England’s Summer preview
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
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
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Experience football like never before on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:09.5 | Join the Football Daily podcast to dive into the fallout |
| 0:12.2 | from an unforgettable Premier League season. |
| 0:14.6 | Wow, these fans have got absolutely wild. |
| 0:18.1 | And all the build-up to an incredible football summer to come. |
| 0:21.7 | Overhead King! |
| 0:23.6 | That is sensational! |
| 0:28.3 | Expert Insight and the biggest names in the game on the Wayne Rooney show. |
| 0:31.0 | Just coming to the club was already a dream control, a privilege, |
| 0:33.5 | never saw or dreamed about being the captain of the club. |
| 0:35.6 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:41.1 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:44.7 | We will look ahead to England's men's test summer. |
| 0:47.3 | It begins at Lords on Thursday against New Zealand. |
| 0:48.7 | It's a three-match series. |
| 0:53.7 | New Zealand fastballer Matt Henry will join us a little bit later. |
| 0:55.8 | Ron, England's Danny Gibson, will join us as as well because we're less than two weeks out from the women's T20 World Cup and with us |
| 1:02.9 | for the next hour, three men who've all played for England, former Captain Alistair Cook, |
| 1:08.0 | former batsman Mark Ramperkash and former fast bowler Stephen Finn. |
| 1:11.6 | So we seem to have everything covered. |
| 1:14.3 | Before we bring any of them in, let's get straight to hear him from Brendan McCollum, |
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