Aggers' bizarre bra questions
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| 07:16 UK time, Wednesday, 13 May 2009
After England's three-day victory at Lord's, the TMS team now moves onto Chester-le-street for Thursday's second Test.
It may have been a short game at the home of cricket, but there were still plenty of highlights both on the field and in the TMS box.
The Brian Johnston Champagne moment we agreed was Graeme Swann dismissing Devon Smith and Shivnarine Chanderpaul in successive balls, the start of an impressive match for the popular spinner.
If we had to nominate a champagne moment for an event in the TMS box I think it would have gone to Jonathan Agnew for his grilling of Marks and Spencer executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose about the . This was to be honest not a conversation I was expecting to hear this summer...!
We have another successful businessman as our "View from the Boundary" this week.
Jeweller to the stars will be joining Jonathan during Saturday's lunch interval.
Fennell counts names such as David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John, Liz Hurley and Elle Macpherson among his customers and has earned a reputation as one of the most original jewellers in the world.
But despite enjoying a highly successful 27 year career in the jewellery trade, Fennell has said his secret wish is to have been the England cricket captain.
He is a very serious England cricket fan who once said "If England do badly, it can genuinely send me into a black, inconsolable depression". Let's hope the match is going OK when he joins us in the commentary box!
Friday's lunch interval will be dedicated to the story of Durham's Championship-winning season of last summer and tracing the team's 16-year journey from first-class new boys to title winners. We'll hear from some of the 1992 side including Sir Ian Botham as well as those involved in last year's success.
Thursday's lunch interval should be fascinating especially if you've ever wondered what would happen in a village cricket match if a cow suddenly steps through a damaged hedge on to the pitch, the batsman strikes the ball, which bounces off the cow's rump and is caught... is the batsman out?
That is just one of the bizarre scenarios which features in a new book "" based on the successful column in the Observer newspaper.
Author Paul Trevillion and top umpire John Holder will be on hand to answer your queries about the laws of the game.
So let me know your queries , however strange they may be , and we will do our best to answer them. E-mail tms@bbc.co.uk or add your thoughts to this blog.
Also during our coverage from Durham we will be speaking to the author of a fascinating and very revealing new biography of Kevin Pietersen, we'll be finding out how successful the relocated Indian Premier League has been in South Africa and we'll be meeting members of the who have received the 1,000th Capital Grant awarded by the ECB since the Ashes victory in 2005.
Our expert summarisers at Durham will be TMS favourite Vic Marks, England's most capped player Alec Stewart and .
We are delighted that Ian has been able to join us as a late replacement for Viv Richards who unfortunately had to pull out of the tour because of a family illness.
Arlo White and Graham Gooch will be providing updates 15 minutes on Five Live with regular contributions from Geoff Boycott who will also join Jonathan Agnew at the close of each day's play for the legendary TMS Podcast.
Check out our interactive scorecard which goes alongside the TMS commentary - details at bbc.co.uk/sport and I'll also be twittering from Durham as well, so get a flavour of what we are up to in the TMS box at www.twitter.com.
It all get's under way at 1045 BST on Thursday on Five Live Sports Extra, Radio Four Long wave and online.
Comment number 1.
At 13th May 2009, dkramsay wrote:Loved Agger's interview with M&S Chief Stuart Rose. Please please please can we have podcasts of the TMS lunch and tea features? They're the bits that make TMS unique and are genuinely entertaining!
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Comment number 2.
At 13th May 2009, Maddog wrote:In football and rugby the ref is part of field of play and would suspect that the cow is the same in that the batsman would not be out, however it reality they would probably really play the ball?
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Comment number 3.
At 13th May 2009, marmarzet wrote:dkramsay has it spot on- a 'View from the Boundary' podcast would be fantastic!
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Comment number 4.
At 13th May 2009, David Shield wrote:Hi Adam
Who will the commentators be for the test?
The Radio Times has Aggers, Tony Cozier and Simon Mann but Si commentated on the last test unanounced so I was wondering if that meant he won't be in Durham?
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At 13th May 2009, Backwatersman wrote:Must say the bra-chat sounds like the one and only time it's a mercy that BJ isn't around to conduct the interview.
Had me rather worried with that photograph, by the way - thought you might have recruited Mrs. Beckham to the commentary box to broaden the appeal of TMS.
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Comment number 6.
At 13th May 2009, Graeme Edgar wrote:a cow grazing in the field would be more use than the west indies in the field at lord's - watching england milking the runs...
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Comment number 7.
At 14th May 2009, jovialStelladave wrote:Pardon my ignorance, but, what's happened to blowers? Has he retired?
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Comment number 8.
At 14th May 2009, petepiechucker wrote:As for what to do if a ball hit a cow, I think the Windies could do worse than to get the cow to start at slips.
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Comment number 9.
At 14th May 2009, shortbackandwides wrote:Never mind the bra chat, the fella behind the posh one is clearly groping that young lady. Outrageous !!!
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Comment number 10.
At 15th May 2009, Backwatersman wrote:Indeed. Yet another example of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ peddling smut at the licence payers' expense, methinks. I intend to complain to the Daily Mail - in the strongest possible terms!
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Comment number 11.
At 18th May 2009, David Shield wrote:Excellent coverage of the test as ever. But will it ever be explained why Simon Mann was there on Saturday and Monday, CMJ only Thursday and Friday, leaving just Aggers and Tony Cozier on Sunday?
Hope the Ashes isn't like this.
Also Adam any chance (when you know where the mathes are) of posting on here who the commentators will be on Saturday for the FP Trophy Quarter-Finals?
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Comment number 12.
At 19th May 2009, royrus1 wrote:If you cannot be caught out off a cow because the cow is regarded as the boundary surely 6 runs must be awarded not 4 as stated on air because the ball would not have bounced for an appeal to be made for a "catch"
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