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Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, News, Sports News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by Stephan Shemilt and Henry Moeran for news from Melbourne, including England injury updates. Plus, an interview with two of Shane Warne’s children.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.2	Music, radio, podcasts
0:04.5	And BBC Sounds
0:08.7	Football from Five Live
0:10.9	Join the Five Live sport team
0:15.2	for exclusive commentaries
0:16.8	from the Premier League,
0:17.9	FA Cup and Champions League
0:19.5	Chance to shoot!
0:23.1	And stay on top of everything football every day
0:26.1	with the Football Daily podcast.
0:28.0	I think you've got to earn the right
0:29.5	to play the way that you want to play.
0:31.5	Football from 5 Live.
0:33.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.4	The TMS podcast on BBC Sounds.
0:41.2	The TMS podcast on BBC Sounds.
0:44.6	Hello and welcome to the Test Match special podcast.
0:46.1	I'm Eleanor Aldroyd.
0:49.3	Well, this should have been the fourth day of the Boxing Day test,
0:52.0	but of course that game is but a distant memory.
0:54.7	During this episode, we'll be chatting about the fallout from the extraordinarily short match at the MCG and the criticism of the pitch. We'll find out
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