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Official podcast. Test Match Special (also known as TMS) is a British sports radio programme, originally, as its name implies, dealing exclusively with Test cricket matches, but currently covering any professional cricket. The programme is available on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra ( digital) and on BBC Sounds to the United Kingdom and (where ...
27 April – Sunday Cricket begins broadcasting a match each week from the new Sunday League. [8] 1972. A new one-day competition, the Benson & Hedges Cup, begins and the BBC provides live coverage of a match from each round. 1975. 7–21 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the first Cricket World Cup.
List of Ashes series. The Ashes urn, which remains at the MCC Museum at Lord's. A replica urn is presented to the winning captain. [1] The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and seven Test matches, but since 1998 have been consistently five matches.
Match number for England (i.e. 900 was England's 900th Test match) Test.No. Match number overall (i.e. 1700 was the 1700th Test match) Opposition The team England were playing against Venue The cricket ground where the match was played H/A Whether the venue is home (England or Wales) or away (opponent's home) Start date Starting date of the ...
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests. Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket, with a total of 8,032 runs. The record stood for nine years, until it was ...
Test Match Sofa was a radio programme providing cricket commentary for all England test matches 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]
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town. South Africa 17–22 British & Irish Lions. 31 July 2021. Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town. South Africa 27–9 British & Irish Lions. 7 August 2021. Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town. South Africa 19–16 British & Irish Lions. The match against Japan on 26 June 2021 is not classed as a Test by the Lions.
Virender Sehwag scored 23 centuries in Test matches and 15 in One Day Internationals for India. Virender Sehwag is an Indian cricketer whose aggressive batting has found success at the top of the batting order. [ 1] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 23 occasions in Test cricket and in 15 One Day International (ODI) matches but has ...