Presenter biographies

Jonathan Agnew's career as the BBC's cricket correspondent has been so successful, it's easy to forget that he ever played the game. But, as a thrusting seam bowler in the 1980s, he played three Tests for England before taking up his position in the commentary box.

Jonathan is one of the mainstays of Test Match Special and writes regularly for the BBC Sport website.

Henry Blofeld OBE

Henry Blofeld is best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 LW and BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.

Henry Blofeld, or Blowers, is one of cricket’s most popular characters. He’s been a regular on TMS for 40 years and is famous for his love of buses and pigeons as well as his great passion for the game of cricket.

He also tours the country with his stage show celebrating the history of TMS.

An outstanding schoolboy cricketer, Geoffrey Boycott quickly graduated through club cricket for Ackworth, Barnsley and Leeds, to join the Yorkshire team at the age of 21.

He began an illustrious Test career only two years later in the first Test of the summer against Australia. He went on to score 8,114 runs in an 18-year Test career spanning 108 Test matches.

Boycott is one of Test Match Special’s most outspoken summarisers. His partnership with Jonathan Agnew has led them to be described as the 'Lennon and McCartney' of cricket broadcasting. He regularly features on the daily Test Match Special podcast

Mark currently hosts BBC Radio 5 live’s flagship sports programming, including 5live Sport, the Monday Night Club and 606 – the UK’s biggest football phone-in and can often be seen hosting BBC One’s Final Score. He takes up the reins as host of Match Of The Day 2 on BBC One for the 2013/14 season.

Renowned for his versatility, Mark has been able to work across all sports on both radio and television for the BBC and ESPN – ranging from the highest echelons of Italian Football to the Superbowl.

Andrew Flintoff MBE

Andrew (Freddie) Flintoff is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England.

Andrew made his biggest impact on the England cricket team in the summer of 2005, when he played a major role in regaining the Ashes from Australia. His contributions were legendary, and won him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

In September 2010, with his status as one of the biggest players in the game, Flintoff retired from cricket due to a recurring knee injury.

Since retiring from cricket Andrew has developed a strong, credible career in broadcast.

In March 2010, Flintoff became a team captain on the Sky1 television sports panel show 'A League Of Their Own'. ITV2 produced the successful 'Freddie Vs The World' and Andrew presented his own radio show throughout the summer of 2011 for Radio 5 live entitled 'Freddie’s World of Sport'.

Greg is the presenter of BBC Radio 1’s drivetime show and has a growing number of presenting roles on TV, making him one of the most in-demand young presenters around.

A massive cricket fan, Greg hosts the ad-hoc series Not Just Cricket, the Sony award-winning programme alongside Jimmy Anderson and Graeme Swann on Radio 5 Live. The show mixes cricket with comedy, music and anything else which springs to mind, and pops onto the airwaves when Greg, Graeme and Jimmy can find the time in between presenting daily radio shows and bamboozling batsmen across around the world.

Simon Mann has been a regular commentator on Test Match Special since 1996. He began his TMS commentary career on England’s tour of Zimbabwe including the famous drawn Test in Bulawayo. He has commentated from all the Test playing nations. Nicknamed 'Grumps', Simon has tried his hand at being a stand-up comedian. He also commentates on football and other sports.

Victor Marks is a former Somerset and England cricketer, who played in six Tests and 34 One Day Internationals.

After retiring as a professional cricketer, he turned his hand to journalism and broadcasting, and is now a regular summariser on Test Match Special and the cricket correspondent for The Observer.

Damien Martyn

Damien Martyn was a key part of one of Australia’s most successful Test teams and member of the team which toured England in the famous 2005 series.

Jim Maxwell

Jim Maxwell is the ABC's (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) most experienced cricket commentator. He has covered over 250 Test matches, including six tours to the West Indies, seven to the subcontinent, over 50 Ashes Tests and five World Cups since joining the ABC in 1973.

Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath made his Test debut for Australia against New Zealand in November 1993. In 2004, he emerged as the first Australian fast bowler to play in 100 Tests. He completed his career as the most successful fast-bowler and the third highest wicket taker in Test cricket.

Alison is an experienced presenter, reporter and commentator, who spent eight years on the staff of BBC Radio Sport before turning to a freelance career.

She is Britain’s only female cricket commentator and has toured to every Test playing nation to cover the England team for Radio 5 live and Test Match Special.

She was co-presenter of the Phil Tufnell Cricket Show on 5 live and has a breadth of experience, having covered cricket World Cups, the Ashes, Wimbledon, the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, World Snooker Championships and more.

She contributes to the Wisden Almanac and presents a regular feature on ESPN Cricinfo.

Pat Murphy

Pat Murphy has been a BBC sports reporter for almost 30 years, specialising in football and cricket. When he's not overseas covering England's cricketing fortunes he can be heard commentating on Premier League football for BBC Radio 5 live.

Mark Pougatch presents 5 live Sport and BBC Radio 5 live's flagship Saturday afternoon shows along with his own weekly shows on Monday and Thursday on PLTV (Premier League Television) which have a huge worldwide audience.

Mark has also been a columnist for The Times at the World Cup, The Ashes and a regular contributor in The Game on a Monday.

He has also done exclusive podcasts with Shane Warne for The Times and The Ashes and has been a panellist on The Wright Stuff.

Ed Smith played first-class cricket for Kent, Middlesex and England and played his part in three home Test matches for England versus South Africa in 2003. 

Ed first worked on Test Match Special in India in 2012 as a summariser before making the step-up to ball-by-ball commentator during England’s tour of New Zealand.

He has presented programmes for Radio 3's 'Peak Performance', is a regular contributor to the Today programme and has written several books most recently about luck.

With 118 international caps, Alec Stewart is the most capped English Test cricketer of all time. After 20 years in County and International cricket he retired in 2003 after playing 133 Tests.

Alec now works as a regular cricket analyst on Radio 5 live and Sky Sports.

Phil Tufnell

Former England cricketer Phil Tufnell played 42 Tests and 20 One Day International matches for England, as well as playing for Middlesex from 1986 to 2002.

Now seen and heard on TV and radio respectively, Phil’s current roles include regular commentary on Test Match Special, his captain’s role on BBC One’s A Question Of Sport as well as being a regular presenter on The One Show. 

Former Yorkshire and England cricketer Michael Vaughan was known for his shrewd captaincy and man-management skills. Vaughan captained England in 51 Tests between 2003 and 2008, winning 26 and losing 11; England won all seven home Tests of the 2004 summer under him. The pinnacle of his captaincy career came with a 2–1 victory in the 2005 Ashes, England's first Ashes victory since 1986/7.

Vaughan’s appetite for the game has not diminished in retirement and he works as a mentor for England under-19s and has forged a successful broadcasting career with BBC’s Test Match Special.

Gerard Whateley

Combining authoritative journalism and sharp-eyed analysis with emotive broadcasting, Gerard Whateley has established a unique voice in the coverage of sport in Australia.

In 2009, Gerard was honoured at the Australian Sports Commission Media Awards for the Best Contribution to the Coverage of Sport by an Individual, adding to numerous awards for his reporting and broadcasting of AFL and horse racing.

Gerard began his career in journalism with Australia's biggest selling daily newspaper, The Herald Sun.

Having been a regular voice on the national broadcaster for a couple of years, Gerard joined the ABC full-time in September 2004 to fulfil a childhood dream of broadcasting a wide variety of sports.