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Alison Mitchell is a British-Australian cricket commentator and sports broadcaster, working for the BBC, Australia's Channel 7 and the Australian Open among others. She 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 around the world since 2007.
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 ...
BBC Television 1984–1998 TalkSPORT 2001–2015 Richie Benaud (1930–2015) New South Wales 1948–1964 Australia 1952–1964 BBC Television 1960–1999, 2007 [11] Channel 9 1977–2013 [12] Channel 4 1999–2005 [11] Channel 5 2009 [13] Harsha Bhogle: None ABC 1991–present ESPN Star Sports 1995– BBC Radio 1996-2008 [14] [15] Fox Cricket ...
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.
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 News Quiz. On television, in 2024, he won the eighteenth series of Taskmaster against Babatunde Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee, and Rosie Jones.
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.
Peter Anthony West (12 August 1920 – 2 September 2003) [1] was a British presenter and sports commentator best known for his work on the BBC's cricket, tennis and rugby coverage as well as occasionally commentating on hockey. Throughout his television career he remained freelance.
She was also a member of the commentary team at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [28] In 2020 she was the lead presenter of a new BBC TV Test and ODI cricket highlights show. [29] [30] In 2023, Guha joined the tennis presenting team for the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Championships. [31] She presented for the BBC during the Paris Olympics in ...