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Pollock is such a legend. Nice coup.

Good to see Tuffers hanging around. One of the best moments in TMS in recent years was the climax of th ODI at the Oval, with Tuffers thinking England had won.

Test matches are becoming boaring.

Full of excited anticipation ahead of this match and series. Should be closely contested. Fascinating to see how it unfolds....the beauty of Test match cricket !
Good luck to all...including the commentary team. Prediction....England 1 South Africa 1.

Is it any coincidence that someone who finds Test matches boring can't spell 'boring'?

Where the hell is Blowers?

I like the way you placed a hyperlink on the words "Nelson Mandela" like he was some unknown character. When I saw that, I thought maybe it linked to an interesting page detailing how the lives of Mr. Mandella and Mr. Joffe intertwined, but no, it links to www.nelsonmandela.org. Thanks for the history lesson.

Looking forward to this test, in particular the brilliant banter that is produced when Tuffers and Boycott are anywhere near one another. If it were up to me I'd have them mic'd up for the duration of the match!

As an England fan, I'm glad that the lure of Sky money and IPL money has kept Pollock out of the South African team; he would have improved their already impressive bowling attack and added depth to the batting.

Looks like a good line up. Looks like it'll be needed for the rain breaks. :(

Forget Zimbabwe. The item that annoyed contributors to this board the most was the shameful changing of the result of the Pakistan Oval Test match. You could put to Giles Clarke that the majority of English cricket followers are against this move and that he should have reflected this. Well done to Michael Holding for sticking to his principles.

Good news that you have got Pollock, though I understand he is also commentating for Sky! Judas!

Given the options made available through digital media cant we have a channel with just Tuffers and a few cans of beer - you might have to give it an 18 rating, but it would be worth it!

Why am I away from the UK for the whole summer? I'm so looking forward to this Test series and the TMS box will be as lively as ever! Why can't the ´óÏó´«Ã½ broadcast TMS to outside the UK? I would have no problem at all paying a subscription just to get TMS wherever in the world I am. Hope England win but am really scared of Steyn. He will probably tear the England batting apart and that will hurt a lot. But hopefully Vaughan and co raise their game and then play consistently...

Dear Adam,
Congratulations on generally keeping up the high standards of TMS . The core trio of JA , CMJ and Henry are the best broadcasters on ´óÏó´«Ã½ sport and need to be on together as often as possible . Contributions from Vic Marks , G Boycott and G Gooch are also to be treasured .
May I , however , request no more Phil Tufnell ?He seems to be omnipresent and I am sure there are numerous ex players who could do the job !
On a more positive note , Alison Mitchell is excellent ! I predict that she will join the above mentioned trio in the future.
Many thanks !

Am a great fan of TMS, and have enjoyed the commentary this summer...

could I just make one comment and that is, please can we avoid using 'general' five live sports commentators, such as Mark Saggers, Arlo White and Mark Pougatch - whilst their commentaries are fine and they quite reasonably describe the action, I do not feel they add anything extra or interesting to the action in the way the Aggers or CMJ do. Cricket is a unique sport for commentating on, due to the gaps in 'action' between deliveries and overs, and I don't think the general five live commentator mould really is a good match for radio cricket commentary. I would be really sad to see TMS lose its charm to blander sports commentary.

anyway, just my opinion. thanks.

I'm going to Lords on Sunday and taking somoene who has never been to a cricket match before. I've been encouraging them to listen to TMS. Shame Blowers is busy as I wanted them to experience his fantastic commentries. I'm hoping it won't rain as I don't like getting refunds, I like experiencing test cricket.

Any way there is a long way to go before Sunday and I'm looking forward to all of it on TMS. There's nothing like test cricket. Thanks

Dreadful news that the new guard (who by and large would be better off commentating on footie matches) have kept the brilliant Blowers out of his rightful home in the TMS box.

Why this error in selection? It's a heinous crime. Please explain.

At least we still have CMJ and Aggers to remind us of the days when dedicated experts appeared on TMS.

In the interests of balance- Tuffers is shaping up well in his new role.

What a formidable team of commentators.

Best wishes to Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin Jenkins, Adam Mountford, Pollock, Dave Cameron, Joel Joffe, Rory Bremner, Neil Warnock, Mark Pougatch, Geoffrey Boycott, Mile Selvey, Phil Tufnell, Bill Frindall, Alison Mitchell, Pat Murphy, Alec Stewart and David Garrido.

Looking forward to listen to Shaun Pollock and his insights.



Dr. Cajetan Coelho

Listening today to TMS, it seems its unique tone is being watered down. Whilst I appreciate that Mark Pougatch is an excellent broadcaster when presenting on 5 Live, he does not have the lightness of touch required to successfully commentate on cricket. He seems to want to 'present' the programme and his approach is overpowering. I'm all for progress, Simon Mann and even Arlo White sit really well with the team and offer relaxed, knowledgeable commentary. Stick with what works.

Adam, I really enjoyed the coverage from TMS today as ever.

And I'm currently enjoying the bonus of the extra Twenty20 commentatry from Martin Hindley and Ian Dennis.

But why isn't Neil Manthorp part of the commentary team for the series?

He is an excellent commentator who I was really looking forward to hearing this summer. He was really good during the last SA tour hear and the world cup last year.

The overseas commentators such as Bryan Waddle and Jim Maxwell are such a big part of TMS its a shame to miss out this series.

I like Mark Pougatch. He seems to know his stuff and it's good to hear a new voice on TMS.

Enjoyed Rory Bremner and it's great having someone like Shaun Pollock airing their views.

Great stuff.