Test Match Special (also known as TMS) is a British sports radio programme, originally, as its name implies, dealing exclusively with Test cricket matches...
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a Test match was conceived by Hudson whilst commentating with Fred Trueman on a county game at Scarborough in 1955, as a result of which Test Match Special...
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Arlo White (category Short description matches Wikidata)
Radio 5 Live in February 2008. White made his Test Match Special debut in Multan for the first Test match between Pakistan and England in 2005. He was...
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Henry Blofeld (category Short description matches Wikidata)
and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. He has established...
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John Arlott (section Test Match Special)
English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology...
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Oxford "-er" (section Test Match Special)
"Bazza" from "Barry". The "-er" form was famously used on BBC radio's Test Match Special by Brian Johnston (1912–94). Johnston was ex-Eton and New College...
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Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the female equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are...
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President of MCC. He was also the longest serving commentator for Test Match Special (TMS) on BBC Radio, from 1973 until diagnosed with terminal cancer...
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sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon. Results, analysis and...
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alternative commentary to the BBC's Test Match Special which is only available in the United Kingdom. In 2012 Test Match Sofa was taken over by The Cricketer...
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live - Test Match Special, TMS:The journalist panel". BBC. Retrieved 18 January 2022. Our journalist panel Derek... - BBC Test Match Special, retrieved...
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Jonathan Agnew (category England Test cricketers)
radio, as the BBC Radio cricket correspondent and as a commentator on Test Match Special. He has also contributed as a member of Australian broadcaster Australian...
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The Bugle. Since 2016 he has been a statistician for BBC Radio's Test Match Special cricket commentaries, and since 2020 the presenter of Radio 4's The...
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Vale CC, and for the celebrity Tailenders cricket team against a Test Match Special XI, and was a golf clothing ambassador. He was also a brand ambassador...
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having his own drive time show. He has also commentated on cricket for Test Match Special and Sky Sports. In 2013 he was co-host of NFL UK's Inside the Huddle...
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Daniel Norcross (category Short description matches Wikidata)
Edmund Norcross (born 14 April 1969) is a cricket broadcaster for Test Match Special. Described as the "most interesting commentator of the new generation"...
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South Africa series in 2008 he was interviewed by Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special about his love of cricket. In December 2024, Steel was the castaway...
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lunchtime guest on Test Match Special, where he revealed a love of cricket and that he had previously worked with the Test Match Special team, who had no...
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commentator, most notable for being a member of the Test Match Special team and who also reports on football matches for BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as the Indian...
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Retrieved 14 August 2024. "Test Match Special on Twitter". 20 February 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020. "Test Match Special on Twitter". 1 September 2020...
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of Tottenham Hotspur. He is also a cricket fan and has appeared on Test Match Special to discuss the sport. "Michael McIntyre". Desert Island Discs. 17...
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was the first woman to become a regular commentator on the BBC's Test Match Special, and has been commentating on men's and women's international cricket...
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radio coverage on Test Match Special. In December 2022, during their previous tour of Pakistan, England won all three Test matches played. Only eight...
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radio programme Test Match Special (she is one of the first female expert summarisers to commentate on men's international cricket matches), and a motivational...
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Fred Trueman (category England Test cricketers)
as an outspoken radio commentator for the BBC, mainly working on Test Match Special. He was awarded the OBE in the 1989 Birthday Honours for services...
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freelance capacity as a member of the team for the radio broadcasts, Test Match Special (TMS) for the next 22 years. Johnston was responsible for a number...
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Independent. His first Test Match commentary on radio was on West Indies v Australia in 1965. He was a member of the BBC's Test Match Special commentary team...
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Jamie Smith (cricketer) (category England Test cricketers)
with England until the end of 2026. He has been described by BBC Test Match Special commentator Daniel Norcross as a "generational talent". Smith was...
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Warne in the first innings of same match was one of five selected to play over the theme music of Test Match Special podcasts during the 2019 Ashes series...
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A tied Test is a Test cricket match in which the side batting second is bowled out in the fourth innings, with scores level. This is a very rare result;...
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