Test Match Special

Apr 14 2025 454 ep. 38 mins 26.6k

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Insight and analysis from the Test Match Special team, including interviews with top players.

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How do you captain England?

Apr 14 2025 53 mins

Elly Oldroyd is alongside former England captain Sir Alastair Cook, former England spinner & Question of Sport team captain Phil Tufnell and Sussex T20 captain Tymal Mills to discuss what it takes to captain England. Harry Brook has been appointed England Men’s white-ball captain, and the ECB are in the process of selecting a successor for Heather Knight in the Women’s team

Brook announced as England white-ball captain

Apr 07 2025 30 mins

Henry Moeran is alongside the BBC’s Chief Cricket Commentator Jonathan Agnew and former Ashes-winning England bowler Steven Finn for reaction to Harry Brook being named as England’s white-ball captain.They discuss how Brook will balance the role with his Test commitments, as well as the knock-on effects it could have on England’s red-ball side, and he’s been given the role

The Cowdrey Lecture Pt 2: What does TMS mean to you?

Apr 06 2025 31 mins

We bring you a special episode from Lords, where the TMS team had the honour of hosting the 2025 MCC Cowdrey Lecture. In this second part, Jonathan Agnew is joined by Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Ebony Rainford-Brent to discuss what the Spirit of Cricket means to them and their memories of TMS.There’s also chat around who will be England’s next white-ball captain, as well

The Cowdrey Lecture Pt 1: What is the Spirit of Cricket?

Apr 04 2025 34 mins

We bring you a special episode from Lords, where the TMS team had the honour of hosting the 2025 MCC Cowdrey Lecture. In this first part, Jonathan Agnew is joined by former England captain Michael Vaughan to discuss what the Spirit of Cricket means to them, reflecting on moments from their playing careers.They also talk about the changing landscape of the sport & Michael shares

The ever-growing IPL & Bairstow becomes captain

Mar 31 2025 55 mins

Chris Woakes and Abhishek Jhunjhunwala join Mark Chapman to discuss the IPL – where does it stand right now? Hear from Australian, Aaron Hardie, as he talks about his experience of playing for Punjab Kings. They also discuss the lack of English involvement – only 10 English players will feature – the lowest since 2020. Jofra Archer has also had an eventful start for the Rajas

Where next for England as Knight & Lewis depart

Mar 23 2025 32 mins

Daniel Norcross is alongside former England batter Lydia Greenway and BBC Sport journalist Ffion Wynne to discuss where England go from here, with Jon Lewis and Heather Knight vacating the head coach and captain positions respectively. They discuss Charlotte Edwards’ managerial resume as calls for her to take the role grow louder. Plus, after nearly nine years under Knight’s

Rob Key on England’s Men’s Cricket

Mar 10 2025 52 mins

Mark Chapman is joined by Michael Vaughan, Jimmy Anderson and England men’s managing director Rob Key. They talk about where England’s men’s cricket is at the moment – what’s next? How will England look to change the picture across the board? And what will the process be to replace Jos Buttler as white-ball captain?

What’s going wrong with English cricket?

Feb 27 2025 54 mins

After England crash out of the Champions Trophy, Henry Moeran and the TMS team ask just what’s going wrong at the moment. Across the men’s and women’s teams, England have lost 16 out of the 17 games they’ve played in 2025. Is it an attitude problem? An image problem? Captaincy? Or is there more to it than that? Henry is joined by World Cup winner Alex Hartley, and TMS colle

‘The Hundred’ sales: What does it all mean?

Feb 06 2025 56 mins

Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by the BBC’s Sports Editor Dan Roan, Chief Cricket Reporter Stephan Shemilt & TMS commentator Daniel Norcross to analyse ‘The Hundred’ team sales. We’ll hear from ECB Director of Business Operations Vikram Banerjee, as well as Southern Brave & Sussex fast bowler Tymal Mills. We’ll also be answering some of the questions you sent in to the

No Balls: WAshes stage is set

Jan 10 2025 39 mins

Alex Hartley & Kate Cross have a final catch-up before the Women’s Ashes get underway. Kate gives an injury update with the first game right around the corner, and they discuss why women should play more Test cricket.Vote for No Balls in the Sport Podcast Awards 2025 – we’re nominated for THREE categories, and it only takes a minute to vote:Best Cricket Podcast https://ww