Test Match Special BBC Radio 5 Live
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Insight and analysis from the Test Match Special team - including interviews with top players and special features.
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The IPL - Brilliant Buttler does it again!
Tymal Mills and Steven Finn join Nikesh Rughani to discuss Jos Buttler's latest heroics after another dramatic week in the IPL. Plus, we hear from Punjab Kings' Kagiso Rabada.
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The new domestic season and remembering Derek Underwood
Steve Crossman, Tymal Mills, Mark Ramprakash and Georgia Elwiss assess the key issues from the opening weeks of the County Championship season.
Vic Marks joins the team to reflect on the death of England's most prolific spin bowler Derek Underwood.
The team also look at whether using the Kookaburra ball is making it harder to take wickets and get results in the County Championship. And Georgia looks at England women's tour of New Zealand.
TIMECODES
03:50 - Vic Marks on Derek Underwood
14:52 - Start of the County Championship season
33:12 - Kookaburra ball v Dukes ball
43:59 - England women's white ball tour of New Zealand. -
County Cricket: Runs in all directions as Northeast breaks Lord’s record
Kevin Howells is alongside Tymal Mills to bring you all the huge stories from the opening round of County Championship fixtures.
They speak to Sam Northeast who hit an unbeaten 335 for Glamorgan against Middlesex at Lord’s, which is now the highest first class score recorded at the ground - overtaking Graham Gooch’s 333 for England against India in 1990.
Sam Cook reflects on his season opener for Essex as he took 10 wickets in the match, leading Essex to beat Nottinghamshire by 254 runs.
Also, Kashif Ali talks to Kevin and Tymal about his journey to playing for Worcestershire and hitting two centuries in his two innings against Warwickshire.
Plus, the Chief Operating Officer of the Professional Cricketers’ Association Daryl Mitchell joins the podcast to talk about the schedule demands of cricketers, how players are looked after with the commercial demands of playing so much cricket, and making sure players are staying safe when travelling for matches.
And Emily Windsor wasn’t able to join Kevin and Tymal for the podcast, but she does send the guys a voice note as to why. -
The IPL - Buttler's back and Shikhar Dhawan reveals the secret to staying at the top of your game
Simon Mann, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Nikesh Rughani talk through some Buttler and Kohli brilliance, and we've got an exclusive interview with Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan.
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No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - a series win in New Zealand!
England bowler Kate Cross is fresh off the field at the end of the tour to New Zealand. Kate, Alex Hartley and former New Zealand wicket-keeper Katey Martin discuss the action.
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County Cricket: The big County Cricket preview
Kevin Howells is alongside Tymal Mills & Emily Windsor to look ahead to this season's County Championship.
Durham head coach Ryan Campbell talks about his team's chances of winning Division 1 having just been promoted back up from Division 2, and he also gives an update of when we can expect to see Ben Stokes bowling. Whilst Durham's Chief Executive Tim Bostock talks about the 'honest conversation' the domestic game needs about private investment.
Customer Reviews
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