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26 September - The BBC shows live coverage of a women's international match for the first time since the 1993 World Cup final. [43] 2021. 5 February – The first live coverage of a test match on terrestrial television for more than 15 years is broadcast on Channel 4 when the channel begins showing England’s test series against India. [44]
BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match. [citation needed] Live cricket had been broadcast since 1927, but originally it was thought that Test match cricket was too slow for ball-by-ball commentary to work.
BBC (Test Match Special) 2019–present [31] BBC Television 2020–present Dominic Cork: Derbyshire 1990–2003 Lancashire 2004–2008 Hampshire 2009–2011 England 1992–2002 BBC (Test Match Special) 2007-2010 [32] [33] Pakistan Television Corporation 2009–present Talksport 2013–present Sky Sports 2011–present Jamie Cox: Tasmania 1987 ...
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.
Live England Test Cricket: BBC TV 1938 – 1998; Rugby League Challenge Cup: BBC One & Two 1948 – present; Summer & Winter Olympic Games: BBC One & Two 1948 – present; The Open Championship: BBC One & Two 1955 – present (live coverage 1955 – 2015, highlights 2016 – present) Test Match Special: BBC Radio 1957 – present
The series of "Test matches" played in Australia between Australia and a World XI in 1971–72, and the commercial "Supertests" organised by Kerry Packer as part of his World Series Cricket enterprise played between "WSC Australia", "WSC World XI" and "WSC West Indies" from 1977 to 1979, have never been regarded as official Test matches as of 2021.
Simon Mann (born November 1963 in Bristol) is a BBC radio sports commentator, most notable for being a member of the Test Match Special team [1] and who also reports on football matches for BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as the Indian Premier League. Supports Bristol City F.C.
Test Match Sofa was a radio programme providing cricket commentary for all England test matches [2] and selected One Day Internationals.The programme was available worldwide, and broadcast on the Sports Tonight Live channel [3] serving as alternative commentary to the BBC's Test Match Special which is only available in the United Kingdom. [4]