England v India: The "spirit of cricket" debate rages on

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

BBC cricket commentator Henry Moeran is joined by India commentator Prakash Wakankar and BBC Sport cricket writer Matt Henry to preview the fourth men's Test match at Old Trafford where England lead 2-1.

India captain Shubman Gill accused England of acting contrary to the "spirit of cricket" with time-wasting tactics that sparked a number of confrontations in the dramatic third Test at Lord's. Whereas England captain Ben Stokes stated that both teams 'never crossed the line'. The team debate the contradicting points of view and the sanctity of the "spirit of cricket".

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Get closer to the action with live commentary from the world's greatest sporting events on BBC Sounds.
0:06.0	It is all over!
0:08.0	Bulls are an edge, caught behind.
0:10.0	Including cricket Super League, Women's Euro's 2025, Wimbledon, Formula One and much more.
0:17.0	It's all right to the lights and foot to the floor.
0:20.0	Oh, what's's done it!
0:21.5	Drop shots!
0:23.0	Winner!
0:23.7	On five sports extra,
0:25.1	Sports Extra 2 and Sports Extra 3.
0:27.7	Listen, only on BBC Sounds.
0:31.5	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.3	This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:40.8	On Wednesday, England face India in the fourth test match at Old Trafford with the men's test series,
0:47.7	an absolutely compelling watch, listen and follow along with England leading by two matches to one after that
0:56.1	absolute nail-biter at Lords. The England captain Ben Stokes has been speaking to
1:01.2	the BBC's chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew about the upcoming match, how he's
1:05.7	viewed the series and the inclusion of Liam Daw. Well, how have you shaped up?
1:11.1	You had a hard old game there at Lourdes, mentally and physically.
1:14.6	How did you get over that?
1:16.5	Yeah, and I said at the end of the game,
1:19.0	I'll be lying in my bed for four days,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.