Is Test cricket thriving or simply surviving?

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Simon Mann is joined by author and cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, BBC sport writer Tim Abraham and lead commentator Jonathan Agnew to reflect on how Test Cricket has evolved and what the future could look like. They debate the calendar, competition of other formats and the influence that India have on the game. Plus the team assess the financial situation on the viability of the game.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tuni and Rousseau show on BBC Sounds.
0:04.2	I am here with two of football's most famous friends, Alessia Rousseau, and Ella Toon.
0:07.9	I know where I'll take you for your handy.
0:09.6	Well, Benadourne.
0:10.7	Benadour.
0:11.1	Oh, yeah.
0:13.1	I would like that.
0:14.2	It's Keely Hodgkinson.
0:15.6	Welcome to the books.
0:16.9	How long's like your training sessions?
0:18.3	Like, what do you do?
0:19.0	Just run around.
0:22.2	You think we're best friends for life?
0:23.8	Um, oh my.
0:27.2	Tini and Rousseau show with me, Vic Hunt.
0:28.9	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:34.6	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:39.9	This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:43.6	Hello, I'm Simon Mann and welcome to the Test Match special podcast.
0:50.4	It's almost the 150th anniversary of Test Cricket, so we're going to take a look at the state that the format is in.
0:55.2	In this episode, we'll hear from author and cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, BBC sport writer Tim Abraham and lead commentator Jonathan Agnew to reflect on how test cricket has evolved
1:01.0	and what the future could look like. You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
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