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Jonathan Agnew is alongside Vic Marks, Steven Finn, and Fazeer Mohammed for reaction to the first day’s play at Edgbaston where thirteen wickets fell.
England bowler Chris Woakes says he really found his groove bowling at Edgbaston, and the West Indies’ allrounder Jason Holder looks back on “really good” day for the visitors.
Plus, a full interview with ECB Chief Executive Richard Gould. He plays down recent reports of England’s white ball head coach Matthew Mott losing his job, as well as discussing the future of The Hundred and England’s role as a nation championing Test cricket.
Former international umpire John Holder joins Jonathan Agnew and Vic Marks to rid you of your cricketing quandaries.
A six or a dead ball? A no ball or a wicket? And can you clean a cricket ball with your beard?
Jonathan Agnew is joined by BBC Sport's chief cricket writer Stephan Shemilt and the Daily Telegraph's Will MacPherson to preview the third and final Test between England and the West Indies at Edgbaston.
We hear from captain Ben Stokes, who's named an unchanged side as England aim to complete a series clean sweep.
And former West Indies batter Carlos Brathwaite joins the pod to give an insight into potential Test debutant Akeem Jordan.
Henry Moeran is joined by the former England spinner Phil Tufnell, Sussex head coach and former England assistant coach Paul Farbrace and three-time Ashes winner Steven Finn to discuss the meteoric rise of England's new star spinner Shoaib Bashir after he tore through the West Indies batting lineup to secure victory for England in the second Test at Trent Bridge on Sunday.
Captain Ben Stokes says Bashir's "shown the world what he can do" after becoming the youngest England bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a home Test aged just 20 years and 282 days old.
Somerset head coach Jason Kerr also joins the pod to talk about discovering Bashir playing for Berkshire against the Somerset second team and how he has the skills and temperament to make it to the very top.
It's time for The Hundred! Alex Hartley and Kate Cross preview the tournament, which begins this week.
Kate tells us about her excitement at joining up again with the Northern Superchargers and Alex has a new role for this year's competition.
The pair look at who the key players for each side could be, and who the main contenders for the women and men's titles are.
And we're joined by New Zealand international Lauren Down following the white-ball series against England. Lauren gives a fascinating insight into returning to international cricket just months after having her first child.
Jonathan Agnew is alongside Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan and Carlos Brathwaite on the Trent Bridge pitch for reaction to Shoaib Bashir taking five wickets and England bowl the West Indies out in just one session to seal the series against West Indies.
Captain Ben Stokes reveals he didn't see a victory coming so quickly, whilst Bashir reflects on a "special" evening taking five wickets in his first time bowling on home soil. Player of the match Ollie Pope tells Aggers that he's pleased to return to form following a slow start to the season with Surrey, and downbeat West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite is still looking for improvement from his side despite a strong first innings with the bat.
Roland Butcher takes a look back on his career with Daniel Norcross, and hear the 'lighter' moments from the TMS commentary box during the test at Trent Bridge.
Jonathan Agnew welcomes former Crystal Palace and Birmingham striker Clinton Morrison to the TMS commentary box.
The 5Live football pundit discusses his friendship with former England bowler Alex Tudor, how he dealt with the pressure of developing through youth football, and the differences between captaining a cricket team to a football team. Plus, Clinton reveals the hard work that goes into being a pundit.
Jonathan Agnew is alongside Alastair Cook and Fazeer Mohammed to look back on England’s batters building a strong lead over the West Indies on day three at Trent Bridge.
Chris Woakes reflects on a day where there was more for the bowlers because of the conditions, and West Indies’ Josh Da Silva reveals the “fun” he had during the last wicket partnership with Shamar Joseph.
Plus, Simon Mann speaks to former Glamorgan all-rounder Sam Kirnan, who coaches the West Indies’ Kavem Hodge & Alick Athanaze, to learn more about the Dominican duo.
Jonathan Agnew talks to Dr Adam Rutherford. The scientist, educator and author regularly appearing on television and radio, and along with Dr Hannah Fry hosts the hugely successful BBC Sounds podcast “The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry”.
From the TMS commentary box at Trent Bridge they discuss Adam's style when playing cricket, the lack of scientific testing to fully understand how and why a cricket ball swings, and which TMS regular is Aggers loosely related to?
Jonathan Agnew is alongside Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan & Fazeer Mohammed for reaction to Kavem Hodge’s hundred which keeps West Indies in the test at Trent Bridge.
England assistant coach Paul Collingwood gives an injury update on Mark Wood who went off the field late on in the day & Kavem Hodge says the West Indies’ success is down to digging in and sticking to their plan.
Plus, Stuart Broad speaks to Aggers as he reacted to having an end named after him at Trent Bridge.
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