England v India: Woakes' injury and rain delays hamper England
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Agnew, Michael Vaughan and Deep Dasgupta reflect on a rain-interrupted first day at the Oval, with India closing on 204-6.
They assess the impact Chris Woakes’ injury could have on the rest of the Test, after he damaged his shoulder diving to prevent a boundary.
We also hear from Gus Atkinson, who took two wickets on his return to the side.
And journalist Simon Wilde gives us the story of Gilbert Jessop, who still holds the record for the fastest Test century for England.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Jonathan Agnew and welcome to TMS podcast, looking back at the opening day of the fifth test, |
| 0:16.0 | where England's bowlers were amongst the wickets, but there's a worrying injury. |
| 0:20.2 | Atkinson tries again and bowls to Jurelli. |
| 0:22.3 | Edges it and this time he is out. |
| 0:23.8 | He's caught by Brooke at Slit away to his right. |
| 0:25.9 | He went after it, thick edged it and Brut |
| 0:29.8 | snapped on it to his right in two hands. |
| 0:31.8 | There's another chase for Wokes. |
| 0:32.9 | The second time he's had one of these in a couple of overs now |
| 0:35.5 | and he's gonna have to dive. Down he goes. |
| 0:37.5 | Well done. |
| 0:38.1 | Oh, no, he's hurt himself. |
| 0:39.1 | Oh, he's done his shoulder. |
| 0:40.9 | And Chris Wokes is in a great deal of pain. To come, we'll hear from Gus Atkinson. We'll have analysis from Michael Vaughn and Deep Das Gupta. And we'll also hear about the original basballer, whose record set in 1902 still stands today. |
| 0:37.7 | The TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5. whose record set in 1902 still stands today. |
| 0:55.1 | The TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:59.5 | 204 for 6, 64 Rovers bold, 5 were unbolded on a day that we had a couple of lengthy breaks for rain. |
| 1:07.8 | India losing the toss again, found themselves put into bat. |
| 1:10.2 | No surprise there. It was very |
| 1:11.6 | overcast, very humid. First thing this morning. And, well, a number got starts. Sudhaston played |
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