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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 5 Live, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 5 Live Sports Extra and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 LW have a bumper summer of live sport with ball-by-ball coverage of all the action from a defining summer for English cricket, plus Ashes 606 and Yes, It's The Ashes, a new-six part comedy programme hosted by Andy Zaltzman.

The summer of cricket starts with live coverage of the West Indies Tour of England (6-26 May), followed by the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament (5-21 June) and the eagerly awaited Ashes Tour and Twenty20 and One Day International series (8 July-20 September) against old foes, Australia.

During the Ashes series on Radio 5 Live, Ashes 606 gives listeners the chance to air their views on the latest action to Alec Stewart, Dominic Cork, Jason Gillespie and Mark Chapman.

Yes, It's The Ashes provides a comic angle on the series as it unfolds every Saturday morning from 4 July (11.00am-12noon). Andy Zaltzman, comedian and certifiable lifelong cricket nut (diagnosed as being unhealthily obsessed by cricket shortly after birth), will be assisted/goaded in finding comedic insight and absurdity in the great game's greatest rivalry by a team of similarly cricket-mad guests.

Zaltzman commented: "I can't think of a better time to be doing a series about the 2009 Ashes than in July and August 2009. Nor a better place to be doing it than 5 Live. The show will be packed with jokes and cover every conceivable angle of England's attempt to regain the urn which they so unluckily lost 5-0 in 2006-07. I guarantee there will never have been a 2009 Ashes show like it."

Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra have live coverage of every match of the World Twenty20 Tournament and Ashes series with the Test Match Special commentary team.

Leading the TMS team for the West Indies tour will be Jonathan Agnew alongside Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Henry Blofeld and West Indies legend, Sir Vivian Richards.

Jonathan Agnew and Arlo White will head the commentary team for the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament, and they will be joined by former Australian test cricketer Geoff Lawson, who also coached Pakistan to the final of the last ICC World Twenty20.

For the Ashes Tour Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld are joined by summarisers Phil Tufnell, Geoffrey Boycott and Vic Marks. Former Australian captain Ian Chappell also joins the team, along with Matthew Hayden, who has played in the last six series against England. Radio 5 Live will have regular updates throughout the schedule on all the cricket action during the summer.

Notes to Editors

You can listen to 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra via DAB digital radio, digital TV and online at bbc.co.uk/5live.

Yes, It's the Ashes is an Avalon Television production for 5 Live.

2009 – International Cricket Fixtures on Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra

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England v West Indies

5LSE Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 May, 1st Test, Lord's, 10.45am-6.30pm

5LSE Thursday 14 to Monday 18 May, 2nd Test, Chester-le-Street, 10.45am-6.30pm

One Day Internationals

5LSE Thursday 21 May, Headingley, 10.30am-7.00pm

5LSE Sunday 24 May, Bristol, 10.30am-7.00pm

5LSE Tuesday 26 May, Edgbaston, 10.30am-7.00pm

ICC World Twenty20 Group stage fixtures

Friday 5 June

Opening ceremony, Lord's (5.00pm)

5LSE England v Holland, Lord's (5.30pm)

Saturday 6 June

5LSE New Zealand v Scotland, Brit Oval (10.00am)

5LSE/R4LW Australia v West Indies, Brit Oval (1.30pm)

5LSE India v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge (5.30pm)

Sunday 7 June

5LSE South Africa v Scotland, Brit Oval (1.30pm)

5L England v Pakistan, Brit Oval (5.30pm)

Monday 8 June

5LSE Ireland v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge (1.30pm)

5LSE/R4LW Australia v Sri Lanka, Trent Bridge (5.30pm)

Tuesday 9 June

5LSE Pakistan v Holland, Lord's (1.30pm)

5LSE/R4LW New Zealand v South Africa, Lord's (5.30pm)

Wednesday 10 June

5LSE Sri Lanka v West Indies, Trent Bridge (1.30pm)

5LSE/R4LW India v Ireland, Trent Bridge (5.30pm)

Super Eight phase

Thursday 11 June

5LSE D1 v A2, Trent Bridge (1.30pm)

5LSE/R4LW B2 v D2, Trent Bridge (5.30pm)

Friday 12 June

5LSE B1 v C2, Lord's (1.30pm)

5LSE/R4LW A1 v C1, Lord's (5.30pm)

Saturday 13 June

5LSE/R4LW C1 v D2, Brit Oval (1.30pm)

5L D1 v B1, Brit Oval (5.30pm)

Sunday 14 June

5LSE/R4LW A2 v C2, Lord's (1.30pm)

5L A1 v B2, Lord's (5.30pm)

Monday 15 June

5LSE B1 v A2, Brit Oval (1.30pm)

5LSE/R4LW B2 v C1, Brit Oval (5.30pm)

Tuesday 16 June

5LSE D1 v C2, Trent Bridge (1.30pm)

5LSE/R4LW D2 v A1, Trent Bridge (5.30pm)

Semi-finals

Thursday 18 June

5LSE Women's Semi ,1.30-4.30pm, Trent Bridge

5LSE/R4LW Winner of Group E v runner-up of Group F, Trent Bridge (5.30pm)

Friday 19 June

5LSE/R4LW Winner of Group F v runner-up of Group E, Brit Oval (5.30pm)

Final

Sunday 21 June

5LSE Women's Final 10.00am-1.00pm

5L Men's Final 3.00-6.00pm

Australia

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5LSE Wednesday 8 to Sunday 12 July, 1st Test, Cardiff

5LSE Thursday 16 to Monday 20 July, 2nd Test, Lord's

5LSE Thursday 30 July to Monday 3 August, 3rd Test, Edgbaston

5LSE Friday 7 to Tuesday 11 August, 4th Test, Headingley Carnegie

5LSE Thursday 20 to Monday 24 August, 5th Test, Brit Oval

Ashes 606

5L Saturday 4 July, 7.00-8.00pm, Alec Stewart

5L Saturday 11 July, 7.00-8.00pm, Alec Stewart & Jason Gillespie

5L Sunday 12 July, 6.00-7.00pm, Mark Chapman

5L Saturday 18 July, 7.00-8.00pm, Alec Stewart

5L Sunday 19 July, 7.00-8.00pm, Mark Chapman

5L Saturday 1 August, 7.30-8.30pm, Alec Stewart

5L Sunday 2 August, 7.30-8.30pm, Dominic Cork

5L Saturday 8 August, 7.00-8.00pm, Alec Stewart

5L Sunday 9 August, 7.00-8.00pm, Mark Chapman

5L Sunday 23 August, 7.00-8.00pm

NatWest International Twenty20

5LSE Sunday 30 August, 1st International Twenty20 (Old Trafford)

5LSE Tuesday 1 September, 2nd International Twenty20 (Old Trafford)

NatWest Series

5LSE Friday 4 September, 1st match, day/night (Brit Oval)

5LSE Sunday 6 September, 2nd match (Lord's)

5LSE Wednesday 9 September, 3rd match, day/night (Rose Bowl)

5LSE Saturday 12 September, 4th match (Lord's)

5LSE Tuesday 15 September, 5th match, day/night (Trent Bridge)

5LSE Thursday17 September, 6th match, day/night (Trent Bridge)

5LSE Sunday 20 September, 7th match (Durham)

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