England v Zimbabwe: Bashir bags 6 in England win

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew presents reaction to England’s victory by an innings against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.

Ashes winning captain Michael Vaughan, and former Zimbabwe bowler Henry Olonga discuss the test for England’s bowlers with Zimbabwe putting up stern resistance with the bat.

England captain Ben Stokes and player of the match Shoaib Bashir give their thoughts on the win, as Zimbabwe captain Craig Irvine looks at the positives his side can take from the defeat.

Former England players Phil Tufnell and Vic Marks look at Bashir’s performance as he picked up nine wickets across the match.

Plus, Henry Olonga sings the podcast out from the middle at Trent Bridge.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
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0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sports stars.
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0:40.5	You're listening to the TMS podcast.
0:43.2	From BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:46.2	I'm Jonathan Agnew.
0:47.5	Welcome to the Test Match Special podcast,
0:49.2	looking back on England's victory over Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.
0:52.5	There was plenty of resistance, but Bashir spun England to an innings win.
0:56.0	Here he comes, he's skyed it, is going to be caught.
0:59.0	It's another wicket for Bashir.
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