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Cricket: First Test

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Test Match Special
England v India at Old Trafford (Fourth Day) Ball-by-ball commentaries by JOHN ARLOTT
BRIAN JOHNSTON
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS and HENRY BLOFELD with comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY and the MAHARAJA OF BARODA
Close-ofplay summary by E. W. SWANTON
Scorer BILL FRINDALL
11.25-1.35* including lunch summary
1.35*1.40* News
1.40*-2.0* Your Letters Answered. The commentators answer some of the points raised in listeners' letters
2.0*-2.5* Lunchtime Scoreboard
2.10*-4.20* and 4.30*5.45 including teatime summary
5.45-6.40 inc close-ofplay 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,

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John Arlott
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Brian Johnston
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Christopher Martin-Jenkins
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Henry Blofeld
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Trevor Bailey

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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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