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Test Match Special: Ball by Ball

Cricket enthusiast Rory Bremner looks back at, what is for many, a vivid herald of summer - Test Match Special. From May 2007.

Rory Bremner looks back at 50 years of 麻豆社 Radio coverage of British test match cricket.

'Test Match Special' has seen a rich variety of commentators, including the poetic elegance of John Arlott, the japes of Brian Johnston and the exuberance of Jonathan Agnew.

For some the atmosphere has resembled that of an elite club, but for thousands of others the experience has been as vivid a depiction of summer as the smell of cut grass.

Producer: Tom Alban

First broadcast ion 麻豆社 Radio 4 n May 2007 to mark Test Match Special's 50th anniversary.

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Sun 26 Jun 2022 01:00

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  • Sat 26 May 2007 20:00
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