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BBC Radio 5 Live

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.

Test Match Special

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 Steven Finn. Not many England coaches survive a thrashing by Australia. But Brendan McCullum and Ben Stokes will continue to lead the side starting with that 1st Test against New Zealand on Thursday at Lord’s.

There’ll be at least one man making his debut at Lord’s on Thursday - Durham batter Emilio Gay is expected to open after a piling on the runs during the opening block of the County Championship. Ollie Robinson is also back in the squad for the first time since being dropped after the tour of India in 2024.

England’s Test summer begins where rain and grey skies are forecast. The panel get a look into the opposition and are joined by New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry.

On Tuesday, it’s England women’s last match before the T20 World Cup which starts next week. They face India at Taunton with the series level at one all. All rounder Dani Gibson joins Test Match Special. 
TIME CODES

00:00 Intro
00:50 Brendon McCullum
03:50 McCullum given a second chance
08:30 Mark celebrating Arsenal’s Premier League title
09:30 How England should approach the New Zealand test
17:00 Emilio Gay
22:00 The challenges of making your England debut as an opener
26:10 Making debuts
28:12 The recall of Ollie Robinson
29:53 New Zealand bowler Matt Henry joins the pod
37:30 Are New Zealand underestimated?
40:30 England Women’s final game before the World Cup
40:50 Dani Gibson joins the pod
48:50 The 15-year-old MVP in the Indian Premier League

England’s Summer preview

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 year’s IPL tournament as they pick their magic moments as well as the players who have delighted and surprised them.

IPL 2026 Awards: Magic Moments and Big Surprises

Mark Chapman is alongside former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior, former England fast bowler Steven Finn and the BBC’s cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt as they talk to Josh Tongue about his England career and discuss England's new National Selector.

We also hear from England Women's Head Coach Charlotte Edwards in build up to the T20 World Cup and talk to Durham Coach Dani Hazell who won the competition in 2017.

Timecodes:
1:30 Reflecting on the Ashes: Does Josh Tongue want to lead England attack?
08:00 England's self inflicted defeats
15:50 Process behind finding new National Selector 
30:00 Does the new Selector need to be English? 
34:50 Support for Zak Crawley: 
37:45 Women's T20 World Cup 
38:30 Charlotte Edwards speaking to Henry Moeran: 
41:00 Durham Coach Dani Hazell: 
45:00 Does success of other England Women's National teams add to T20 Pressure?:

Leading England's Attack: Josh Tongue looks ahead after Ashes

Kevin Howells presents the best of the conversations around this week's County Championship results.

He talks to England's record run-scorer Joe Root following Yorkshire's huge win over Surrey, and Liam Dawson looks back at his red-ball career. Kevin also speaks to Nottinghamshire's Director of Cricket Mick Newell, Yorkshire Head Coach Anthony McGrath, and Mail on Sunday's Richard Gibson.

County Championship: Joe Root talks Yorkshire's rout of Surrey

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 his career in franchise cricket and playing under Eoin Morgan and Brendon McCullum.

Strategic Timeout: Chris Green talks IPL, Brendon McCullum & Shubman Gill

Henry Moeran is alongside World Cup winner Ebony Rainford-Brent & BBC Cricket Correspondent Stephan Shemilt for reaction to England Men's Test squad.

They discuss Ollie Robinson getting recalled to the side, as well as Emilio Gay's possible chance to open the batting for England and the selections of James Rew and Sonny Baker.

Robinson returns & Gay gets the nod

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's women, with the target of winning the T20 World Cup on home soil.

How has the preparation been? What is the strongest part of Charlotte Edwards' squad? And what are the minimum requirements for this set of players?

Test Match Special will have commentary of every ball of every match of the Women's T20 World Cup across BBC Sounds, 5 Sports Extra, and the BBC Sport app & website.

"It's Cricket's turn now": all eyes on the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup

Watch Strategic Timeout on the BBC Sport Youtube channel and on BBC iPlayer.

England fast bowler Mark Wood joins Traitors finalist Faraaz Noor and Amber Sandhu to discuss the biggest stories in the IPL and shares how he’s faring ahead of a busy summer of cricket.

Strategic Timeout: Mark Wood on the IPL, England & the pressure of playing

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 coach Charlotte Edwards as well as 18 year old surprise inclusion Tilly Corteen-Coleman.

England's T20 World Cup Squad

Mark Chapman, Sir Alastair Cook, Jack Leach and, Phil Tufnell discuss the attitude towards spinners in England, how franchise cricket has affected the art of spin and whether England know what they want from their spinner heading into the summer.

How do you become a spinner? Is it down to the player or coach? Jack Leach and Phil Tufnell give insight into how they found themselves becoming spinners and, whether a batters’ attitude changes as you get older and as they get older.

As a spinner, what do you need from your captain? Is it blind faith? Is it protection if you are going for runs? The panel dive into the mind of a spin bowler and how they can adapt their game.

TIME CODES:
00:00 Intro and London Marathon
01:50 County Cricket’s substitute rule
04:03 The art of spin bowling
05:30 Captains and spinners
15:32 The nuance of spin
17:30 How did it start?
25:05 English attitude towards spin
33:26 When were you at your peak?
35:00 What if you started as a spin now?
38:20 The mental side
41:40 What do England want this summer?

Strategic Timeout: Chris Green talks IPL, Brendon McCullum & Shubman Gill

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