The England Summer report card

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Norcross is alongside former England Ashes bowler Steven Finn & batter Michael Carberry, as well as Chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt to rate England’s home summer. Who heads home with an A* and who could do better?

They look at the form of Jacob Bethell, Ollie Pope, Shoaib Bashir, and many more.

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0:45.4	Brendan McCullan's School of Cricket is out for the summer.
0:48.8	And I'm alongside Stephen Finn, Michael Carberry and Stefan Schemelt to judge how each player has fared across the formats in England's home fixtures.
0:57.0	Who heads home with an A-Star and who could do better?
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