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Test Match Special
The Test Match Special team bring you the very best cricket reaction, insight & analysis.Plus the No Balls podcast with Kate Cross and Alex Hartley brings a fine balance of nonsense and cricket as they welcome some of the biggest names in the sport.
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Wyatt-Hodge century seals England victory in World Cup opener
Alison Mitchell is alongside former England World Cup winners Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Alex Hartley for reaction to Danni Wyatt-Hodge's stunning cen...
No assurances Stokes to stay as captain, says Rob Key
The ECB's Managing Director of Men's Cricket Rob Key says there remains uncertainty over the future of Ben Stokes. Plus we hear from Michael Vaughan a...
Women's T20 World Cup Preview
Alison Mitchell is joined by World Cup winner Isa Guha and former New Zealand wicket-keeper Katey Martin to look ahead to the Women's T20 World Cup. W...
England beat Black Caps in bowler's paradise at Lord's
Jonathan Agnew is alongside Michael Vaughan and Phil Tufnell for reaction to England's win over New Zealand at Lord's in the first Test of the series....
Robinson rout continues as Sooryavanshi surges to international stage
Simon Mann is alongside former England captain Michael Vaughan and Chief Cricket Commentator Jonathan Agnew for reaction to the third day's play at Lo...
View from the Boundary: Richard Moore
Jonathan Agnew speaks to former Chief of MI6 Richard Moore. They discuss some of the secrets and myths around MI6, his substitute appearance for Oxfor...
Wickets galore but Gay stands tall
Simon Mann is alongside the BBC's Chief Cricket Commentator Jonathan Agnew, former England captain Michael Vaughan and TMS stats guru Andy Zaltzman to...
England v New Zealand: Sensational day for seamers as wickets tumble
Simon Mann is alongside former England captain Michael Vaughan, Chief Cricket Commentator Jonathan Agnew, and former New Zealand allrounder Jeremy Con...
Stokes says 'no need for massive change' ahead of first Test
Simon Mann is alongside BBC Cricket correspondant Stephan Shemilt to look ahead to England's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.
Hear fro...
England in the groove ahead of the T20 World Cup
Ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Henry Moeran is joined by Alex Hartley and Ffion Wynne to look ahead to the tournament and what team England will...
England’s Summer preview
Mark Chapman is joined by three men who all played for England, former captain Sir Alastair Cook, former batter Mark Ramprakash and former fast bowler...
IPL 2026 Awards: Magic Moments and Big Surprises
Content creator and cricket fan Henry.vr joins Traitors finalist Faraaz Noor and Amber Sandhu in the Strategic Timeout studio to look back on this yea...
Leading England's Attack: Josh Tongue looks ahead after Ashes
Mark Chapman is alongside former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior, former England fast bowler Steven Finn and the BBC’s cricket correspondent Stephan S...
County Championship: Joe Root talks Yorkshire's rout of Surrey
Kevin Howells presents the best of the conversations around this week's County Championship results.
He talks to England's record run-scorer Joe...
Strategic Timeout: Chris Green talks IPL, Brendon McCullum & Shubman Gill
Australia all-rounder Chris Green joins Traitors finalist Faraaz Noor and Amber Sandhu to discuss the biggest stories in the IPL as well as discussing...
Robinson returns & Gay gets the nod
Henry Moeran is alongside World Cup winner Ebony Rainford-Brent & BBC Cricket Correspondent Stephan Shemilt for reaction to England Men's Test squad.<...
"It's Cricket's turn now": all eyes on the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup
Henry Moeran is alongside England World Cup winners Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Alex Hartley as they look ahead to a huge summer of cricket for England...
Strategic Timeout: Mark Wood on the IPL, England & the pressure of playing
Watch Strategic Timeout on the BBC Sport Youtube channel and on BBC iPlayer.
England fast bowler Mark Wood joins Traitors finalist Faraaz Noor a...
England's T20 World Cup Squad
England have announced their squad for this summer’s T20 World Cup. Kevin Howells speaks with Isabelle Duncan about the squad and we hear from head co...
The art of spin bowling
Mark Chapman, Sir Alastair Cook, Jack Leach and, Phil Tufnell discuss the attitude towards spinners in England, how franchise cricket has affected the...
Strategic Timeout: Sooryavanshi Continues to Stun the IPL
Indian prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues his meteorological rise in the IPL for the Rajasthan Royals. The batter, who has only just turned 15 sta...
Big changes for the England Test team?
Mark Chapman, Alex Hartley, Steven Finn and, Matt Prior discuss how England’s Test team is shaping up for the summer, the spots up for grabs and, who...
The Rise of Haas (from F1: Chequered Flag)
We’re bringing you something different today which we think you’ll like - an episode from the BBC’s Formula 1 podcast, F1: Chequered Flag.
With...
'I should have died' - James Taylor 10 years on
10 years ago former England batter James Taylor's life changed forever.
Reflecting on being taken ill 10 years ago, he speaks to Kevin Howells a...
The Art of Captaincy
Two Ashes winning England captains, Michael Vaughan and Sir Alastair Cook, join Steve Crossman to discuss the art of captaincy in cricket.
Lead...
Strategic Timeout: Malan & Faraaz talk IPL, ball tampering, and captaincy pressure
Strategic Timeout is available to WATCH, in full, on the BBC Sport Youtube channel and on BBC iPlayer.
Amber Sandhu, Faraaz Noor and former Engl...
Edwards: England's fitness issues have been put to bed
Mark Chapman, Alex Hartley, Raf Nicholson and Kirstie Gordon are joined by England Head Coach Charlotte Edwards to preview a big year for England's wo...
IPL 2026 Predictions, Then v Now, Best Ever Players
Amber Samdhu looks ahead to the IPL 2026 with The Traitor's (and cricketer) Faraaz Noor and former IPL star Abhishek Jhunjhunwala.
The state of English men’s cricket
Mark Chapman, Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook and cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt are joined by Managing Director of England Men's Cricket Ro...
History made at Hundred Auction
We report on a historic two days with the first major sporting auction taking place in the UK as teams were selected for the women’s and men’s Hundred...
The 2026 T20 World Cup Debrief
As the dust settles on India’s back-to-back T20 World Cup victories, Henry Moeran is alongside Matt Henry and Prakash Wakankar to discuss everything w...
India thrash New Zealand for World Cup glory
Henry Moeran is alongside former Ashes winner Steven Finn, former IPL star Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, and commentator Prakash Wakankar for all the reactio...
England fall just short in high scoring semi-final thriller
India won an incredible match in Mumbai by 7 runs to knock England out of the T20 World Cup and set up a date with New Zealand in the final on Sunday....
‘England have the best spinners in the World Cup’ - Vaughan
Henry Moeran is alongside Michael Vaughan and Prakash Wakankar at a Holi celebration to look ahead to England’s T20 World Cup semi-final against India...
Jacks & Ahmed stun New Zealand in Colombo
Daniel Norcross is alongside 2017 World Cup winner Alex Hartley and Aatif Nawaz for reaction to England's thrilling victory over New Zealand in Colomb...
Brook century blasts England into semi-finals
Daniel Norcross is alongside 2017 World Cup winner Alex Hartley and Aatif Nawaz for reaction to Harry Brook's incredible century which sees England re...
No Balls: England 'solving problems' & we actually get some emails!
Kate Cross and Alex Hartley discuss everything we can take away from the Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. We look at discuss England's abil...
Bowlers bail out England as they beat Sri Lanka
Daniel Norcross is alongside 2017 World Cup winner Alex Hartley for reaction to England's victory over Sri Lanka. They discuss England's bowling perfo...
Can England win the Men’s T20 World Cup?
As we reach the Super Eights stage of the Men’s T20 World Cup we look at England’s chances of lifting the trophy following an unconvincing group stage...
Gayle’s Gangnam style as Windies win 2012 T20
With the 2026 T20 World Cup being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka we look back at the first ICC World T20 to be held in Asia 14 years ago.
The...