Test Match Special

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August 21, 2023 No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - Hundred playoffs and Alex has a little announcement
Cricketers Kate Cross and Alex Hartley are together to talk through a busy few weeks in the Hundred. And as Alex made a promise to No Balls listeners, you heard it here first...
22 min
August 17, 2023 No Balls: The Cricket Podcast – The Need for Speed
Alex Hartley and Kate Cross take a break from their busy schedule playing and commentating on the Hundred to catch-up with the world’s fastest female bowler.
South Africa superstar Shabnim Ismail joins the pod to discuss her decision to retire from international cricket and how she’s enjoying life on and off the pitch playing for Welsh Fire. Plus reflections on a historic hundred for Tammy Beaumont.
39 min
August 05, 2023 Cook and Vaughan on the right time to retire
Stuart Broad retired after dramatically taking the last two wickets in the 2023 Ashes series. Broad had no doubts that he’d picked the perfect moment to call it a day. But how do players decide the right time to retire? Daniel Norcross is joined by Sir Alastair Cook who scored a century in his last Test also at the Oval and Michael Vaughan who retired in 2009 following injury problems.
49 min
August 04, 2023 England’s Ashes squad 2027
Daniel Norcross is joined by a selection panel of Sir Alastair Cook, TMS stats guru Andy Zaltzman and the chief cricket writer of the BBC Sport website Stephan Shemilt to try and predict what England’s Ashes line-up could look like when the series is next played in England. Will Ben Stokes still be leading the team in 4 years, who will be the replacements for Broad and Anderson and which current young county players could be Ashes series starters in 2027.
1 hr 3 min
August 02, 2023 No Balls: The Cricket Podcast – Broad’s bail tricks and Hundred hopes
Kate Cross and Alex Hartley reflect on an amazing end to the MAshes and WAshes summer and discuss whether Stuart Broad’s bail tricks will catch on.
And they look ahead to the start of the Hundred and offer their predictions on which team will win and whether Kate or Alex will take more wickets!
34 min
July 31, 2023 Ashes Daily: Ashes drawn as Broad bows out
Jonathan Agnew, Michael Vaughan, Alastair Cook, Glenn McGrath & Andy Zaltzman react to the Men’s Ashes being drawn as England win on the final day at the Oval. Hear from Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood & Brendon McCullum. Plus, get the Australia perspective from captain Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
46 min
July 31, 2023 Ashes Daily: Atherton catches up with McGrath
Jonathan Agnew brings together one of the greatest Ashes rivalries for a catch up.
Michael Atherton and Glenn McGrath join Aggers in the Test Match Special commentary box at The Oval. They discuss the battles they used to have on the pitch and McGrath getting the wicket of Atherton 19 times in Ashes cricket.
35 min
July 30, 2023 Ashes Daily: Aussie openers frustrate England
Jonathan Agnew, Michael Vaughan, Alastair Cook & Glenn McGrath react to day four of the final Men’s Ashes test at The Oval. England coach Marcus Trescothick gives his thoughts on the day’s play and talks about Stuart Broad’s retirement. Plus, Alastair Cook speaks to Daniel Norcross about what it's like to retire from international cricket.
33 min
July 30, 2023 Ashes Daily: The Stuart Broad story
Jonathan Agnew presents a look back on the life and career of Stuart Broad. Hear from Stuart's father, former England opener Chris Broad, his mother Carole, and teammate Steven Finn on his experiences with Broad.
37 min
July 29, 2023 Ashes Daily: Broad announces retirement after Ashes
Jonathan Agnew, Michael Vaughan, Alastair Cook, Glenn McGrath & Andy Zaltzman react to Stuart Broad retiring from cricket and also give thoughts on the third day of the fifth Men’s Ashes test at The Oval. Broad talks about his reasoning and timing of his announcement that this final Ashes test will be his last. Plus, Broad's fiance, Radio 1 presenter Mollie King, spoke to Jonathan Agnew in the TMS commentary box before the news came out.
54 min