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BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra BBC Sounds: Original release: 1957 – present (1957–1992: BBC Radio 3 MW Summer 1992: BBC Radio 3 FM 1992-1994: BBC Radio 5 MW 1994-2023: BBC Radio 4 LW 2002-present: BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2018-present: BBC Sounds) Audio format: MW, digital radio and digital television: Opening theme "Soul Limbo" by Booker T ...
George Garrett hit a career-best score of 48 in Kent's first innings, whilst in their second, Matt Parkinson's score of 39 was his highest in first-class cricket. Two other Kent players, Arafat Bhuiyan and Jaskaran Singh, also hit career-best scores during the match. [50] Points: Kent 2, Surrey 24.
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon.
1938. On 24 June, the BBC broadcasts cricket - England vs Australia at Lord’s - on television for the first time.; 1956. 28 April - ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the Australian touring team's match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle.
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.It broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors.
Episodes examine the headlines of the week and presents features on topics such as cricket terminology and the sport's influence on the Bollywood film industry. The BBC's Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld appears in each episode with his 'tales from the test', where he shares stories from his travels. In one episode, Blofeld ...
As its slogan stated, it combined trivia and the laws of cricket. It was hosted by longtime BBC cricket commentator Brian Johnston, who served as the "umpire." In each episode, the team captains Tim Rice and Willie Rushton were joined by another celebrity from showbiz or cricket. The teams are offered a choice of question for 1 or 4 runs - the ...
The BBC extends its daily live coverage of Wimbledon with coverage running until 8.30pm each night. 24–26 September – The BBC shows live coverage of golf's Ryder Cup for the final time as from 1995 the coverage transfers to Sky Sports. Autumn – The BBC begins displaying a score bug, a digital on-screen graphic displaying the current score ...