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Cricket: First Test

on BBC Radio 3

Test Match Special
England v
West Indies at The Oval (First day) Ball-by-ball commentaries by BRIAN JOHNSTON
TONY CROZIER , JOHN ARLOTT and ALAN GIBSON with comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY and NORMAN YARDLEY
Close-of-play summary by E. W. SWANTON
Scorer bill FRINDALL
11.15-1.35* inc lunch summary
1.35'-1.40* News; weather
1.40-2.0. ALEC HEDSER and GEOFFREY HOWARD talk to BRIAN JOHNSTON about The Oval past and present.
2.0'-2.5* Lunchtime Scoreboard
2.10*-4.20* and 4.30* 5.45 including teatime summary
5.45-6.40 () inc close-of-play summary
On days when a Test Match is scheduled, but it is known at close of play the day before that there will be no play, normal Radio 3 music programmes will be broadcast. On days when play finishes early or is abandoned at any time after it has begun, normal Radio 3 music programmes will resume approximately one hour after play has ceased.
Next week, a colour feature on the West Indies cricketers

Contributors

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Brian Johnston
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Tony Crozier
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John Arlott
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Alan Gibson
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Trevor Bailey
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Norman Yardley
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Alec Hedser
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Geoffrey Howard
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Brian Johnston

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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