Test Match Special

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December 16, 2022 No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - deck the halls with boughs of Ollie!
England women's bowler Kate Cross is back from the West Indies, Alex Hartley is in Pakistan. This week they're joined by England men's Ollie Pope who has his own icks to discuss.
48 min
December 15, 2022 Remembering England’s famous Karachi win in the dark
As England prepare to play Pakistan in Karachi for the third and final Test match, they return to the scene of one of their most famous overseas Test wins.
22 years ago, England won the third and final Test against Pakistan to win the series 1-0, only their second ever Test win in the country, and Pakistan’s first defeat at Karachi.
Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton, who were captain and opening batter that day, are back in Karachi, working for Sky Sports. They’ve been giving their memories of that famous Test win to Simon Mann.
41 min
December 12, 2022 England claim historic Test series victory in Pakistan
Jonathan Agnew and team look back on England’s 26 runs win in Multan in the second test against Pakistan.
Full reaction includes interviews with England captain Ben Stokes, player of the match Harry Brook following his century in the second innings, Ollie Pope on a contentious catch and bowler Mark Wood on taking four wickets.
Further analysis comes from former Pakistan captain and coach Waqar Younis along with Vic Marks and Alex Hartley.
Away from the action we hear the elaborate wind up of Jonathan Agnew who became wrongly worried and upset that he’d offended Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.
57 min
December 11, 2022 England and Pakistan set again for a Test thriller
The Multan test is brilliantly set up with Pakistan needing another 157 runs to win and level the series on a score of 198-4.
England’s Harry Brook scored successive test match centuries but in the run chase the Pakistan pair of Imam-ul-Haq and Saud Shakeel put on a century partnership.
Analysis comes from Jonathan Agnew along with former England spinner Vic Marks and Andy Zaltzman.
Also views from both teams; England’s Assistant Coach Marcus Trescothick and Pakistan batting coach, Mohammad Yousuf.
Away from the action we catch up in Multan with the England supporters who have made the journey and discover what their experience on tour has been like.
Plus Pakistan women’s captain Bismah Maroof tells us what it’s like for her to lead the nations cricket side.
44 min
December 10, 2022 England in strong position after Pakistan collapse
Pakistan lost eight wickets for 60 runs to finish their first innings 202 all out. England extended that lead of 79 runs to 281 with a close of play at 202-5, with Harry Brook 74 not out.
We get analysis from Multan on the 2nd day of the 2nd test with Jonathan Agnew, former England spinner Vic Marks and ex Pakistan Captain and coach Waqar Younis along with Andy Zaltzman.
Also Simon Mann speaks to England’s Jack Leach who passed 100 Test wickets. Also we hear from Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel.
Away from Multan, England’s Nat Sciver talks after England’s women wrapped up a three nil one day series win in the West Indies and we hear a feature interview with former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi.
39 min
December 07, 2022 2005 memories: Tres and Colly reflect on England’s last tour to Pakistan
As England continue their first Test tour of Pakistan, two of the coaching staff, Marcus Trescothick and Paul Collingwood, were playing the last time England toured here.
They sat down with Simon Mann to give their memories of what happened both on and off the pitch, including facing Shoaib Akhtar, an explosion at Faisalabad, and staying up until 1am for Sports Personality of the Year
36 min
December 05, 2022 No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - Too much information, Alex
England bowler Kate Cross is fresh from a comprehensive win in Antigua, Alex Hartley has just seen one of the GREAT Test matches in Rawalpindi. Look out for more excellent 'icks'.
39 min
November 30, 2022 No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - sliding into John Cena's DMs
England bowler Kate Cross is in the West Indies, Alex Hartley is in Pakistan. Two series to discuss, lots of emails to read and an awful lot of of 'icks'.
42 min
November 28, 2022 Good Pace for Radio: Ep 7. “World Cup reflections and Pakistan preparation”
Tymal Mills and Mark Wood return after a short break to take a considered look back on England’s T20 World Cup win. What were the celebrations really like in Melbourne? Plus Woody is already on another tour and looks ahead to a historic Test series in Pakistan.
39 min
November 22, 2022 Record Breaking Defeat Ends World Cup Winning Tour
England suffered their heaviest ODI defeat as Australia completed a 3 nil whitewash at the MCG. It is England’s first ODI whitewash defeat in 11 years. But England still leave Australia with great memories after lifting the T20 World Cup at the same ground. Henry Moeran has some very honest conversations with England captain Jos Buttler and Australia opener David Warner. We get analysis by World Cup winner Alex Hartley, World Cup finalist Dirk Nannes and former Australia captain Cameron White. We also hear Isa Guha with Pat Cummins and Travis Head.
33 min