Test match special

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

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.

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Insight and analysis from the Test Match Special team - including interviews with top players and special features. The team hear from England spinner Tom Hartley on his learning experience from breaking through in the series, and also chat about Jonny Bairstow, who's set to become an England Centurion. And finally, the team chat about India's next generation coming through. Kate Cross and Alex Hartley are busy playing and coaching overseas and have much news to bring. This episode begins in Chennai formerly Madras with the test series between England and India finely poised at with two to play.

Test match special

Insight and analysis from the Test Match Special team - including interviews with top players and special features. Skip to content Global Player Global Player. Sign In Sign Up. Subscribe Share. The team hear from England spinner Tom Hartley on his learning experience from breaking through in the series, and also chat about Jonny Bairstow, who's set to become an England Centurion.

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Niall O'Brien. The Raven. Wisden Cricket Weekly. In the early years of the feature the interviewer was usually Brian Johnston; nowadays most interviews are conducted by Jonathan Agnew. Brian Johnston started the tradition of the public sending cakes to the commentary box. John Blain Dougie Brown. While some of the more recent lunchtime features have been made available for a period at least on the TMS website, many of the older recordings have been abridged. Presented by Peter Baxter, these included: and Halfway through , Baxter retired and was replaced by Adam Mountford , previously the Five Live cricket producer. Article Talk. Brian Johnston, who was as happy on the stage and working in light entertainment presentation as he was in the commentary box, was the master of this style.

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John Blain Dougie Brown. In recent years, this pattern has changed, with comments being made not just between overs but between balls. BBC World Service. FEB 22, Can England bounce back? Barstool Sports. They have included: [ citation needed ]. 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. Official podcast. In Our Time. BBC Radio 5 Live. Toggle limited content width. Jo King was used as scorer for overseas tours after Frindall stopped travelling. Download as PDF Printable version. Pardon My Take. The Vaughany and Tuffers Cricket Club.