Test Match Special BBC

Kate and Alex are joined by Carlos Brathwaite - T20 World Cup winner, commentary superstar and fellow Manchester Original. And yes, he does talk about the Shipping Forecast...

All the usual fun and nonsense plus Harmanpreet Kaur, one of India's greatest players, stops by ahead of playing in the opening game of The Hundred. Oh, and we also discuss spuds.

Charles Dagnall, Ian Bell and Azhar Mahmood react to England’s 3-0 series win against Pakistan. James Vince’s first England century inspired the home side to victory at Edgbaston. We hear from James Vince, as well as the England captain Ben Stokes, and Pakistan captain Babar Azam. The day will also be remembered as the day Edgbaston turned blue for the late great Bob Willis. Willis died of prostate cancer in December 2019 and the Blue For Bob day in Birmingham raised awareness into fighting the disease. Alison Mitchell spoke to his widow, Lauren Clark, about what the day meant to her and also spoke to former Australia cricketer Rod Marsh on his memories of Bob Willis.

As they prepare to become Manchester Originals, Kate and Alex talk ODI catches, who's the better captain and dissect some VERY unusual listener habits.

Phil Tufnell and Michael Vaughan join Eleanor Oldroyd to pick over England’s thumping 9 wicket victory over Pakistan in the 1st ODI.
Michael also explains why he thinks England shouldn’t have ruled out the whole of the original one-day squad after three of them tested positive for COVID. They also pay homage to Jimmy Anderson for reaching 1000 first class wickets and preview the T20 women’s match between England and India with Isabelle Westbury.

TOPICS:
3.20 – England v Pakistan review
10.08 – Matt Parkinson’s performance
11.04 – Ben Stokes' post-match interview
15.15 – Saqib Mahmood post-match interview
18.10 – England’s 50 over squad
22.10 – England Director of Cricket Ashley Giles on Covid-19
24.40 – Tuffers and Vaughan discuss Covid-19 and isolation
29.30 – The impact of Covid-19 on cricket
32.20 – Jimmy Anderson interview after his 1000th first class wicket
36.30 – Tuffers and Vaughan on Jimmy Anderson
38.40 – Hashim Amla’s performance for Surrey
41.50 – Isabelle Westbury previews the weekend’s matches

Whether men’s Championship cricket or t20 Blast, along with the women’s RHF Trophy plus Charlotte Edwards Cup this season, it’s all moving towards crunch time to qualify for top divisions, knock out stages and trophies.

Emily Windsor, Mark Church, Scott Read and Kevin Howells got back together on a rare free night to talk over some of the things taking place in this two week period, where teams get to discover their fate and placings in the end of season battle for titles.

From Jimmy Anderson taking 1000 first class wickets to Hashim Amal and his mammoth game saving knock for Surrey plus other results and individual stand out performances in both men’s and women’s domestic cricket.

Plenty of passion and love of the domestic game shared on this podcast.