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Seconds out... Test two

Adam Mountford | 05:30 UK time, Wednesday, 12 March 2008

Test Match Special will be on the air every night from 2100 GMT bringing you ball-by-ball commentary on the second Test from Wellington.

As well as bringing you all the action, there are plenty of other things to look forward to during our coverage from the .

During lunch on Thursday and Friday evening you will be able to hear and put your questions to the two men at the helm of cricket in England and New Zealand.

On Thursday, the chief executive of New Zealand cricket, Justin Vaughan, will be joining Jonathan Agnew, whilst on Friday it will be the England and Wales Cricket Board's managing director Hugh Morris in the hot-seat.

There are so many subjects on the agenda; the impact of the , whether New Zealand will start their tour of England without several key players including captain Daneil Vettori, whether Zimbabwe's planned tour of England in 2009 will go ahead and whether, if it doesn't, England will still host the ICC World Twenty20.

If you would like your questions put to Justin or Hugh either contribute to this blog, e-mail tms@bbc.co.uk or text 84040.

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Other highlights of our coverage from Wellington will include an interview with New Zealand legend and outgoing national selector .

As well as giving his views on the modern game and sharing memories of his time at Nottinghamshire, Sir Richard will also be telling us about his time playing in Australia when his team-mates won the title - beating Angus Fraser's England in the final - despite Hadlee's attempt to go through the whole competition without scoring a run or taking a wicket.

Reporter Alison Mitchell will bring you a fascinating "Postcard from Wellington", which includes a trip on what has become one of the symbols of the city, the , which takes visitors up to the botanical gardens with magnificent views.

Alison also visited the famous decorated with type puppets of New Zealand politicians and sporting stars before rounding off her trip by meeting the man known as "Dr Grace" - David Mealing, the curator of the Basin Reserve Cricket museum.

David has that nickname because of his wonderful beard - but his knowledge of the game is every bit as extraordinary as his facial hair !

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You will hear him tell Alison how the Basin Reserve was originally a lake before an earthquake in 1855 uplifted the area into a swamp which was later drained by prisoners from the Mount Cook jail to provide a sporting centre for the colonists.

And speaking of prisoners you will not want to miss David telling the story of one of the museums most unusual exhibit, an improvised cricket ball used by New Zealand prisoners of war to play what are described as very serious games against prison sides from the likes of Australia, England and Wales.

Kevin Howells, meanwhile, will be reporting from Ireland on what has happened to cricket over there since the team's heroics in the 2007 World Cup.

This Wellington Test coincides with the anniversary of Ireland's dramatic tie against Zimbabwe and victory over Pakistan. But a year on are there any signs that the success in the Caribbean will have any long lasting benefits for cricket across Ireland?

Finally, we will be looking at the wonderful work that has been done by the fund which was set up after the tragic death of the young Surrey and England cricketer.

It was during the Wellington Test match six years ago that news reached the England players about the terrible road accident which killed Ben at the age of just 24.

Test Match Special will be on the air at 2100 UK time from Wednesday 12th March. Available on Five Live Sports Extra, Radio Four Longwave and on-line (UK Listeners Only)

Don't forget our interactive service with up to the second scorecards, wagon wheels and other information details at bbc.co.uk/cricket. Jonathan Agnew will bring you the definitive story of the day with his TMS Blog and you'll be able to download the legendary Aggers and Boycott TMS Podcast shortly after play.

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Would it be amiss of you to let us know of other radio stations which do stream live coverage (outside UK)?

I guess NZ stations might be a good start... Any help would be appreciated.

  • 2.
  • At 08:45 PM on 12 Mar 2008,
  • Rey wrote:

Try this NZ station:

I believe Aggers turns up on their commentary. Beware the dodgy adverts though

  • 3.
  • At 09:41 PM on 12 Mar 2008,
  • Matthew Scarborough wrote:

About time the ´óÏó´«Ã½ let us Brits from overseas listen to the TMS commentary.
www.radiosport.co.nz isn't the same, albeit with the occasional input from Aggers.

  • 4.
  • At 09:58 PM on 12 Mar 2008,
  • yogesh desai wrote:

hello,
i am keen cricket fan for long long time so i want to know why all so called expert keep on analising england team performance as if our team is best in the world after victory over auzi last time . in my view india has also defeted australia on our homeland last time but no expert is calling them great team so why england ? so commmmmmmmmmmmmon face reality and do not keep on telling us about past . you have to face present and future in the game which is not very bright !!!! so comment on the facts and not fiction
yogesh.

  • 5.
  • At 01:30 PM on 13 Mar 2008,
  • Posh Tim wrote:

I live on a yacht in Montenegro and feel the same way about missing the TMS team. What's the point of selling everything you own and moving to paradise if you can't listen to their extraordinary coverage of the Test matches?

You can watch a couple of lads watching sky on this site. Amateurish but funny, reminds me of sitting around doing nothing when I was a student.

Or for something more professional and interesting, by commentators rather than just cliches, try bet365, whose accents make Boycott look posh.

Cheers!

  • 6.
  • At 02:23 AM on 14 Mar 2008,
  • dave wrote:

how said we should woory about James Anderson?

  • 7.
  • At 06:47 AM on 14 Mar 2008,
  • Nigel Young wrote:

The new zealand sports radio station does live streaming ball by ball commentary and it works in Japan where I am just now.

What I do not understand is how does the mighty ´óÏó´«Ã½ not manage to have a 'contract' which allows them to do what a local sport radio company can do in New Zealand.

  • 8.
  • At 10:28 PM on 17 Mar 2008,
  • Phil Herd wrote:

I have just looked through your flickr photos which i enjoyed tremendously. They reminded me of my own recent trip to the land of the long white cloud. However I would like to complain about the blantent looks-ism within the ´óÏó´«Ã½. There are far more photos of the appealing Alison Mitchell and too few of the wonderful producer, who I am sure has many qualities of his own. Please put this right.

  • 9.
  • At 11:36 PM on 21 Mar 2008,
  • Andrew Sykes wrote:

When Matthew Scarborough and his expatriot friends start paying the licence fee, let them have the commentary. In the meantime, why not immerse yourselves in the local sports of the country you have chosen to live in? Just a suggestion. :)

  • 10.
  • At 01:21 PM on 23 Mar 2008,
  • Luke Robinson wrote:

After reading Steve Harminson's article in The Daily Mail, it would be interesting if thought Geoffrey Boycott would respond to it on TMS.

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