Anniversary Games Athletics - BBC 5Live Friday 24th and Saturday 25th July

Hosted by Caroline Barker, commentary from Mike Costello, Allison Curbishley and Darren Campbell, reports from Sonja McLaughlan.

IPC Grand Prix Final - Sunday 26th July

Hosted by Sonja McLaughlan, commentary from Ronald McIntosh, Allison Curbishley and Tanni Grey-Thompson, reports from Jeanette Kwakye.

Out of interest does anyone know if the BBC World Service took the 5Live coverage or produced their own?

One Day Cup - Group A

Sunday 2nd August

BBC London, BBC Derby & BBC Sport Online
Surrey v Derbyshire - Mark Church & Iain O'Brien

BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Northampton & BBC Sport Online
Worcestershire v Northamptonshire - Dave Bradley & Alex Winter

BBC Bristol, BBC Gloucestershire, BBC Somerset, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Gloucestershire v Somerset - Ed Hadwin, Pete Simson, Bob Hunt & Henry Moeran

BBC Newcastle, BBC Yorkshire Stations & BBC Sport Online
Durham v Yorkshire - Martin Emmerson & Dave Callaghan

Monday 3rd August

BBC Yorkshire Stations, BBC Leicester & BBC Sport Online
Yorkshire v Leicestershire - Dave Callaghan & Richard Rea

BBC Northampton, BBC Bristol, BBC Somerset & BBC Sport Online
Northamptonshire v Somerset - Alex Winter & Stephen Lamb

One Day Cup - Group B

Sunday 2nd August

BBC Lancashire, BBC Manchester, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC WM & BBC Sport Online
Lancashire v Warwickshire - Liam Bradford, Bill Race & Clive Eakin

BBC Kent, BBC Sussex & BBC Sport Online
Kent v Sussex - Ben Watts & John Lees

BBC Essex, BBC Nottingham & BBC Sport Online
Essex v Nottinghamshire - Nick Gledhill, David Brett & Dave Bracegirdle

BBC Wales, BBC Solent & BBC Sport Online
Glamorgan v Hampshire - Nick Webb, Tony Cottey, Kevan James & Andy Moon

Monday 3rd August

BBC WM, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Wales, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Warwickshire v Glamorgan - Clive Eakin, Phil Britt, Nick Webb, John Derrick & Nikesh Rughani

BBC Sussex, BBC London & BBC Sport Online
Sussex v Middlesex - Adrian Harms & Kevin Hand

Test Match Special - The Ashes: The 3rd Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann and Jim Maxwell

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Vic Marks, Phil Tufnell and Glenn McGrath

First appearance for Vic in the Ashes, pity it was in an unnecessarily large summarising team.

One Day Cup - Group A

Tuesday 4th August

BBC Bristol, BBC Gloucestershire, BBC Newcastle & BBC Sport Online
Gloucestershire v Durham - Bob Hunt, Stephen Lamb & Martin Emmerson

BBC London, BBC Hereford & Worcester & BBC Sport Online
Surrey v Worcestershire - Mark Church & Dave Bradley

BBC Derby, BBC Leicester & BBC Sport Online
Derbyshire v Leicestershire - Iain O'Brien & Richard Rea

Wednesday 5th August

BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Gloucestershire, BBC Bristol & BBC Sport Online
Worcestershire v Gloucestershire - Ian Randall & Bob Hunt

BBC Yorkshire Stations, BBC Bristol, BBC Somerset & BBC Sport Online
Yorkshire v Somerset - Dave Callaghan & Anthony Gibson

One Day Cup - Group B

Tuesday 4th August

BBC Lancashire, BBC Manchester, BBC Nottingham & BBC Sport Online
Lancashire v Nottinghamshire - Scott Read & Dave Bracegirdle

BBC Solent, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Hampshire v Essex - Kevan James, Raj Maru, Ken Manson & Kevin Howells

BBC Essex
Hampshire v Essex - Paul Newton & Dick Davies

Wednesday 5th August

BBC Essex, BBC London & BBC Sport Online
Essex v Middlesex - Nick Gledhill, Dick Davies, Paul Newton & Kevin Hand

BBC WM, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Solent & BBC Sport Online
Warwickshire v Hampshire - Adam Bridge, Phil Britt, Kevan James & Kevin Howells

One Day Cup - Group A

Thursday 6th August

BBC Leicester, BBC Newcastle, BBC Tees & BBC Sport Online
Leicestershire v Durham - Richard Rea & Martin Emmerson

Marty has been doing updates on BBC Tees all season but, I have forget to put them into the list of stations.

One Day Cup - Group B

Thursday 6th August

BBC London, BBC Nottingham & BBC Sport Online
Middlesex v Nottinghamshire - Kevin Hand & Dave Bracegirdle

Saturday 8th August

BBC Kent, BBC Lancashire, BBC Manchester & BBC Sport Online
Kent v Lancashire - Peter Guise & Scott Read

County Championship Division 2

Tuesday 4th August - Thursday 6th August

BBC Kent, BBC Northampton & BBC Sport Online
Kent v Northamptonshire - Matt Cole (Day 1 & 2), Pete Guise (Day 3) & Alex Winter

Thursday 6th August - Sunday 9th August

BBC Wales, BBC Gloucestershire, BBC Bristol & BBC Sport Online
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire - Nick Webb (not Day 3), Lizzy Ammon (Day 3), Bob Hunt & Izzy Westbury

County Championship Division 1

Friday 7th August - Monday 10th August

BBC Yorkshire Stations, BBC Tees, BBC Newcastle, BBC Sport Online & BBC 5 Live Sports Extra (Day 2 & 3)
Yorkshire v Durham - Dave Callaghan, Martin Emmerson & Kevin Howells

BBC Solent, BBC WM, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire & BBC Sport Online
Hampshire v Warwickshire - Kevan James, Brian Halford, Phil Britt, Ken Manson (Mornings), Roger Hart (Afternoons) & Dave Allen (Evenings)**

BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Nottingham & BBC Sport Online
Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire - Ian Randall (Day 1 & 2), Dave Bradley (Day 2 - 4), Dave Bracegirdle & Lizzy Ammon (not on Day 2)

BBC London, BBC Sussex, BBC Sport Online & BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
Middlesex v Sussex - Kevin Hand, John Lees, Vithushan Ehantharajah & Kevin Howells (Day 4)

County Championship Division 2

Friday 7th August - Monday 10th August

BBC Essex, BBC London & BBC Sport Online
Essex v Surrey - Paul Newton, Dick Davies & Mark Church

BBC Leicester, BBC Derby & BBC Sport Online
Leicestershire v Derbyshire - Richard Rea, Iain O'Brien & Isabelle Duncan

** Ken, Roger and Dave are from the local hospital radio service. Most of this season I thought it was just Ken and any of the other voices I heard was just guests. Sorry

BBC WM

Wednesday 15th July

BBC WM Sport; Speedway with Mike Taylor Live from Perry Barr

National League Speedway
Birmingham Brummies v Kent Kings - Mike Taylor & Rob Gurney (Pit Lane)

Monday 3rd August

BBC WM Sport; Speedway with Richard Wilford Live from Monmore Green

National League Speedway
Wolverhampton Wolves v King's Lynn - Richard Wilford

Wednesday 5th August

BBC WM Sport; Speedway with Richard Wilford Live from Perry Barr

National League Speedway
Birmingham Brummies v Cradley Heathens - Richard Wilford & Mark Regan (Pit Lane)

Wednesday 12th August

BBC WM Sport; Speedway with Mike Taylor Live from Perry Barr

Live Speedway
Golden Hammer - Mike Taylor & Mark Regan (Pit Lane)

Test Match Special - The Ashes: The 3rd Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Ed Smith and Jim Maxwell

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Vic Marks, Phil Tufnell and Glenn McGrath

Women's Ashes Test Match

Tuesday 11th August - Friday 14th August

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio 4 LW & BBC Sport Online
England v Australia - Alison Mitchell, Charles Dagnall, Jim Maxwell, Isa Guha, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Izzy Westbury, Mel Jones & Mel Farrell (roving reporter)

T20 Blast Quarter Finals

Wednesday 12th August

BBC Sussex
Sussex v Northamptonshire - John Lees, Bruce Talbot & Chris Adams

BBC Northampton
Sussex v Northamptonshire - Joe Townsend, Alex Winter & Stephen Peters

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Sussex v Northamptonshire - Kevin Howells, Dan Norcross, Iain O'Brien & Chris Adams

Thursday 13th August

BBC WM & BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Birmingham v Essex - Clive Eakin, Richard Wilford & Chris Coles (dug out)

BBC Essex
Birmingham v Essex - Paul Newton & Don Topley

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Birmingham v Essex - Dan Norcross, Kevin Howells & Jonathan Trott

Friday 14th August

BBC Hereford & Worcester
Worcestershire v Hampshire - Trevor Owens, Graham Hill & Dave Bradley (Dug out)

BBC Solent
Worcestershire v Hampshire - Adam Blackmore & Kris Temple

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Worcestershire v Hampshire - Dan Norcross, Kevin Howells & Jonathan Trott

Saturday 15th August

BBC Kent
Kent v Lancashire - Matt Cole & Peter Guise

BBC Lancashire & BBC Manchester
Kent v Lancashire - Scott Read & Graham Hardcastle

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Kent v Lancashire - Charles Dagnall, Henry Moeran & Ebony Rainford-Brent

Friday 14th to Sunday 16th August - BBC Radio Northampton, ABC Local Radio and the BBC Sport website

Cricket: Tour Match
Northamptonshire v Australia - Alex Winter, Lizzy Ammon, Dan Norcross (days 2-3), Adam Collins (days 2-3) and Geoff Lemon (days 2-3)

The above was the commentary team for the weekend's play, with the Friday of the match being completely washed out due to rain. Had there been play on the Friday, I'm not sure who'd have been commentating with Alex Winter and Lizzy Ammon at Wantage Road as Dan Norcross was at New Road for the T20 Blast game and the two ABC commentators were at Canterbury for the Women's Ashes Test.

T'Ebor Festival on Radio Yorkshire- Presented by Bobby Beevers with commentary from Gareth Topham

One Day Cup Group A

Monday 17th August

BBC Bristol, BBC Somerset, BBC London & BBC Sport Online
Somerset v Surrey - Anthony Gibson, Mark Davies & Mark Church

BBC Northampton, BBC Bristol, BBC Gloucestershire & BBC Sport Online
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire - Alex Winter & Bob Hunt

BBC Newcastle, BBC Tees, BBC Derby & BBC Sport Online
Durham v Derbyshire - Martin Emmerson & Iain O'Brien

Tuesday 18th August

BBC Leicester, BBC Bristol, BBC Somerset & BBC Sport Online
Leicestershire v Somerset - Richard Rea, Anthony Gibson & Mark Davies

BBC Bristol, BBC Gloucestershire, BBC London & BBC Sport Online
Gloucestershire v Surrey - Bob Hunt & Mark Church

BBC Derby, BBC Hereford & Worcester & BBC Sport Online
Derbyshire v Worcestershire - Iain O'Brien & Dave Bradley

One Day Cup Group B

Monday 17th August

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC WM, BBC Sussex & BBC Sport Online
Warwickshire v Sussex - Clive Eakin & John Lees

BBC London, BBC Wales & BBC Sport Online
Middlesex v Glamorgan - Kevin Hand, Nick Webb, Mike Powell & Nick Gubbins

BBC Nottingham, BBC Kent & BBC Sport Online
Nottinghamshire v Kent - Dave Bracegirdle & Peter Guise

BBC Solent, BBC Lancashire, BBC Manchester, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Hampshire v Lancashire - Kevan James, Scott Read & Dan Norcross

Wednesday 19th August

BBC WM, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Kent & BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
Warwickshire A - A Kent - Clive Eakin, Peter Guise & Dan Norcross

BBC Sussex, BBC Essex & BBC Sport Online
Sussex A - A Essex - John Lees, Nick Gledhill & Dick Davies

BBC Nottingham, BBC Solent & BBC Sport Online
Nottinghamshire A - A Hampshire - Dave Bracegirdle, Kevan James & ?

BBC Lancashire, BBC Manchester, BBC Wales & BBC Sport Online
Lancashire A - A Glamorgan - Scott Read, Nick Webb & ?

Friday 7th August - Monday 10th August

County Championship Division 1

BBC Sussex, BBC Yorkshire Stations & BBC Sport Online
Sussex v Yorkshire - John Lees, Dave Callaghan & Lizzy Ammon

BBC Bristol, BBC Somerset, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Somerset v Worcestershire - Anthony Gibson, Trevor Owens (Day 1), Dave Bradley (Day 2) & Isabelle Duncan

BBC Nottingham, BBC WM, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire & BBC Sport Online
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire - Dave Bracegirdle, Chris Coles & Phil Britt

BBC Newcastle, BBC London & BBC Sport Online
Durham v Middlesex - Martin Emmerson, Kevin Hand & David Townsend

County Championship Division 2

BBC Northampton, BBC Leicester & BBC Sport Online
Northamptonshire v Leicestershire - Alex Winter, Richard Rea & Brian Halford

BBC Lancashire, BBC Manchester, BBC Wales, BBC Sport Online & BBC 5 Live Sports Extra (Day 4)
Lancashire v Glamorgan - Scott Read, Nick Webb & Izzy Westbury

BBC Bristol, BBC Gloucestershire, BBC London & BBC Sport Online
Gloucestershire v Surrey - Bob Hunt & Mark Church

BBC Derby, BBC Kent & BBC Sport Online
Derbyshire v Kent - Iain O'Brien & Ben Watts

Andrew Mehrtens and Justin Marshall have joined the BBC as part of its live radio, online and digital coverage of the 2015 World Cup. An expert line-up, led by Matt Dawson, also includes Matt Burke, Jonathan Davies and Gavin Hastings.

Commentary of all the home nations' matches plus other key games will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 live or 5 live sports extra. The line-up is led by correspondent Ian Robertson.

Test Match Special - The Ashes

The 5th Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Ed Smith and Jim Maxwell

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Graeme Swann

The Series

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld (1, 2 & 4), Simon Mann (1, 3, 5), Ed Smith (2, 4 & 5) and Jim Maxwell

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell (2-5), Graeme Swann (1 & 5), Vic Marks (3-4) and Glenn McGrath (1-4)

More info on the Rugby Union World Cup on BBC Radio Five Live:

Additional pundits: Paul Grayson, Dennis Hickie, Rob Jones, John Kirwan and Ugo Monye.

Mark Pougatch and Sonja McLaughlan will present. Also on commentary duties will be Alastair Eykyn, Sara Orchard, Chris Jones, Andrew Cotter, Gareth Lewis and Iain Carter.

Reporter Chris Warburton travels the length and breadth of the UK, meeting fans and bringing the colour and atmosphere from the regions.

Sunday 4 October on BBC Radio Wales: Cardiff Half Marathon- Steffan Garrero will present with commentary of the elite race by Rob Phillips.

One Day Cup Quarter Finals

Tuesday 25th August

BBC Nottingham, BBC Newcastle, BBC Tees & BBC Sport Online
Nottinghamshire v Durham - Dave Bracegirdle & Martin Emmerson

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
Nottinghamshire v Durham - Kevin Howells, Dan Norcross, Stephan Shemilt, Derek Pringle & Iain O'Brien

Wednesday 26th August

BBC Bristol, BBC Gloucestershire, BBC Solent & BBC Sport Online
Gloucestershire v Hampshire - Bob Hunt, Kevan James & Andy Moon

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
Gloucestershire v Hampshire - Dan Norcross, Kevin Howells, Stephan Shemilt, Steve Snell & Iain O'Brien

Thursday 27th August

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Sport Online
Surrey v Kent - Simon Mann, Scott Read, Dan Norcross, Nick Compton & Ebony Rainford-Brent
Essex v Yorkshire - Kevin Howells & Derek Pringle

BBC London
Surrey v Kent - Mark Church & Johnny Barren

BBC Kent
Surrey v Kent - Ben Watts & Matt Cole

BBC Essex, BBC Yorkshire Stations & BBC Sport Online
Essex v Yorkshire - Paul Newton, Dick Davies, Nick Gledhill & Dave Callaghan

Saturday 29th August

T20 Blast Semi Finals

BBC WM & BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Birmingham v Northamptonshire - Richard Wilford, Clive Eakin & Chris Wright

BBC Northampton
Birmingham v Northamptonshire - Graham McKechnie, Alex Winter, Stephen Peters & Lee Daggett

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
Birmingham v Northamptonshire & Hampshire v Lancashire - Charles Dagnall, Kevin Howells, Jonathan Trott, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Shaun Udal & Henry Moeran (roving reporter)

BBC Lancashire & BBC Manchester
Hampshire v Lancashire - Scott Read, David Sleight & Stephen Moore

BBC Solent
Hampshire v Lancashire - Kevan James & Adam Blackmore


T20 Blast Final

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
Northamptonshire v Lancashire - Charles Dagnall, Kevin Howells, Jonathan Trott, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Shaun Udal & Henry Moeran (roving reporter)

BBC Northampton
Northamptonshire v Lancashire - Graham McKechnie, Alex Winter, Stephen Peters & Lee Daggett

BBC Lancashire & BBC Manchester
Northamptonshire v Lancashire - Scott Read, David Sleight & Stephen Moore

Wednesday 26th August

Minor Counties Trophy Final

BBC Newcastle, BBC Tees, BBC Cornwall & BBC Sport Online
Northumberland v Cornwall - Lizzy Ammon, Ross Ellis & Dave Bracegirdle

Daniel Norcross also commentated on Hampshire v. Lancashire (which Howells wasn't commentating on).

In other news for the one-off Men's & Women's T20 between Eng and Australia

Commentators: Alison Mitchell and Charles Dagnall

Summarisers: Vic Marks, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Mel Jones

I think Dan Norcross was primarily there to update BBC Radio 5 Live on T20 Blast Finals Day - although it sounds like he and Kevin Howells switched roles for the second semi-final.

Out of interest, how did BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra cover the second semi-final? Did they run a special online-only stream? I ask because commentary on rugby league's Challenge Cup Final was on 5 Live Sports Extra while that match was taking place, what with Radio 5 Live prioritising Premier League football as usual.

It's easy to be wise with the benefit of hindsight to say that they made the right call on what they broadcast, what with 5 Live's featured Premier League commentary being Crystal Palace's upset win at champions Chelsea and with Leeds Rhinos' 50-0 win over Hull KR being the most one-sided Challenge Cup Final I can remember. But I've long felt that the Challenge Cup Final, along with the Super League Grand Final, is one of the few rugby league games that should take priority over standard early-season league football. Had they prioritised the Challenge Cup Final on 5 Live, they'd have been able to broadcast T20 Blast Finals Day in full on 5LSE as well.

But of course the flip side of the coin is that Premier League football commands a far greater level of interest than rugby league or county cricket, and 5 Live are set to see their Saturday sports output dominated by rugby (albeit union) more than most years what with it being a Rugby World Cup year.

It was evidently a difficult call for them to have made on Saturday so I don't want to be too critical of 5 Live's decision makers on this one, but it's a shame that the domestic sporting picture was so busy that 5LSE couldn't broadcast T20 Blast Finals Day in full as they usually would.

talkSPORT

Thursday 6th August

Rugby League: Super League
Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants - Graham Courtney

Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th August

Cricket: Fourth Ashes Test Match
England v Australia - Jon Norman

Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th August

Golf: US PGA Championship 2015
Whistling Straits Course, Kohler, Wisconsin - Bob Bubka

Saturday 15th August

Rugby Union: Internationals
Ireland v Scotland - Andrew McKenna
England v France - Russell Hargreaves

Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd August

Cricket: Fifth Ashes Test Match
England v Australia - Jon Norman

Friday 21st August

Rugby League: Super League
Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - Graham Courtney

Saturday 22nd to Sunday 30th August

Athletics: IAAF World Championships 2015
Beijing National Stadium - Pete Abbott (first weekend) and Lisa O'Sullivan (Monday onwards)

Saturday 22nd August

Rugby Union: International
France v England - Nick Heath

Sunday 23rd August

Formula 1: Belgian Grand Prix
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Graham Courtney

Saturday 29th August

Cricket: T20 Blast Finals Day
Northamptonshire v Warwickshire, Hampshire v Lancashire & Northamptonshire v Lancashire - Russell Hargreaves

Rugby League: Challenge Cup Final
Hull Kingston Rovers v Leeds Rhinos - Richard Shaw-Wright

Monday 31st August

Cricket: T20 International
England v Australia - Jon Norman

I was listening abroad so I know the answer to this! First, Dan Norcross did the whole of the second semi with Charles Dagnall, but the other games were covered by Howells and Dagnall (Daggers made the point of saying 'for the first time commentating today Dan Norcross' when I started listening to the second semi). Second, when the Rugby League came on they switched to an online only feed until the conclusion of the Challenge Cup final.

I did think that BBC 5 Live Sports extra have made a bad decision for the current round of County Championship matches taking place as they have Yorkshire v Somerset as their main game. Yorkshire have pretty much won the Championship but can't win it mathematical until next week so what's the point in doing this game over Worcestershire v Sussex which is for sure the most important match of this round of games.

Some interesting points there Difference. I generally agree with you that the Challenge Cup should take priority over premier league football but for whatever reason they ended up with the right result, a surprise Chelsea loss and a sadly one sided Challenge Cup final.

My presumption is they thought the Leeds win more than likely and decided to relegate it, I hope this is a one-off though, especially if it clashes with T20 Blast Finals Day again next year.

My other theory was they ran out of rugby league commentators? With Dave Woods on BBC1 and George Riley on Football League Tonight duties it was a shame that Stuart Pyke was away covering the darts and missing his first Challenge Cup final for 20 years.

For anyone who didn't know BBC Sport's Matt Newsum was the 5LSE commentator, he has commentated on the Super League show this season and I think done some local radio stuff. He is more well know as a BBC Sport website writer.

Tulson Tullett presented the coverage and Alistair Yeomans reported for 5Live, first time in a long time that Yeomans has covered RL for 5Live.