Test Match Special
BBC Radio 5 Live
The Test Match Special team bring you the very best cricket reaction, insight & analysis.Plus the No Balls podcast with Kate Cross and Alex Hartley brings a fine balance of nonsense and cricket as they welcome some of the biggest names in the sport.
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Jul 10, 2023 • 31min
Ashes Daily: Headingley Journo panel
Jonathan Agnew is joined by a journalist panel at Headingley to discuss the latest Ashes talking points. Emma John from the Guardian, Gideon Haigh from the Australian and John Etheridge from the Sun talk Brook batting, Spirit of cricket and possible changes for Old Trafford.
Jul 8, 2023 • 28min
Ashes Daily: England secure historic T20s win to keep Women’s Ashes alive
England pulled off a thrilling 5 wicket win at Lord’s as Australia lost their first T20 series in 6 years. Henry Moeran is joined by Alex Hartley and Alex Blackwell and there is reaction from Heather Knight, Alice Capsey and Alyssa Healy.
Jul 6, 2023 • 38min
View from the Boundary: Gareth Southgate
Men’s England manager Gareth Southgate joins Jonathan Agnew for a View from the Boundary. Southgate talks about the differences in managing in football compared to cricket, what he learnt from Euro ’96, and batting with his son.
Jul 3, 2023 • 34min
Ashes Daily: Lord’s controversies digested by the journo panel
Jonathan Agnew is joined by writer and broadcaster Melinda Farrell, editor of Wisden Lawrence Booth and Guardian sports writer Jonathan Liew to discuss the controversies of Lord’s, where Bazball goes from here and the future of James Anderson.
Jul 1, 2023 • 40min
View from the Boundary – Rishi Sunak
Johnathan Agnew is joined by the UK's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to talk about playing cricket as a child, Bazball, and getting sledged by Sam Curran.
Jun 28, 2023 • 42min
No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - The Washes Test Wash-Up!
England bowler Kate Cross and World Cup winner Alex Hartley discuss the Women's Ashes Test, plus discover that some people think a cornflake sandwich is a good breakfast option...
Jun 28, 2023 • 40min
Cricket reacts to report of “widespread discrimination”
Jonathan Agnew is joined by Isa Guha, the Daily Mirror’s cricket correspondent Dean Wilson & BBC Sport Editor Dan Roan to discuss the ICEC report suggesting “widespread discrimination” in cricket.We also hear from Cindy Butts, the author of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket report, the Chair of the ECB Richard Thompson, and England Men’s test captain Ben Stokes.
Jun 25, 2023 • 34min
Ashes Daily: Ask Katherine Sciver Brunt
England cricket legend, Katherine Sciver Brunt, answers your questions. Hosted by Henry Moeran.
Jun 17, 2023 • 37min
View from the Boundary - Mark Little
Jonathan Agnew is joined by Australian actor, television presenter, comedian and screen/stage writer Mark Little to talk about his career, his attempts at playing cricket at the young age of 63, and playing Bottom in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Jun 13, 2023 • 27min
How To Win The Ashes: Glenn McGrath on the 1997 series
In the penultimate episode, Glenn McGrath takes us back to the 1997 Ashes where he demolished England’s batting order, taking 36 wickets as Australia secured a 3-2 series victory.He describes his excitement at joining one of the great Australian Test sides, why Lord’s is the “perfect” ground for him and why that Australia side was so dominant against England.
