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43-517: The Women's Cricket Super League ( WCSL ), known as the Kia Super League ( KSL ) for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition in England and Wales operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The competition featured six franchise teams, partnered with a variety of county teams and boards and universities, and was envisaged as a means to bridge

86-503: A Twenty20 format, with the initial intention to add a 50-over competition in 2017. The ECB received 28 applications to host teams in the first stage of bidding, with the process subsequently moving to an interview stage. The six successful bids were announced in January 2016. The ECB hoped that the WCSL would develop as a semi-professional competition, with the intention of bridging the gap between

129-568: A scorer . The first was Arthur Wrigley , followed in 1966 by Bill Frindall (affectionately known as "the Bearded Wonder") whose final Test was England's drawn second Test with India in December 2008. Jo King was used as scorer for overseas tours after Frindall stopped travelling. When Jo was unavailable for the 2006/07 Commonwealth Banks Series finals in Australia, Michael Robinson replaced her for

172-597: A cake featuring the helmets and captains from the England vs. New Zealand teams, delivered and consumed during the World Cup Final. Beards have become a recurring theme during TMS commentary, under the supervision of "Bearders" himself — scorer and statistician. The TMS team receive sporadic missives from Keith Flett , social historian, serial newspaper letter writer and chairman of the Beard Liberation Front ,

215-436: A fit of giggles, which was quickly followed by Johnston's giggly chastening, "Aggers, do stop it!" This clip has become a broadcasting classic and is frequently replayed. In 2005, Radio 5 Live listeners voted it the greatest sporting commentary of all time, with ten times as many votes as " they think it's all over ". Other Johnners classics include, "There's Neil Harvey standing at leg-slip with his legs wide apart, waiting for

258-418: A group dedicated to the removal of a societal prejudice against the facially follically enhanced or bearded. Flett offers his opinions on the state of beards in the game today and his views are frequently discussed on TMS, particularly by Jonathan Agnew, including transformations in the recent and bygone Pakistan cricketers, and most recently with regards to the "splendidly hirsute" Monty Panesar . Bill Frindall

301-700: A men's T20 Blast match, followed by both finals day matches. They broadcast twelve live matches from the expanded 2018 competition. The ECB announced a two-year title sponsorship agreement for the WCSL with Kia Motors in March 2016, as a result of which the competition was known as the Kia Super League. The deal was extended to cover the final two years of the competition in 2017. Women%27s Twenty20 cricket First-class cricket One Day International Limited overs (domestic) Twenty20 International Twenty20 (domestic) Other forms Women's Twenty20

344-409: A tickle", and "...and Ward bowls to Glenn Turner, short, ooh! and it catches him high up on the, er, thigh. That really must have hurt as he's doubled over in pain. I remember when..." and after 2 minutes of typical Johnners fill, he continued, "Well, he's bravely going to carry on ... but he doesn't look too good. One ball left." Listeners' letters and emails are often read out on air. Brian Johnston

387-586: A time. Some of the commentators have nicknames (a few based on the first syllable of their surname, plus the syllable "-ers" ). They have included: Current TMS commentators include: The long-standing pattern of a broadcast was commentary during the over followed by a summary or other comments between overs (usually by retired first-class cricketers ). In recent years, this pattern has changed, with comments being made not just between overs but between balls. Past summarisers have included: Current summarisers include: In addition, visitors from overseas join

430-527: A warm-up for the first Women's Twenty20 International (and first T20I for either gender), that took place at Hove on 5 August 2004 between England and New Zealand . Most major cricket nations now have a women's Twenty20 cricket tournament as part of their domestic season. In 2007, the first Women's Interstate Twenty20 began in Australia and the State League Twenty20 began in New Zealand. With

473-429: Is considered as the highest level of domestic women's cricket. The main features of the new regulations on what constitutes Competitive Women's T20 Cricket and what do not are as follows. Women's Twenty20 cricket mainly follows the same rules as men's Twenty20 cricket. Twenty20 matches are a form of limited overs cricket , with both teams batting for a single innings of 20 overs (120 legal deliveries). The team with

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516-559: Is the use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket . In a Twenty20 match, the two teams bat for a single innings each, of a maximum of 20 overs . The wider rules and playing conditions are usually the same for both the men's format and the women's format, with some small variations. The first women's Twenty20 matches took place concurrently on 29 May 2004, as part of the 2004 Super Fours : Braves versus Super Strikers and Knight Riders versus V Team . These matches were viewed as

559-794: The BBC Third Programme (later to become BBC Radio 3 ) frequencies, since at that time the Third Programme only broadcast in the evening. TMS became a fixture on Radio 3's medium wave frequencies until Radio 3 lost them in February 1992. The programme moved to Radio 3 FM that summer and the following summer the morning session was broadcast on Radio 5 , switching to Radio 3 for the afternoon session. The launch of Radio 5 Live in 1994 saw TMS move to Radio 4 long wave (198 LW, plus various localised MW frequencies including 720 MW in London and 603 MW in

602-732: The TMS team as commentators or summarisers when their country is touring England or vice versa. These have included: Adam Collins Tim Lane Geoff Lemon Jim Maxwell Alan McGilvray Ian Chappell ("Chappeli") Stuart Clark Aaron Finch Jack Fingleton Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie ("Dizzy") Matthew Hayden Mitchell Johnson Dean Jones Mel Jones Justin Langer Stuart Law Geoff Lawson Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath ("Pigeon") Dirk Nannes Neville Oliver , nicknamed "The Doctor" in reference to his initials and

645-692: The 2019 season, ahead of the intended launch of the ECB's new format, The Hundred , and its city-based men's and women's franchises. Western Storm ended the competition as the most successful team with two titles, in 2017 and 2019. Southern Vipers and Surrey Stars won one title each, in 2016 and 2018 respectively. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced their plans for the Women's Cricket Super League in June 2015, stating they would invest £3 million over four years. The competition would launch with six teams playing in

688-620: The 2019 season. It was replaced with a new regional domestic structure for women's cricket in England and Wales, encompassing The Hundred, the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup . The ECB announced the six hosts for the WCSL in January 2016, with hosting rights awarded for four years of the competition, 2016 to 2019 inclusive. The hosts and partners included seven First-class counties , five minor counties and three universities. Team names, along with

731-452: The Ashes Test in 2009 at Lord's Patel also attracted the New Zealand actor Russell Crowe into the TMS box, while his cousin, the former Kiwi test cricketer Jeff Crowe , was serving as the match referee. Agnew remarked "that we have been joined by the cousin of the match referee" live on air. British prime ministers have been guests, including cricket fans John Major , David Cameron , who

774-596: The M.G.'s is played at the beginning and end of TMS coverage each day. In December 2008 the BBC won the UK radio rights up to 2013. On 26 January 2012 the ECB announced a further six-year deal covering home Tests until the 2019 Ashes. In 2017 the ECB agreed a new deal with the BBC to cover England cricket on radio from 2020 to 2024 alongside the new rights for BBC TV coverage of live Twenty20 Cricket and Test match and ODI International highlights. In September 2021, Melissa Story became

817-467: The Sri Lankan ground, when the BBC were locked out. On 31 July 2023, TMS aired its final broadcast on BBC Radio 4 LW ahead of the planned closure of Radio 4's long wave transmissions sometime in 2024. In a Test match three or four commentators and three or four summarisers are used in rotation; each commentator "sits in" before the microphone for twenty minutes, and each summariser for thirty minutes, at

860-524: The action, there is also much light relief. Brian Johnston, who was as happy on the stage and working in light entertainment presentation as he was in the commentary box, was the master of this style. This could on occasion lead to hilarity in the box, for instance on one occasion in August 1991 at The Oval when Ian Botham was dismissed " hit wicket " and Agnew said Botham "just couldn't quite get his leg over." This remark led both Agnew and Johnston to collapse in

903-462: The addition of daily live weather forecasts and reports on the domestic county championship for home series, plus an end of day summary with Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott . After Boycott left Test Match Special in 2020, Agnew now conducts the end of day summary alongside Michael Vaughan . Calypso -tinged theme music from the track " Soul Limbo " by the American soul band Booker T. &

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946-413: The amateur Women's County Championship and international cricket, for which England players are centrally contracted as professionals. It was decided in advance of the 2017 season that the planned 50-over competition would not after all take place, with the ECB and the franchises preferring to concentrate their resources on developing the existing Twenty20 format. For the 2018 season, the group stage of

989-501: The beginning of the Women's Big Bash League in Australia in 2015–16 and the Women's Cricket Super League in England in 2016, domestic women's Twenty20 tournaments started becoming more professionalised. In 2022, the first privately-run women's T20 competition was launched, the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 . At international level, Twenty20 cricket has been an increasingly prevalent format for women. The first ICC Women's World Twenty20

1032-414: The competition was doubled in size, with each of the teams now facing each other home and away for a total of ten group matches. In 2018, the ECB announced the planned launch of The Hundred in 2020, a new hundred-ball format competition to be played by newly-created city-based franchises with both men's and women's teams. In conjunction with this, it was also announced that the WCSL would be scrapped after

1075-506: The cricket on long wave. From 1973 to 2007, Test Match Special was produced by Peter Baxter . Halfway through 2007, Baxter retired and was replaced by Adam Mountford , previously the Five Live cricket producer. Mountford was aged just one when Peter Baxter became involved with TMS . Full commentaries are now available for thirty days on BBC Sounds , and since late-2015 a "live-rewind" feature has been available. Format changes include

1118-545: The early years of the feature the interviewer was usually Brian Johnston; nowadays most interviews are conducted by Jonathan Agnew. Lily Allen has been interviewed twice and stated a preference for the longer Test form of the game during her first interview on View from the Boundary. Daniel Radcliffe was interviewed on his 18th birthday at the Lord's Test in 2007 after being hunted down by Shilpa Patel, TMS' s assistant producer. During

1161-1236: The film Dr. No Michael Slater ("Slats") Jeff Thomson ("Thommo") Roushan Alam Athar Ali Khan Harsha Bhogle Prakash Wakankar Maharajah of Baroda Aakash Chopra Deep Dasgupta Rahul Dravid Farokh Engineer ("Rooky") Sunil Gavaskar Ravi Shastri John Kenny Michael McNamee Alan Lewis Niall O'Brien Bryan Waddle Jeremy Coney Stephen Fleming Iain O'Brien Ian Smith Omar Kureishi Imran Khan Azhar Mahmood Wasim Akram Mushtaq Mohammad Ramiz Raja Waqar Younis John Blain Dougie Brown Gerald de Kock Natalie Germanos Neil Manthorp Daryll Cullinan Firdose Moonda Shaun Pollock Barry Richards Graeme Smith Vernon Philander Roshan Abeysinghe Gamini Goonesena Russel Arnold Tony Cozier Roy Lawrence Fazeer Mohammed Donna Symmonds Sir Curtly Ambrose Carlos Brathwaite Colin Croft Sir Viv Richards Duncan Fletcher Pommie Mbangwa Henry Olonga The TMS team also includes

1204-509: The first final at the MCG . Malcolm Ashton (affectionately known as "Ashtray") became TMS scorer following Frindall's death in 2009. South African Andrew Samson was the scorer on overseas tours from the Ashes tour of 2010/11, and took over from Malcolm Ashton in 2014, for the home series against Sri Lanka and India. Andy Zaltzman became the scorer on the Sri Lankan tour of England in 2016. Having been

1247-577: The fixtures and venues for the 2016 season, were announced in February 2016. The allocation of England players to the teams was announced in April 2016, with overseas player allocations being announced later that month. Matches were played in a Twenty20 format. Teams played each other in a round robin, from which the top three teams qualified for Finals Day at a neutral venue. In 2016 and 2017 teams played each other once, and in 2018 and 2019 teams played each other twice. The second and third placed teams then met in

1290-417: The gap between amateur domestic cricket and the increasingly professional international game. The WCSL launched in 2016, with each team playing five group stage matches in a round-robin format, followed by a finals day; this was increased to ten group matches in 2018, following the ECB abandoning their initial plans to expand the tournament by also incorporating a 50-over competition. The WCSL ended after

1333-555: The men's game. Women's Twenty20 Internationals have been played since 2004. In January 2018, the ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations. Subsequently, they created a T20I rankings system which were launched in October 2018. As of September 2024 , 89 nations have played WT20Is. The following is a list of the premier T20 domestic competition in full member countries. Test Match Special BBC Radio

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1376-550: The mid-1930s he got Howard Marshall to begin commentating on cricket, rather than only giving reports. From the mid-1930s to the 1950s the amount of ball-by-ball commentary gradually increased, but it was not until TMS was launched in 1957 that every ball was covered for their British audience. Robert Hudson was responsible for the launch of TMS , writing to his Outside Broadcasts boss Charles Max-Muller in 1956, proposing broadcasting full ball-by-ball coverage of Tests rather than only covering fixed periods, and suggesting using

1419-463: The most runs at the conclusion of both innings is the winner of the match. Some small differences exist between the women's and men's formats: for example, ICC rules state that during non-Powerplay overs in women's matches, 4 fielders are permitted outside the fielding circle, compared to 5 in the men's game. Boundaries are also smaller in the women's game, with the rules dictating that they should be between 60 and 70 yards, compared to 65 and 90 yards in

1462-537: The north east). However, coverage on long wave ended at the conclusion of the 2023 season. 2002 saw the launch of Radio 5 Sports Extra (then known as BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra), and Digital radio was seen as the solution for "where to put" TMS , and as a way for cricket fans to avoid broadcasts of the Shipping Forecast , The Daily Service and Yesterday in Parliament which would otherwise interrupt

1505-494: The scorer on numerous England women's matches, Phil Long made his debut on the programme at the start of the 2019 Cricket World Cup where he and Zaltzman were the scorers. The producer from 1973 to June 2007 was Peter Baxter , who was also himself a capable commentator. He succeeded Michael Tuke-Hastings, and on his retirement was succeeded by Adam Mountford . TMS has always had a distinctively irreverent style. While it takes seriously its role of describing and commenting on

1548-523: The semi-final for the right to face the first placed team in the final. Finals Day was staged at the County Cricket Ground , Chelmsford in 2016 and at the County Cricket Ground , Hove from 2017 to 2019. The 2016 tournament was not televised, but seven group matches and the finals day were broadcast live on BBC radio's Test Match Special . In 2017, Sky Sports broadcast eight matches live – six group stage matches as part of double-headers with

1591-512: The tradition of the public sending cakes to the commentary box. In Johnston's day they were chocolate cakes , whereas now fruit cakes seem to be more popular. Indeed, in 2001 the Queen herself had a fruit cake baked for the TMS team. She said that it was baked "under close supervision" by her following Jonathan Agnew's light-hearted questioning of her as to whether she might have baked it herself. In 2019, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall commissioned

1634-411: The youngest ever commentator on TMS , an accolade previously held by Christopher Martin-Jenkins. The BBC also covers winter series but has lost certain rights to talkSPORT over the years as broadcasting rights for tours are controlled by the host country and it is not uncommon for there to be disputes. In 2001, Agnew was forced to broadcast by mobile phone from the ramparts of Galle Fort , overlooking

1677-668: Was announced "Beard of the Year" winner in 2008. There is a tradition that every Saturday of a home Test match the commentators wear a Primary Club tie. Membership of the Primary Club is available to anybody who has been out first ball (a "golden duck") in any form of cricket. Proceeds are donated to a charity for blind and partially sighted cricketers. This is a regular Saturday lunchtime feature during home Test matches, in which guests from all walks of life are interviewed about their love of cricket as well as their own sphere of activity. In

1720-746: Was held in England in 2009, and was won by the hosts. The final of the 2020 edition in Australia became the most watched women's cricket event ever worldwide with 53 million views, and with 86,174 watching in person at the MCG . The most recent edition was held in South Africa in 2023 , with Australia winning an unprecedented sixth title. In October 2017, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed updated regulations for Classification of Official Cricket. It defined and clarified what constitutes Official Cricket and what does not. According to these regulations, Competitive Women's Cricket

1763-493: Was interviewed twice, once as the Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition, Theresa May , and Rishi Sunak . In addition to View from the Boundary, TMS regularly provides features such as interviews with ex-players or reminiscences of matches and seasons gone by. In each case, the narrator tells the story interspersed with recorded interviews with the main protagonists as well as pieces of archive commentary. This [incomplete] list

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1806-459: Was once taken to task by a schoolmistress correspondent, pretending indignation, for saying during a West Indies Test commentary: "The bowler's Holding , the batsman's Willey ." However, on this occasion he was innocent. Concern about BBC Sport's commitment to maintaining the tone and style of the programme after its 50th anniversary led to an Early Day Motion being tabled in Parliament by Andrew George MP in June 2007. Brian Johnston started

1849-427: Was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match. Live cricket had been broadcast since 1927, but originally it was thought that Test match cricket was too slow for ball-by-ball commentary to work. However, Seymour de Lotbiniere , who was responsible for live sports coverage and who went on to become head of outside broadcasts at the BBC, realised that ball-by-ball commentary could make compelling radio. In

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