Test Match Special

Eleanor Oldroyd, Phil Tufnell and Sir Alastair Cook assess England’s summer so far, including their fine start to the limited over series against Sri Lanka, with a 100% record so far. Joe Root joins the podcast to describe his pride at winning his 150th ODI cap, and his plans for squad selection during a busy winter. We also hear from Sir Alastair on the Test side’s top order batsman. He explains how they’ll be trying to improve their lacklustre batting form. TOPICS: 7.00 – Joe Root Interview 15.28 – Can players do both the T20 and the Ashes? 16.30 – Sir Alastair Cook on giving Jason Roy his test cap 21.20 – Chris Woakes and his improvement 26.05 – 50 over cricket 29.01 – England v New Zealand review 30.00 – India’s performance 43.20 – Learning from batting mistakes 45.36 – County Championship form 46.40 – The Hundred