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Test Match Special

Should the Championship become a franchise competition?

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has caused a stir by suggesting the County Championship is replaced by a red ball franchise competition. Kevin Howells gets reaction from the ECB managing director of County Cricket Neil Snowball. They also discuss whether the T20 Blast is getting the attention it deserves with the emphasis on the Hundred and what lessons are being learnt following the Azeem Rafiq racism revelations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio podcasts.

0:04.6

Hello, this is Ian Carter. Before you get stuck into this pod, I want to tell you quickly

0:10.9

about a brand new podcast series all about The Open. Every Thursday, Catherine Downs

0:16.3

and I will revisit memorable moments and discover unheard stories from past championships

0:21.8

from some of the biggest names in gold like Rory McElroy.

0:25.8

So in an open championship, the Clara joke, actual fee that you've dreamed your whole

0:28.9

life of winning, those are the moments that you'll never forget.

0:31.4

Colin Morakawa.

0:32.4

For me, I'm focused on other goals. How do I go win this week? How do I defend the

0:37.0

open?

0:38.0

And we'll hear all about Sevvie Bias Starros.

0:40.7

He was a highly competitive player, but he had a delightful game. He changed the way

0:44.8

the game was played. It's to get you in the mood ahead of the 150th Open Championship

0:50.0

at St Andrews, which five live will bring you from the 14th of July. Listen on the five

0:55.9

live all about podcast feed only on BBC sounds. You're listening to the TMS podcast from

1:02.9

BBC Radio 5 Live.

1:06.0

I'm Kevin Hulls and welcome to a special TMS podcast. Now the international men's summer

1:11.1

begins on Thursday, the 2nd of June with TMS on air from 1025 at Lords. Make sure you join

1:16.9

us for that. After the disappointment of the winter, there will be plenty of attention

1:20.5

on how England start with a new captain in Ben Stokes, new coaches in Brendan McCullough

1:25.0

for tests and Matthew Mott in Whiteball, along with a new managing director for men's cricket

1:30.6

in Rob Key. There's also plenty of scrutiny on the domestic

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