Insight and analysis from the Test Match Special team - including interviews with top players and special features.

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