Editing Test Match Special (section)

==''TMS'' commentators==
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 a time. Some of the commentators have nicknames (a few based on the first syllable of their surname, plus [[Oxford "-er"|the syllable "-ers"]]). They have included: {{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
* [[E. W. Swanton]] (1938–1975)
* [[Rex Alston]] (1945–1964)
* [[John Arlott]] (1946–1980)
* [[Ken Ablack]] (1950–1962)
* [[Robert Hudson (broadcaster)|Robert Hudson]] (1958–1968)
* [[Peter West]] (1958)
* [[Alan Gibson]] (1962–1975)
* [[Peter Cranmer]] (1965, 1968 – 2 matches only)
* [[Brian Johnston]] ("Johnners") (1966–1993)
* [[Neil Durden-Smith]] (1969–1974)
* [[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]] ("CMJ") (1973–2012)
* [[Don Mosey]] ("The Alderman") (1974–1991)
* [[Henry Blofeld]] ("Blowers") (1974–1991, 1994–2017)
* [[Tony Lewis]] ("ARL") (1977–1985)
* [[Jack Bannister]] (1988–1994)
* [[Jon Champion]] (2000–2003)
* [[Mark Saggers]] (2001–2008)
* [[Arlo White]] (2005–2009)
* [[Mark Pougatch]] (2006–2008)
* [[Simon Hughes (cricketer)|Simon Hughes]] (2007–2010)
* [[Ed Smith (cricketer)|Ed Smith]] ("Wordsmith") (2012–2018)
* [[Charles Dagnall]] ("Daggers") (2012–2021)

Current ''TMS'' commentators include:

* [[Jonathan Agnew]] ("Aggers") (1991–)
* [[Simon Mann (cricket commentator)|Simon Mann]] (1996–)
* [[Alison Mitchell]] (2007–)
* Kevin Howells (2007–)
* [[Daniel Norcross]] (2016–)
* [[Isabelle Westbury]] (2017–)
* [[Isa Guha]] (2018–)
* Henry Moeran (2019–)
* Nikesh Rughani (2019-)
* Aatif Nawaz (2020–)
* Melissa Story (2021–)
* [[Emily Windsor]] (2021–)

===Regular summarisers===
The long-standing pattern of a broadcast was commentary during the [[over (cricket)|over]] followed by a summary or other comments between overs (usually by retired [[first-class cricket]]ers). In recent years, this pattern has changed, with comments being made not just between overs but between balls.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harman |first=Jo |date=27 November 2019 |title=The changing art of cricket commentary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/27/changing-art-cricket-commentary |website=The Guardian |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127123104/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/27/changing-art-cricket-commentary |archive-date=27 November 2019 |access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref>

Past summarisers have included:
* [[Norman Yardley]] (1956–1969, 1973)
* [[Freddie Brown (cricketer)|Freddie Brown]] (1957–1969)
* [[Trevor Bailey]] ("Boil") (1974–1999)
* [[Fred Trueman]] (1974–1999)
* [[David Lloyd (cricketer)|David Lloyd]] ("Bumble") (1981–1991)
* [[Colin Milburn]] (1983–1988)
* [[Mike Selvey]] (1984–2008)
* [[Graeme Fowler]] (1994–2005)
* [[Angus Fraser]] (2002–2008)
* [[Graham Gooch]] (2002–2009)
* [[Geoffrey Boycott]] (2005–2020)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52944158|title=Sir Geoffrey Boycott leaves Test Match Special after 14 years|work=BBC Sport|date= 5 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Alec Stewart]] (2006–2019)
* [[Graeme Swann]] ("Swanny") (2014–2019)

Current summarisers include:
* [[Vic Marks]] ("The Vicar") (1990–)
* [[Phil Tufnell]] ("Tuffers") (2003–)
* [[Michael Vaughan]] ("Vaughnie") (2009–21,  2023–)
* [[Ebony Rainford-Brent]] (2015–)
* [[James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]] (2018–)
* [[Steven Finn]] (2018–)
* [[Mark Ramprakash]] (2019–)
* [[Alastair Cook|Sir Alastair Cook]] (2019–)
* [[Alex Hartley (cricketer)|Alex Hartley]] (2020–)

===Guest commentators and summarisers===
In addition, visitors from overseas join the ''TMS'' team as commentators or summarisers when their country is touring England or vice versa. These have included: 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Country
!Commentators
!Summarisers
|-
|Afghanistan
|Devender Kumar
|-
|Australia (traditionally done collaboration with [[ABC Radio Grandstand|ABC Grandstand Cricket]]).
|
Adam Collins<br>
[[Tim Lane (journalist)|Tim Lane]]<br>
Geoff Lemon<br>
[[Jim Maxwell (commentator)|Jim Maxwell]]<br>
[[Alan McGilvray]]
|
[[Ian Chappell]] ("Chappeli")<br>
[[Stuart Clark]]<br>
[[Aaron Finch]]<br>
[[Jack Fingleton]]<br>
[[Adam Gilchrist]]<br>
[[Jason Gillespie]] ("Dizzy")<br>
[[Matthew Hayden]]<br>
[[Mitchell Johnson (cricketer)|Mitchell Johnson]]<br>
[[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]]<br>
[[Mel Jones]]<br>
[[Justin Langer]]<br>
[[Stuart Law]]<br>
[[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]]<br>
[[Damien Martyn]]<br>
[[Glenn McGrath]] ("Pigeon")<br>
[[Dirk Nannes]]<br>
[[Neville Oliver]], nicknamed "The Doctor" in reference to his initials and the film ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''<br>
[[Michael Slater]] ("Slats")<br>
[[Jeff Thomson]] ("Thommo")
|-
|Bangladesh
|
|
Roushan Alam<br>
[[Athar Ali Khan]]
|-
|India
|
[[Harsha Bhogle]]<br>
[[Prakash Wakankar]]
|
[[Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad|Maharajah of Baroda]]<br>
[[Aakash Chopra]]<br>
[[Deep Dasgupta]]<br>
[[Rahul Dravid]]<br>
[[Farokh Engineer]] ("Rooky")<br>
[[Sunil Gavaskar]]<br>
[[Ravi Shastri]]
|-
|Ireland
|
John Kenny<br>
Michael McNamee
|
[[Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket)|Alan Lewis]]<br>
[[Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]]
|-
|New Zealand
|
[[Bryan Waddle]]
|
[[Jeremy Coney]]<br>
[[Stephen Fleming]]<br>
[[Iain O'Brien]]<br>
[[Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)|Ian Smith]]
|-
|Pakistan
|
[[Omar Kureishi]]
|
[[Imran Khan]]<br>
[[Azhar Mahmood]]<br>
[[Wasim Akram]]<br>
[[Mushtaq Mohammad]]<br>
[[Rameez Raja|Ramiz Raja]]<br>
[[Waqar Younis]]
|-
|Scotland
|
|
[[John Blain (cricketer)|John Blain]]<br>
[[Dougie Brown]]
|-
|South Africa
|
[[Gerald de Kock]]<br>
[[Natalie Germanos]]<br>
[[Neil Manthorp]]
|
[[Daryll Cullinan]]<br>
[[Firdose Moonda]]<br>
[[Shaun Pollock]]<br>
[[Barry Richards]]<br>
[[Graeme Smith]]<br>
[[Vernon Philander]]
|-
|Sri Lanka
|
[[Roshan Abeysinghe]]
|
[[Gamini Goonesena]]<br>
[[Russel Arnold]]
|-
|West Indies
|
[[Tony Cozier]]<br>
Roy Lawrence<br>
[[Fazeer Mohammed]]<br>
[[Donna Symmonds]]
|
[[Curtly Ambrose|Sir Curtly Ambrose]]<br>
[[Carlos Brathwaite]]<br>
[[Colin Croft]]<br>
[[Sir Viv Richards]]
|-
|Zimbabwe
|
|
[[Duncan Fletcher]]<br>
[[Pommie Mbangwa]]<br>
[[Henry Olonga]]
|}

===Scorers===
The ''TMS'' team also includes 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 (cricketer)|Michael Robinson]] replaced her for the first final at the [[MCG]]. [[Malcolm Ashton]] (affectionately known as "Ashtray") became TMS scorer following Frindall's death in 2009.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2009/04/ashton_joins_tms_team.shtml BBC Sport Online], ''Ashton joins TMS team'' (consulted 18 May 2009).</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8159286/The-Ashes-2010-Sky-Sports-v-Test-Match-Special.html], "The Ashes 2010: Sky Sports v Test Match Special" (consulted 8 December 2012).</ref> Having been 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. 

* [[Arthur Wrigley]] (1934–1966)
* [[Bill Frindall]] ("The Bearded Wonder" or "Bearders") (1966–2008)
* Jo King
* [[Michael Robinson (cricketer)|Michael Robinson]]
* [[Malcolm Ashton]] ("Ashtray") (2009–2014)
* [[Andrew Samson]] (2010–2019)
* [[Andy Zaltzman]] (2016 to date)
* Phil Long (2019 to date)

===Producers and reporters===
The producer from 1973 to June 2007 was [[Peter Baxter (radio producer)|Peter Baxter]], who was also himself a capable commentator. He succeeded Michael Tuke-Hastings, and on his retirement was succeeded by [[Adam Mountford]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2007/07/new_tms_producer_signs_on.shtml], "
New TMS producer signs on" (consulted 8 December 2012).</ref>