Your definitive guide to listening to The Ashes 2023 on the radio this summer. <\/p>
It\u2019s time to sit back, relax and let the soundtrack of the summer waft over the airwaves: The Ashes has arrived.<\/p>\n
Cricket and radio are perfect bedfellows, locked in an inseparable hundred-year embrace since the first ball-by-ball accounts were tentatively floated out across the nation in the 1920s.<\/p>\n
The biggest names in the game have offered their insights, painted pictures of the scenes unfurling before them with Test Match Special burrowing deep into the hearts of sports fans across the nation.<\/p>\n
In 2023, as in 1930 when the first Ashes series was broadcast on British radio, the BBC are back with bumper coverage of matches throughout the summer, with Jonathan Agnew spearheading the list of Test Match Special presenters and commentators.<\/p>\n
Fans across the nation will be delighted to be able to hear the action described live and uninterrupted across the weeks, and we\u2019ve got all the details you need to know about radio coverage below.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you a comprehensive round-up of how to listen to The Ashes on radio, including the first Test schedule.<\/p>\n Read more: Best cricket players in the world 2023<\/a> | Best cricket players of all time<\/a> | Highest wicket takers in Test cricket<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n BBC Test Match Special<\/a> has the rights to broadcast ball-by-ball commentary of The Ashes, with the team set to bring full coverage throughout every day of action.<\/p>\n Broadcasts will be aired on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and via their online player, with build-up of each match starting prior to the time listed above.<\/p>\n BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra is available on digital radio and online<\/a>. It is not broadcast on AM\/FM radio.<\/p>\n Test Match Special has been broadcast via Radio 4 long-wave radio in the past, but this is the final Ashes series to be aired on the platform.<\/p>\n The service is being gradually shut down before a complete switch off, meaning the only way to listen to TMS will be via a digital radio after this summer.<\/p> Date: Friday 16th \u2013 Tuesday 20th June<\/p>\n Venue: Edgbaston<\/p>\n Time: 11am<\/p>\n Date: Wednesday 28th June \u2013 Sunday 2nd July<\/p>\n Venue: Lord\u2019s<\/p>\n Time: 11am<\/p>\n Date: Thursday 6th \u2013 Monday 10th July<\/p>\n Venue: Headingley<\/p>\n Time: 11am<\/p>\n Date: Wednesday 19th \u2013 Sunday 23rd July<\/p>\n Venue: Old Trafford<\/p>\n Time: 11am<\/p>\n Date: Thursday 27th \u2013 Monday 31st July<\/p>\n Venue: The Oval<\/p>\n Time: 11am<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and Streaming<\/span> Guide<\/span><\/b><\/a> or visit our Sport<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take part in\u00a0the Screen Test<\/a>, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Your definitive guide to listening to The Ashes 2023 on the radio this summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33728,"template":"","categories":[6,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/the-ashes-radio-coverage-2023-how-to-listen-to-england-v-australia-cricket-live-scaled.jpg",2560,1705,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/the-ashes-radio-coverage-2023-how-to-listen-to-england-v-australia-cricket-live-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/the-ashes-radio-coverage-2023-how-to-listen-to-england-v-australia-cricket-live-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/the-ashes-radio-coverage-2023-how-to-listen-to-england-v-australia-cricket-live-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/the-ashes-radio-coverage-2023-how-to-listen-to-england-v-australia-cricket-live-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/the-ashes-radio-coverage-2023-how-to-listen-to-england-v-australia-cricket-live-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/the-ashes-radio-coverage-2023-how-to-listen-to-england-v-australia-cricket-live-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Your definitive guide to listening to The Ashes 2023 on the radio this summer.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Listen to The Ashes on the radio<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The Ashes schedule 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n
1st Test: England v Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2nd Test: England v Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\n
3rd Test: England v Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\n
4th Test: England v Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\n
5th Test: England v Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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