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This [incomplete] list is as follows: 1988: Islands in the Sun: Similar to the Poms Down Under and again produced by Peter Baxter. These were broadcast on the first day of every test match of the 1988 England v West Indies test series. This programmes focused on the England (again MCC for many years) tours of the West Indies.
Test Match Special : 50 Not Out - The Official History of a National Sporting Treasure. London: BBC Books. ISBN 978-0-563-53906-3. Benaud, Richie (2010). Over But Not Out : My Life So Far. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-4447-0592-8. Blofeld, Henry (2017). Over and Out : My Innings of a Lifetime with Test Match Special. London: Hodder ...
She served in as commentator collaborating with the Test Match Special to deliver live commentary for the matches involving the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [7] In October 2021, she was chosen as one of the commentators by the International Cricket Council for the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup . [ 8 ]
Adam Mountford took over as producer of cricket’s Test Match Special in 2007 from Peter Baxter, who had held the reins for over 30 years.
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.
He first worked on Test Match Special in 1966 and produced the programme from 1973–2007. [1] He co-ordinated the BBC's cricket coverage from every one of the Test-playing nations, and was also frequently part of the commentary team himself
There were two series. The episode list identified 17 episodes, [1] but in the final episode the presenter referred to 10 episodes in the first series and 8 in the second. 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."
Eilidh Barbour, Kelly Sommers and Laura Woods also feature on the bookmaker’s shortlist to be the next Match of the Day presenter and all three are priced at 14/1 or shorter amid suggestions the ...