Test Match Special 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 the rest of the world. TMS provides ball-by-ball coverage of most Test cricket,One Day International,and Twenty20 matches and tournaments involving the England cricket team.
Ashley Fraser Giles is a former English first-class cricketer,who played 54 Test matches and 62 One Day Internationals for England before being forced to retire due to a recurring hip injury. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
Clare Joanne Connor is an English former cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled slow left arm spin. She held the presidency of Marylebone Cricket Club from 2021 until 2022. She made her England One Day International debut in 1995 and played her first Test match that winter. She achieved a hat-trick against India in 1999 and captained England from 2000 until her retirement from international cricket in 2006.
Jennifer Louise Gunn is an English former cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 11 Test matches,144 One Day Internationals and 104 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2004 and her international retirement in October 2019. She played domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire,Yorkshire,Warwickshire,Yorkshire Diamonds,Loughborough Lightning,Northern Diamonds,Northern Superchargers,South Australia and Western Australia.
Rachael Heyhoe Flint,Baroness Heyhoe Flint,was an English cricketer,businesswoman and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978,and was unbeaten in six Test series:in total,she played for the English women's cricket team from 1960 to 1982. Heyhoe Flint was captain when her team won the inaugural 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup,which England hosted. She was also the first female cricketer to hit a six in a Test match,and one of the first ten women to become a member of the MCC.
Jacqueline Anne Oatley is an English broadcaster who works as a football commentator for TNT Sports UK and other broadcasters,calling games at the FIFA World Cup,Premier League,FA Women's Super League,UEFA Champions League,NWSL and UEFA international matches. She was also a sports presenter on Quest TV covering the English Football League,a podcast host for The Athletic,and is current anchor for ITV Sport's live darts coverage. In 2007,she became the first female commentator on the flagship BBC One football highlights programme Match of the Day,which she also presented once in March 2015.
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.
Anya Shrubsole is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed lower-order batter. She played for England between 2008 and 2022,and played domestic cricket for Somerset,Berkshire,Western Storm,Southern Vipers,Southern Brave and Perth Scorchers. She made her England debut in 2008,and was Player of the Match in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final. In 2018,she became the first woman to appear on the cover of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In April 2022,Shrubsole announced her retirement from international cricket. In June 2023,she announced her intention to retire from all forms of cricket after the 2023 season of The Hundred.
Isabelle “Izzy”Westbury is a sports writer,broadcaster,lawyer and former cricketer. As a cricketer,she played as a right-arm off break bowler,playing for Somerset and Middlesex,as well as being part of the Western Storm squad in 2016. She captained Middlesex for two seasons,in 2015 and 2016. Westbury also appeared in one One Day International.
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent,The Blaze,Welsh Fire,Melbourne Renegades and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously played for Surrey Stars,Adelaide Strikers,Southern Vipers,Sydney Thunder and London Spirit.
Danielle Nicole Wyatt-Hodge is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex,Southern Vipers,Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut against India in Mumbai on 1 March 2010.
The Surrey Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Surrey. They play their home games at various grounds across the county,including Reed's School Ground,Cobham,as well as The Oval and Woodbridge Road,Guildford. They are captained by Amy Gordon and coached by Jonathan Batty. In 2019,Surrey played in Division One of the final season of the Women's County Championship,and have since played in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side South East Stars.
Frances Claire Wilson is an English cricketer. A right handed batter and right arm off break bowler,she was born in Farnham in Surrey and plays for Birmingham Phoenix. She previously played for Somerset,Middlesex,Kent,Gloucestershire,Sunrisers,Western Storm,Oval Invincibles,Welsh Fire,Trent Rockets and Canterbury. She has appeared for the England Academy Women's team and the England Cricket Board Development Women's XI. She made her One Day International debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo on 15 November 2010 and played her first Twenty20 International game for her country four days later. In October 2021,Wilson announced her retirement from international cricket.
Kathryn Laura Cross is an English international cricketer. She also co-hosts a podcast with Alex Hartley named "No Balls:The Cricket Podcast".
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group,and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1991,and has sometimes played a large role inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts,most notably when it encouraged the First Division to break away from the Football League to form the Premier League in 1992.
Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt is an English cricketer who represents England in all formats. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. The "Natmeg" shot is named after Sciver-Brunt,from when she has hit a cricket ball through her legs during a game.
Rebecca Louise Grundy is an English cricketer and coach,who played for her national cricket team and is now head coach of the Western Australia team. Grundy is a left-arm spin bowler.
The Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL),known as the Kia Super League (KSL) for sponsorship reasons,was a semi-professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition in England and Wales operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The competition featured six franchise teams,partnered with a variety of county teams and boards and universities,and was envisaged as a means to bridge the gap between amateur domestic cricket and the increasingly professional international game.
The Surrey Stars were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in South London that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition,the Women's Cricket Super League. The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road,Guildford. They were captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook,working with Surrey's Director of Women's Cricket Ebony Rainford-Brent. The Stars won the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League,beating Loughborough Lightning in the final at the County Cricket Ground,Hove. In 2020,following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket,some elements of the Surrey Stars were retained for a new team,the South East Stars.
The Cricket Social is a television program that provides live commentary on important cricket matches. The show is aired by BBC on the Sky TV Pictures
