Test Match Special

Test Match Special

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  • England v New Zealand Second Test Preview

    Alistair Bruce-Ball, Jonathan Agnew and Jeremy Coney preview the second test between England and New Zealand.

    Ben Stokes wants to bring the "fun" back into playing for England. You can hear from the England skipper on working with Brendan McCullum, Jimmy Anderson reveals what "Baz" said in the Lord's dressing room and Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson ponders how to remove Joe Root.

    TMS is back on air for Day One on Friday morning from 10.25.

    31 min
  • Root and Stokes give England hope of victory
    Jonathan Agnew, Jeremy Coney and Michael Vaughan react to a Joe Root led fightback for England, leaving the home side with optimism for victory on day four at Lord's. We hear the post-match thoughts of Stuart Broad, and get the tourist's perspective from century-hitting New Zealand wicketkeeper Daryl Mitchell. Jonathan Agnew speaks to the MCC's chief executive, Guy Lavender, for his reaction to the discussions surrounding ticket sales and high ticket prices in the build up to this test.
    36 min
  • View from the Boundary - Joe Stilgoe

    Internationally acclaimed singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe joins Aggers to discuss his love for cricket, his life in music and Joe also managed to fit his keyboard in the TMS commentary box at Lord's.

    38 min
  • England v New Zealand preview with Brendon McCullum
    England's new coach Brendon McCullum joins Phil Tufnell, Mark Wood and Henry Moeran to look ahead to the first test of the summer for England's cricketers and a new era under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
    The new red-ball head coach joins the programme to chat about his first few weeks on the job and the series against his old team, New Zealand.
    51 min
  • Should the Championship become a franchise competition?

    Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has caused a stir by suggesting the County Championship is replaced by a red ball franchise competition. Kevin Howells gets reaction from the ECB managing director of County Cricket Neil Snowball. They also discuss whether the T20 Blast is getting the attention it deserves with the emphasis on the Hundred and what lessons are being learnt following the Azeem Rafiq racism revelations.

    41 min
  • No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - Women’s IPL, Hugh Grant lookalikes and Greg James in the bath

    England bowler Kate Cross is in India taking part in the Women’s T20 challenge, hopefully a forerunner of the women’s IPL. She’s joined by World Cup winner Alex Hartley who’s been enjoying mixed fortunes back in the ranks for the Thunder side playing in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. They answer your questions, set a new challenge and find out who Alex mistook for Hugh Grant on a train and why Kate was perturbed by pictures of Radio 1 and Tailenders host Greg James in the bath!

    37 min

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